Name |
Tom Jefferson Jones |
Birth |
9 Jan 1878 |
Lavaca Co, Texas [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
16 Jun 1880 |
Lavaca Co (Precinct 5), Texas |
- 16 Jun 1880 Lavaca Co (Precinct 5), Texas
1880 Lavaca (pg 460)
Mabra M Jones 1819 61 KY VA VA farmer
Martha Jones (Ponton) 32 1848 TX
E. Nannie 15 1865 TX
Laura 9 1871 TX
A. Joel 6 1874 TX
J. Thomas 2 1878 TX
Ponton, T. James 27 1853 Brother-in-law 1870 works on farm
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1880 Texas, Lavaca County, Precinct 5 Census Mabra Jones, Martha Ponton Jones, Nancy, Nellie, Laura, Joel and Thomas Jones and James Ponton. |
Other-Begin |
1918 |
Family Reunion, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas |
summer |
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1918 Jones Family Reunion - Palestine, Anderson County Texas Undated article in a Palestine newspaper; however it was subjequently learned the reunion was held in the summer of that year. (assuming July) (d) |
Military |
13 Sep 1918 |
Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas |
WWI Draft registration |
- Tom Jefferson Jones
Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
age 41 Jan 9 1877
farming; employer Mollie Dorhitt(?)
nearest relative: Alcie Armstrong, Palestine (his sister)
medium height, medium build, brown eyes, dark hair
9/13/1918
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Military |
7 Jun 1942 |
Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas |
WWII Draft Registration |
- Tom Jefferson Jones
Rt. 2 Palestine, Texas
age 64 b Jan 9, 1878 Levaca, Texas
nearest relative: Laura Shaver, Rt. 1, Palesting, Texas (his sister)
employment Rt. 2, Palestine
5'6"; 165 lbs; brown eyes, gray hair; ruddy complexion
Apr 27, 1942
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Death |
27 Jul 1945 |
Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas [1] |
- D.C.
T.J. Jones,
Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
widowed
b Jan 9 1878 Texas
d Jul 27 1945
"empyema" 5 wks
general debility 3 mos
ruptured peptic ulcer 2 1/2 mos
age 67y 6m 18d
farmer
father M.M. Jones, Texas
mother no record
informant Mrs. Laura Shaver, Palestine
burial New Addition Cemetery
Obit:
Tom J. Jones Dies at Home South of City (Palestine)
Tom J. Jones, age 67, dies Friday at 6:20 P.M. at his home on Rt. 1 in the Southview Community, after a lingering illness.
Services will be held Sunday at 5: p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home, with Rev. Foy Moser, pastor of the Fundamentalist Baptist church affiliates. Burial will be in the New Addition Cemetery.
Surviving are three sons, Wordie, Boyd, and Webb Jones; five sisters, Mrs. Laura Shaver and Mrs. Anna Shaver of Palestine, Mrs. Alcie Bynum of Tomball, Mrs. Nellie Wooten of Fairfield, and Mrs. Nannie Mobley of Richland Springs.
(not dated)
(from Olive Massie)
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Burial |
New Addition Cem, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas |
Notes |
- Listed in Lavaca Co, Texas Census 1870 and 1880. Buried at Rt. 1, South com, New add. Cemetery
His wife left him, taking his three sons, Wordie, Boyd, and Webb and were never heard from again.
Possible birth date 1878.
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Person ID |
I715 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
19 Jun 2017 |
Father |
Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev, b. 1820, Cark Co, Kentucky (probably) d. 1902, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas (Age 82 years) |
Mother |
Martha M. Ponton, b. 6 Sep 1844, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 11 Aug 1929, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
12 Jul 1863 |
Lavaca Co, Texas |
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Mabry Madden Jones
Gender: Male
Birth Place: KY
Birth Year: 1820
Spouse Name: Martha Ponton
Spouse
Birth Place: TX
Spouse Birth Year: 1846
Marriage
Year: 1863
Marriage State: TX
Number Pages: 1
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1863 7/9 - Jones, Mabra and Martha Ponton marriage certificate officiating minister was Rev. James Lovelady, father of Sarah Lovelady Jones, Mabra's first wife. |
Family ID |
F288 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Mittie Ann Pate, b. 17 Jul 1882, Anderson Co, Texas d. Aft 1910 (Age > 29 years) |
Marriage |
13 May 1899 |
Anderson Co, Texas |
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Jones, Tom Jefferson and wife Mittie Pate Jones
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Divorce |
Bef 1918 |
Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas |
Notes |
- Mittie was a 1st cousin to Horace Shaver, who had married two of Tom's sisters.
from Olive Massie "His wife left him, taking his three sons, Wordie, Boyd, and Webb and were never heard from again."
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Children |
| 1. Wordie Jones, b. Abt 1901, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas d. Aft 1945 (Age ~ 45 years) |
| 2. Boyd Jones, b. Abt 1904, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas d. Aft 1945 (Age ~ 42 years) |
| 3. Webster (Webb) Jones, b. Abt 1907, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas d. Aft 1945 (Age ~ 39 years) |
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Family ID |
F364 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
19 Jun 2017 |