Jul-28-2018
Husband: Noble Sherman Jones Also known as: Sherman Jones 1,2,3,4,5
Born: Nov-27-1872 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 6 Died: Jan-12-1957 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 7,8 Buried: in Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Francis Marion Jones (1841 - ) Mother: Ruth Prunty (1851 - )
Wife: Mahala Frances Jones Also known as: Haley Jones 9 Married: Aug-20-1902 in Doddridge Co, WV 10
Born: Feb-21-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Died: Feb- -1976 13 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14,15,16,5 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Lafayette Marion Jones (1849 - 1935) Mother: Louisa Jane Richards (1858 - 1952)
F Child 1: Eva Jones Born: Oct- 5-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 17,18,19 Died: Dec-26-1934 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,19 Buried: in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 21,17 Census: 1930 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Elmore Leggett b. Sep- 5-1864 d. Dec-14-1951 Married: Dec-19-1926 near Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 22
F Child 2: Etta Lenora Jones Born: Oct-19-1905 in Ritchie Co, WV 6 Died: Apr-30-1992 in Harrison Co, WV 6 Buried: in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV 6 Resided: 1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 23 Census: 1930, 1940 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: William Coleman Knight b. Mar-25-1906 d. Feb- 5-1997 Also known as: Coleman William Knight 1,24,2,15 Married: Mar-10-1925 25
F Child 3: Alice Beatrice Jones Born: Jun-28-1907 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Died: Aug- 7-1936 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Buried: in Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV 17 Cause of death: tuberculosis 17 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Never married: 17
F Child 4: Willia Mae Jones Also known as: Willa Mae Jones 26 Born: Apr- 1-1908 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,27 Died: Aug- -1986 13 Resided: in Mt. Clare, Harrison Co, WV 13,14 Resided: 1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 23 Census: 1930 at Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1927 in Doddridge Co, WV 27 Husband: Oral Jennings Eckles b. Jun- 4-1903 d. Dec-21-1970 Census name: Oral Eckle Married: Aug-13-1927 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 27
M Child 5: Marion Lafeyette "Lafe" Jones Also known as: Marion Lafette Jones 21 Born: Apr- 4-1912 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6,13,27 Died: Nov-19-1992 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 28,13 Buried: in West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV 6,29 Resided: in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 6 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,27,23 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 3) Occupation: evangelist minister 6 Occupation: 1940 WPA laborer 5 Military: (enlisted 10/7/1942) Pvt, U.S. Army, World War II 30,31 Wife: Edna Stacey Eakle b. Sep-25-1917 d. Mar- 6-1968 Also known as: Stacy Eakles 3 Wife: Gertie Agnes Dotson b. Apr-22-1897 d. Nov-21-1980 Also known as: Girtie A. Dotson 32 Married: Apr-21-1949 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 27
F Child 6: Ethel W. Jones Born: Jun- 8-1913 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 33,13,34 Died: Jan-25-1992 in Riverside Co, CA 35,13 Resided: in Lake Elsinore, Riverside Co, CA 16 Resided: 1957 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 23 Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: ___ Bartley
M Child 7: Judd Robert Jones Census name: Judge Jones Born: Jul-20-1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 36,13 Died: Jan- 9-1988 in Hudson, Pasco Co, FL 6,13 Resided: in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 16 Resided: 1957 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 23 Resided: 1939 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 36 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Edith Marie Burge b. Aug-16-1918 d. May-15-2000 Married: Oct-10-1939 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 36
F Child 8: Nettie Pearl Jones Born: Nov-28-1916 17 Died: Apr-14-1954 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Buried: in Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Grove-Summers Rd (CR 19), Doddridge Co, WV 17 Cause of death: tuberculosis 17 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Never married: 17
M Child 9: Manford Sherman Jones Born: ca 1923 4 Died: Apr-24-1957 in Doddridge Co, WV 8 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 10: Alfred Eugene Jones Born: Apr-19-1928 in Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Resided: 1948, 2002, 2010 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 27,25,37 Resided: 1992 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Census: 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Pearl Lasure b. ca 1930 Married: Sep-26-1948 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 27 Wife: Mary D. Samples b. May- 7-1938 d. Mar-13-2002 Married: Aug- 4-1959 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 27
Sources: (1) Marriage record of son. (2) Obituary of daughter. (3) Death record of daughter. (4) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (5) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (6) Obituary. (7) Obituary - At home. (8) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Sherman Jones, 26, of Ritchie Co; and Haley Jones, 19, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Aug 20 1902. Husband's obituary states marriage date as Aug 22 1902. (11) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, The record shows her birth as Feb 21 1883, but birth date in her SSDI entry given as exactly one year later, Feb 21 1884. 1900 Census identifies her as Halie F. Jones, born Feb 1883. BR Bk 1, p. 127. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (13) Social Security Death Index. (14) Obituary of husband. (15) Obituary of brother. (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 12, p. 51. (19) Headstone (year only) (20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Wes Cochran's "Doddridge County Deaths" incorrectly reports death date as Nov 11 1934. The death certificate clearly shows the death date as Dec 26 1934 at age 30y 2m 21d, with burial on Dec 27 1934. A notation on the death record states "they had no doctor but the county nurse gave brights disease as cause of death." (21) Headstone. (22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, She was identified as Miss Eva Jones, age 23, born and residing in Doddridge Co. His age given as 60, born in Doddridge Co, residing in West Union. MR Bk 12, p. 51. (23) Obituary of father. (24) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District). (25) Obituary of wife. (26) Death record of husband. (27) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (28) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (29) Findagrave.com. (30) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (31) National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites (www.ancestry.com) (32) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (33) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (34) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (35) California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online), Ancestry.com and California Dept of Health Svcs, Center for Health Statistics. (36) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (37) Obituary of niece. Event Notes Note (1) In 1930, location identified as Arnolds Creek Road. Note (2) He appears to have been enumerated twice in the 1930 Census. He was listed as Lafayette Jones, 17, in the household of his parents and siblings in West Union District, enumerated on Apr 28 1930. Two weeks earlier, on Apr 15 1930, Marion L. Jones, 17, was listed as an inmate at the WV Industrial School for Boys in Taylor County. Note (3) Identified as Mary Jones, a daughter, age 9.Name Index