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Judge Judson Nelson JONES

Judge Judson Nelson JONES

Male 1847 - 1937  (~ 89 years)


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  • Name Judge Judson Nelson JONES
    Birth Aug 1847  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1868  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1870, 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    farmer 
    Census 1900, 1910, 1920  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910, 1920  [3] 
    farmer (working out) 
    Residence 1925  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 11 Jan 1937  Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • At the County Infirmary (Poor Farm).

      Obituary, "West Union Herald," Thursday, January 14, 1937, in its entirety:
      "Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Pease Funeral Parlor for Judson Nelson Jones, aged 89, an inmate of the County Farm, who died Monday morning at 8 o'clock, suffering from a stroke. Rev. D.W. Swan, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church had charge of the services, and interment was made in the County Homes cemetery. No close relatives survive."
    Burial County Poor Farm Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I56552  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2018

    Father Samuel R. JONES,   b. 1796, Hampshire Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1861, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Mother Ruth ANDERSON,   b. CA 1810
    Family ID F10915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Ellen "Nanny" STEWART,   b. 18 Sep 1851, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1925, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Marriage 10 Sep 1868  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Count of Children 0   [3] 
    Notes 
    • It is unclear whether his given name was Judge or Judson, as both were used over the years, but never together.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jul 30 1870:
      S. R. Jones, 76, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100, cannot write; Rutha, 56, cannot read/write; Judge N, 22, farm laborer, cannot write; Nancy, 19, cannot write; Lafayette, 20, cannot write; Frances, 21, cannot write.
      NOTE: Nancy and Frances were the wives of Judge and Lafayette, respectively.

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on Jun 5 1880:
      Nelson Jones, 32, farm laborer, cannot write; wife Nancy, 28, cannot write; nephew Adam Richards, 12, cannot read/write.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
      Jedson (sic) N. Jones, 52, b. Aug 1847, farmer, can read, cannot write, married 30 yrs; wife Nancy E, 48, b. Sep 1851, can read, cannot write, married 30 yrs, no children; adopted daughter Sarah J. Leggett, 15, b. Nov 1884, attending school.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 20 1910:
      Judson Jones, 62, farmer (working out), married 48 yrs; wife Nanny, 57, married 48 yrs, no children.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 17 1920:
      Judge N. Jones, 72, farm worker (working out), can read, cannot write; wife Nancy E, 68, cannot read/write; lodger Clarence E. Husk, 14, farm laborer (working out).
      NOTE: According to his death record and obituary, Clarence Everett Husk (1905-1958) was a son of Newt Husk and Rebecca Reed. We have found neither a birth record nor an entry for him in the 1910 Census.

      Nancy died of tuberculosis at Summers on Jan 27 1925. Informant on her death record was Nelson Jones, Oxford. (The postal address of Summers community at that time was Oxford.)

      In the 1930 Census of Doddridge County (Central District), enumerated on Apr 25 1930 at the Doddridge County Infirmary, one of the 19 "inmates" enumerated was:
      Nelson Jones, 82, widowed, no occupation.
      NOTE: The County Infirmary, also known as the County Poor Farm, was located at Sunnyside on old Route 50. Judson Nelson Jones died there in 1937 and was buried in the Infirmary cemetery.
    Family ID F23427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    56552_JONES_JudsonNelson_1847-1937_DeathCertificate.jpg    		56552_JONES_JudsonNelson_1847-1937_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 18, Line 45 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538314&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    3. [S2079] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    5. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1981405&Type=Death.

    6. [S14] Obituary.

    7. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 18, Line 45 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538314&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Judge Nelson Jones, 21, farmer, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Samuel R. & Ruth; and Nancy Ellen Stewart, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of George & Hannah. Married Sep 10 1868 in Ritchie County, officiated by Eli Riddle.