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Marion Lafeyette "Lafe" JONES

Marion Lafeyette "Lafe" JONES

Male 1912 - 1992  (80 years)


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  • Name Marion Lafeyette "Lafe" JONES
    Birth 4 Apr 1912  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military (ENLISTED 10/7/1942)  [4, 5] 
    Pvt, U.S. Army, World War II 
    Census 1920  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Identified as Mary Jones, a daughter, age 9.
    Census 1930, 1940  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    Occupation evangelist minister  [1] 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    WPA laborer 
    Residence Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 8] 
    Death 19 Nov 1992  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Burial West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10] 
    Person ID I67046  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2016

    Father Noble Sherman JONES,   b. 27 Nov 1872, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1957, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Mother Mahala Frances "Haley" JONES,   b. 21 Feb 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1976 (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F16242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edna Stacey EAKLE,   b. 25 Sep 1917, Grove, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1968, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [11]
    Children 
    >1. Bobby Lee JONES,   b. 7 Jan 1934, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 2001, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     2. Billy Lee JONES,   b. 27 May 1938, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 2007, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +3. Rella Sue JONES,   b. 10 Dec 1940, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 2016, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     4. Nelda Lou JONES,   b. 7 Oct 1942, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1947, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    Family ID F36225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Gertie Agnes DOTSON,   b. 22 Apr 1897, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1980 (Age 83 years)
    Marriage 21 Apr 1949  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F28203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S1978] National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, (www.ancestry.com).

    6. [S2640] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    8. [S643] Obituary of father.

    9. [S1681] Obituary - United Hospital Center.

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S110] Obituary of husband.