Doddridge County Roots


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Thomas S. J. JONES

Thomas S. J. JONES

Male 1870 - 1954  (83 years)


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  • Name Thomas S. J. JONES
    Birth 26 Jun 1870  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1895  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [5] 
    coal miner 
    Census 1910  Sheridan District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [6, 7] 
    Death 17 Feb 1954  Freed, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Burial Goodnight Cemetery, Big Bend, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I76317  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2020

    Father Granville B. JONES,   b. CA 1846
    Mother Elzara E. LOWTHER,   b. CA 1850
    Family ID F21081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marinda Elizabeth Annie HALL,   b. 4 May 1878, Mason Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9]
    Marriage 25 Jul 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 11 1900:
      Elizabeth Hall, 60, b. Jul 1839, b. Ohio (father b. Pa, mother b. Ohio), widowed, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Marinda (sic) Jones, 21, b. May 1879 in WVa (father b. Va, mother b. Ohio), married 5 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son Henry T. Jones (sic), 19, b. Nov 1880, single, farm laborer; grandson (sic) Lessie M. Jones, female, 3, b. Sep 1896.
      NOTE: Marinda's marital status should probably have been listed as divorced, since her husband had remarried the previous year.
    Children 
    +1. Lessie M. JONES,   b. Sep 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    76317_ThomasJJones_AnnaHall_MarriageRecord_25Jul1895.jpg    		76317_ThomasJJones_AnnaHall_MarriageRecord_25Jul1895.jpg
    Family ID F32579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Jane FORTNEY,   b. 26 Jun 1863, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1929 (Age 65 years)
    Marriage 21 May 1899  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Eagle District), enumerated on Jun 25 1900:
      Thom. S. Jones, 31 (corrected from 32), b. Jun 1868, coal miner, married 1 yr; wife S. J., 36, b. Jun 1863, married 1 yr, no children.

      1910 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Sheridan District), enumerated on Apr 22 1910:
      Thomas S. Jones, 44, farmer, married 11 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Sarah J, 47, married 11 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 3 children (1 still living); dau Vesta J, 4.
    Children 
    >1. Vesta J. JONES,   b. 1905   d. 26 Apr 1976, Big Springs, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Documents
    76317_ThomasSJones_SarahJaneFortney_MarriageRecord_21May1899.jpg    		76317_ThomasSJones_SarahJaneFortney_MarriageRecord_21May1899.jpg
    Family ID F48247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2192] 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

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

    5. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2023] 1910 Census, Calhoun County, WV.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792765&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Thomas J. Jones, 25, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Anna Hall, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jul 25 1895 in Doddridge County, officiated by Stephen Loveall, a Minister of the Gospel. Informants for marriage record: Elizabeth Hall & Thomas J. Jones.

    11. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=52327&Type=Marriage.