Doddridge County Roots


A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Share Print Bookmark
Richard Rush JONES

Richard Rush JONES

Male 1842 - 1920  (78 years)


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Richard Rush JONES
    Birth 13 May 1842  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military (ENLISTED 7/11/1863)  [1, 4] 
    Pvt, Co A, 26th Va Cavalry Regt, CSA 
    Census 1880  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1920  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Death 26 Dec 1920  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I91445  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2020

    Father James Rush JONES
    Mother Elizabeth COLLINS,   b. CA 1803, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1885, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
    Family ID F22052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Virginia DAWSON,   b. May 1843  [6]
    Marriage CA 1863  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay District), enumerated on 16 & 17 Jun 1880:
      Richard Jone, 38, farmer, cannot read/write; wife Martha V, 37; son Martin V, 15; dau Elizabeth A, 13; son Isaiah, 10; son Thaddeus C, 8; son Floyd H, 7; son Alpheus C, 4; son Jasper N, 2.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Richard Jones, 58, b. May 1842, farmer, married 37 yrs; wife Martha V, 57, b. May 1843, married 37 yrs, mother of 2 (sic) children (both still living); son Alpheus C, 24, b. Oct 1875, single, day laborer; son Creed, 14, b. May 1886.
    Children 
    >1. Alpheus Conoway "Alf" JONES,   b. 16 Oct 1875, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1956, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +2. Jasper Newton JONES,   b. 10 May 1879, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1933, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    +3. Creed S. JONES,   b. 3 May 1886, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1961 (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F39343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

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

    3. [S2099] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District).

    4. [S28] American Civil War Soldiers [database online], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1599] Birth record of son.