Husband: James Clyde Jones
Also known as: J. Clyde Jones 1
Born: Jul-16-1887 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 2,3
Resided: 1912 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV 4 (see note 1)
Census: 1900, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: 1917 merchant & restaurant owner 2
Occupation: 1916 Mayor of West Union (took office May 1916) 5
Occupation: 1915 manager & editor of West Union Record newspaper 6
Occupation: 1912 lawyer 4
Education: West Virginia University (1910)
Father: James Robinson Jones (1857 - 1918)
Mother: Columbia L. Langfitt (1865 - 1889)
Notes 7
Wife: Ina Edith Clark Married: Jan-28-1912 in Star City (Morgantown), Monongalia Co, WV 4 Divorced: bef Apr 1930 8
Born: Sep- 9-1891 in Monongalia Co, WV 3,9,4 Died: Jul-26-1967 in Monongalia Co, WV 10,9 Resided: 1948 in Star City (Morgantown), Monongalia Co, WV 11 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Star City (Morgantown), Monongalia Co, WV Resided: 1912 in Star City (Morgantown), Monongalia Co, WV 4 Occupation: 1920 dress maker 12 Father: George Melville Clark Mother: Mary E. Pyles
M Child 1: James Clyde Jones, Jr. Born: Jun-29-1916 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3 (see note 2) Died: Feb-19-1945 in Iwo Jima 13,11 Buried: in Beverly Hills Memorial Park, Westover, Monongalia Co, WV 11,13 Census: 1940 in Star City (Morgantown), Monongalia Co, WV Military: T/Sgt, 4th Marine Div, World War II (KIA) 11,13
Sources: (1) West Union Record. (2) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV. (5) West Union Record, 1/27/1916. (6) West Union Record, 2/5/1915. (7) Bernard L. Butcher, Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV (1912, reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), pp. 560-561. (8) 1930 Census, Monongalia County, WV. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. (12) 1920 Census, Monongalia County, WV. (13) Findagrave.com. Event Notes Note (1) Not with family in 1920 Census. Wife's marital status married. In the 1930 Census, she was divorced, but in the 1940 Census widowed. Note (2) Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jul 6 1916, in its entirety: "Born, to Mr. and mrs. Clyde Jones, on last Thursday moring -- a fine, large Democrat."