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James Morris JONES

James Morris JONES

Male 1888 - 1954  (66 years)

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  • Name James Morris JONES 
    Born 5 Mar 1888  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military U.S. Navy  [5] 
    Census 1920  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Castleberry, Conecuh Co, AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [6, 7] 
    Residence Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 8] 
    Died 19 Apr 1954  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 9] 
    • The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, p. 178, gives death in 1954 in Smithburg. "West Union WV Cemeteries" reports headstone reading of Apr 19 1954, and researcher Marilynn Davis Jones also specifies Apr 19 1954, while Ota Reed Fraker reports Apr 19 1957, clearly incorrect. But Doddridge County Death Record and WV State Death Certificate both state Apr 20 1954 in Smithburg. Obituary specifies day of week as Monday at 11 p.m., which would coincide with Apr 19 1954.
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Notes 
    • After the death of their mother when they were aged two and one, respectively, James Morris Jones and his brother Howard were reared in the home of their grandfather, Samuel Morris Gaston, and his second wife Rebecca Jane Furner Gaston. James spent four years in the Navy before getting married. He and family resided in Castleberry, Alabama from 1927 to 1930, then returned to West Virginia. During WW II, he and his wife moved to Baltimore, where he worked in the shipyards and she at an airplane factory. They returned to West Virginia only to have their home washed away by the great flood of 1950. [5]
    Person ID I1485  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2015 

    Father David Haynes JONES,   b. 14 Nov 1853, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1930, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Susan GASTON,   b. 6 Jan 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1890, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stella Pearl NUTTER,   b. 7 Aug 1898, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1999, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years) 
    Married 11 Nov 1917  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 10, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Boyd Haines JONES,   b. 16 Nov 1918, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1944, Edwards Air Force Base, Kern Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     2. Frances Marie JONES,   b. 24 Aug 1923,   d. 24 Aug 1923  (Age 0 years)
     3. Lloyd James "Jim" JONES,   b. 4 Jul 1926, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1989, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Mar 1888 - Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Castleberry, Conecuh Co, AL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Apr 1954 - Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 90-A.

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    5. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 178.

    6. [S2080] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    7. [S1898] 1930 Census.

    8. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    9. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 90-A.
      Identified as James Morris Jones, b. May 5 1888 in Doddridge Co, son of David Jones & Susan Gaston, d. Apr 20 1954 at Smithburg, age 67, burial at Masonic Cemetery in West Union. Place of birth is considered to be in error, as obituary and other sources state Berea in Ritchie Co, and no birth record for him was found in Doddridge Co.

    10. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    11. [S110] Obituary of husband.