Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Robinson Jones    
         Census name: J. R. Jones 
                Born: Aug-  -1857          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Oct-13-1918           3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1886, 1893           in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1870                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation: 1910                 laborer at odd jobs  4
          Occupation: 1900                 miller  1
              Father: Thomas Anderson Jones, Jr.   (1825 - 1894) 
              Mother: Melissa Ann Williams   (1825 - 1879) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 5 
                Wife: Columbia L. Langfitt     
             Married: Oct-26-1886          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: ca 1865               6
                Died: Aug-29-1889          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
      Cause of death:                      cancer  7
             Resided: 1886                 in Doddridge Co, WV  2
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Valentine Langfitt   (1833 - 1904) 
              Mother: Caroline Louise Davis   (1836 - 1920) 
           M Child 1: James Clyde Jones      
       Also known as: J. Clyde Jones 8
                Born: Jul-16-1887          in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  9,10
             Resided: 1912                 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV  11 (see note 1)
              Census: 1900, 1910           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1917                 merchant & restaurant owner  9
          Occupation: 1916                 Mayor of West Union (took office May 1916)  12
          Occupation: 1915                 manager & editor of West Union Record newspaper  13
          Occupation: 1912                 lawyer  11
           Education:                      West Virginia University (1910)  
                Wife: Ina Edith Clark  b. Sep- 9-1891  d. Jul-26-1967  
             Married: Jan-28-1912          in Star City (Morgantown), Monongalia Co, WV  11
            Divorced: bef Apr 1930          14

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) Obituary. 
(4) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(5) Bernard L. Butcher, Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV (1912, reprinted 1978 by 
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), p. 560. 
(6) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) 
(7) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) West Union Record. 
(9) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(11) Monongalia County Marriage Records, Morgantown, WV. 
(12) West Union Record, 1/27/1916. 
(13) West Union Record, 2/5/1915. 
(14) 1930 Census, Monongalia County, WV. 

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.







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