Howard Harrison JONES

1889 - 1948  (59 years)

• Name	Howard Harrison JONES
  Born	23 Jan 1889	Berea, Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 2]
  	Birth date reported as Jan 23 1889 in "History of Doddridge County" (p. 177) and by first cousin Ota Reed Fraker. Obituary and headstone state Jan 27 1889. Death certificate, while not specifying birth date, states age at birth as 59y 6m 29d, which calculates to a birth date of Jan 22 1889. Death certificate states place of birth as Doddridge County, while all other sources indicate Ritchie County.
  Gender	Male
  Military	2nd Lt, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War I  [3]
  Residence	1917	Hillsboro, Pocahontas Co, WV   [4]
  Census	1930	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	educator & State Delegate
  Residence	Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 5]
  Died	20 Aug 1948	Hinton, Summers Co, WV   [1, 6, 7]
  	Suffered a heart attack at Camp Thomas Lightfoot, near Hinton, Summers Co, WV. He was serving as an instructor in the camp, operated by a southern West Virginia coal company for the benefit of its employees' children. (obit)
  Buried	Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV   [1, 2]
  Notes	After the death of their mother in 1890, Howard Harrison Jones and his brother James were reared in the home of their grandfather, Samuel Morris Gaston, and his second wife Rebecca Jane Furner Gaston. Howard graduated from Glenville College in 1916, and was principal of Hillsboro Grade School in Pocahontas Co, WV. During the school year he was called into the Army due to World War I and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He was discharged in 1918. He became Superintendent of Doddridge County Schools for eight years. He and wife Miriam served as counselors at Camp Lightfoot, near Hinton, attended by some 800 miners' children. [Miriam Hill Jones, in The History of Doddridge County, WV, 1979, p. 178] Elected to West Virginia House of Delegates for the 1935 term. [West Virginia Blue Book]
  Person ID	I1486	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2017

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Miriam HILL,   b. 17 Jul 1898, Hillsboro, Pocahontas Co, WV ,   d. 30 Nov 1991, Salem, WV  (Age 93 years)
  Married	23 Apr 1919
  Children	+ 1. Howard Hill "Buck" JONES,   b. 22 Jan 1923, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 5 Oct 2010  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S14] Obituary. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)). [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 176. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 1/11/1917. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Cousin Ota Reed Fraker, in her Gaston genealogy, incorrectly reports his death date as Aug 20 1949. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 178.