When Clinton Jones was born on 13 January 1890, in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States, his father, William M. Jones, was 37 and his mother, Florence Rich, was 34. He married Nina Estelle Babbs on 4 July 1910, in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Summit Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Jackson Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 October 1966, in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Funkhouser, Effingham, Illinois, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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