Isaac Whittaker Jones

Brief Life History of Isaac Whittaker

When Isaac Whittaker Jones was born in February 1814, in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, his father, Isaac Thomas Jones, was 34 and his mother, Polly Oglesby, was 32. He married Eunice Jane Griffin on 25 April 1837, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Columbia, Georgia, United States in 1840. He died in February 1850, in Madison, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 36.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Whittaker Jones
1814–1850
Eunice Jane Griffin
1817–1901
Marriage: 25 April 1837
William H. Jones
1838–1860
Martha Jane Jones
1840–1850
Frances Jones
1842–1843
Lafayette William Jones
1845–1928
Amanda A. Jones
1848–
Susan Thaddeus Jones
1848–1945

Sources (6)

  • Isaac W Jones, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Isaac W. Jones, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • I W Jones in entry for L W Jones, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1817

Mississippi is the 20th state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

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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