Thomas Jefferson Jones

Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson

When Thomas Jefferson Jones was born on 3 April 1855, in Corinth, Howard, Arkansas, United States, his father, Charles Wesley Jones, was 23 and his mother, Mary Jane Copeland, was 16. He married Melinda Jane Clingan on 6 December 1877, in Pike, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Ratliffe Township, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 11 April 1946, in Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson Jones
1855–1946
Melinda Jane Clingan
1854–1932
Marriage: 6 December 1877
Rosa Lee Jones
1879–1936
Melvin Wiley Jones
1881–1962
Lillie Pearl Jones
1885–1887
Nancy Ellen Jones
1887–1971
Thomas Luther Jones
1890–1967
Viola Dorcus Jones
1896–1992

Sources (17)

  • Thomas J Louis in household of Charles W Louis, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Jones - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Jeff Jones
  • Thomas J Jones, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"

World Events (8)

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

1873

Historical Boundaries - 1873: Howard, Arkansas, United States

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

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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