When John Iras Jones was born on 18 October 1809, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Jones, was 32 and his mother, Frances Brown, was 26. He married Lucinda Caroline Kennon on 28 November 1833, in Jones Chapel, Madison, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Butler Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 25 April 1900, in Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Simpsonville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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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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