Margaret E. Jones

Brief Life History of Margaret E.

When Margaret E. Jones was born on 19 June 1879, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Osborn Jones, was 34 and her mother, Tabitha Elizabeth "Betty" Randolph, was 40. She married George Washington McCoy on 23 February 1898, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Coffee Ridge, Unicoi, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Greene, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 February 1962, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Greene, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington McCoy
1858–1947
Margaret E. Jones
1879–1962
Marriage: 23 February 1898
Shafter McCoy
1899–1915
Atha Evaline McCoy
1902–1993
Perry R Mc Coy
1905–1987
Earl McCoy Sr.
1908–1992
Fay Osbin McCoy
1911–2000
Alpha McCoy
1917–1999

Sources (15)

  • Maggie Mc Coy in household of George W Mc Coy, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Margaret Jones, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Margaret McCoy, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

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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