George Jones

MaleJune 1849–1933

Brief Life History of George

When George Jones was born in June 1849, in Indiana, United States, his father, Simpson Jones, was 26 and his mother, Eliza Jane Remy, was 27. He married Catherine Wright in 1876. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Marion Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States for about 40 years and Decatur Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died in 1933, in Decatur, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

George Jones
1849–1933
Catherine Wright
1856–1941
Marriage: 1876
Ethel L. Jones
1877–1960

Sources (12)

  • George Jones in household of Simpson Jones, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George Jones - Government record: Census record: birth: June 1849; Indiana, United States
  • George Jones, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1876
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1851 · Constitution of 1851

    Age 2

    Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

    1863

    Age 14

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 23

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    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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