Mr. Jones
about 1852–before 1952 (Age 100)
Tennessee, United States
The Life of Mr.
Mr. Jones was born about 1852, in Tennessee, United States. He married Alathia Donoho about 1872, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died before 1952, in his hometown, at the age of 99.
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Family Time Line
Mr. Jones
1852–1952
Alathia Donoho
1862–1962
Marriage: about 1872
Richard Edward Jones
1882–1982
Spouse and Children
1852–1952Male
1862–1962Female
MARRIAGE
about 1872
Tennessee, United States
about 1872
Tennessee, United States
children
(1)
1882–1982Male
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 10
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Age 11
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
Age 26
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) ( see John ). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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