Cornelius Paschal Jones

Brief Life History of Cornelius Paschal

When Cornelius Paschal Jones was born in 1874, in Union Level, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, William Jackson Jones, was 24 and his mother, Estelle Missouri Bracey, was 22. He married Elfleda Saunders on 20 December 1898, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Buckhorn, Preston, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1966, at the age of 92, and was buried in South Hill, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Cornelius Paschal Jones
1874–1966
Elfleda Saunders
1872–
Marriage: 20 December 1898
C Darrel Jones
1901–1975
Ruth Elizabeth Jones
1902–1981
Elise Hazlewood Jones
1913–1918

Sources (15)

  • Cornelius P Jones, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Cornelius P Jones, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Cornelius P Jones, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1889 · Established

Town is said to have begun as a railroad town in 1889.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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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