When Alethia Phoebe Cohoon was born on 10 March 1853, in Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Ludford Cahoon, was 36 and her mother, Rhoda Caroline Phelps, was 24. She married Charles R Jones on 13 October 1869, in Pasquotank, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1920 and Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1930. She died in 1943, at the age of 90, and was buried in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.