Born in Pittsview, Russell, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Bonner Adams
and Lumus Ella (Lamb) Adams
Sister of
Lenna Docia (Adams) Buck, Chester Arthur Adams, Lula Bell (Adams) Knowles, Robert Bonner Adams Jr., Era Alice (Adams) Owens, Mayzelle (Adams) Rutland, Walter Ernest Adams and Emma Ruth (Adams) Knighton
Wife of
Sherwood Augustus Jones
— married
after 1907 [location unknown]
Mother of
Kathryn A. Jones and Mary Lee (Jones) Yancey
Died
at age 79
in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States
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Biography
From 1900 US Census, Sealetown, Russell Co., AL: "Robt B Adams Head M 46 Alabama Lunus E Adams Wife F 42 Alabama Chester Adams Son M 19 Alabama Lula Adams Daughter F 18 Alabama Alphe L Adams Daughter F 16 Alabama Robt Adams Son M 13 Alabama Eva A Adams Daughter F 11 Alabama Azel Adams Daughter F 8 Alabama Ernest Adams Son M 6 Alabama Emma Adams Daughter F 3 Alabama"
From 1910 US Census, Glenville, Russell Co., AL: "Robert B Adams Head M 57 Alabama Ella L Adams Wife F 51 Alabama Lula Adams Daughter F 31 Alabama Juste Adams Son M 29 Alabama Lena Adams Daughter F 27 Alabama Robert B Adams Son M 25 Alabama Alf L Adams Son M 23 Alabama Mayzall Adams Daughter F 21 Alabama Ernest Adams Son M 19 Alabama Emma R Adams Daughter F 17 Alabama"
From 1920 US Census, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA: "S A Jones Head M 54 Alabama Alpha Jones Wife F 34 Alabama Kathryn Jones Daughter F 7 Georgia Mary Lee Jones Daughter F 3 Georgia"
From 1930 US Census, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA: "Sherwood A Jones Head M 65 Alabama Alpha L Jones Wife F 45 Alabama Kathryn A Jones Daughter F 17 Georgia Mary L Jones Daughter F 13 Georgia"
From 1940 US Census, Columbus, Muscogee Co., GA: "Alpha L Jones Head F 54 Alabama Kathryn A Jones Daughter F 27 Georgia Grady Yancey Son-in-law M 30 Alabama Mary L Yancey Daughter F 23 Georgia"
Alpha L. Jones was survived by two daughters: Miss Katheryn Jones, and Mrs. R. G. Yancey of Columbus; granddaughter, Mrs. John R. Copeland of Cape Kennedy, FL
Sources
- Family Bible record of S.F. Rutland, Sr. & Mazelle (Adams) Rutland
- United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DY-1JK : accessed 19 May 2016), Emma Adams in household of Robt B Adams, Precinct 7 Seale (west portion) Seale town, Russell, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 23B, family 454, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,038.
- United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW3-4W5 : accessed 19 May 2016), Robert B Adams in household of Robert B Adams, Glenville, Russell, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 199, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,045.
- United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ61-36V : accessed 21 May 2016), Alpha Jones in household of S A Jones, Columbus Ward 7, Muscogee, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,272.
- United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3H4L-NN2 : accessed 21 May 2016), Alpha L Jones in entry for Sherwood A Jones, 1930.
- United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7P9-5RN : accessed 21 May 2016), Alpha L Jones, Columbus, Militia District 772, Muscogee, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 106-17, sheet 10B, family 143, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 697.
- Gravestone at Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, GA
- Funeral notice from Britton and Dobbs Cypress Chapel
- Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17596943/alpha-jones
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alpha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alpha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alpha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alpha:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Nikki Lacroix 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A019259 [compare], Ancestry member nikkiyayxoxo
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~1.56%
Joe Adams :
23andMe, GEDmatch M647134 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Joy Shaw :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A412155 [compare], Ancestry member cl3334
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~0.78%
Deborah Shaw :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A275191 [compare], Ancestry member cl3334
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~0.78%
Stephen Davis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A978516 [compare], Ancestry member KevinMIreland
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~0.39%
Alice (Hoffman) Baratone :
AncestryDNA
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch MC2444554 [compare]
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