William Henry Jones (abt. 1822 - 1865)

Born about 1822 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Rebecca (Westbrook) Jones — married 17 Nov 1844 in Barbour, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1865 at about age 43 in Camp Douglas, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

William was born about 1822. ^[1] He passed away in 1865.

A private in the Confederate Army. Family history says, he was captured and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio.

The 1850 Census, dated 25 November, 1850, of Barbour County, Alabama, on a single sheet, listed 4 generations in 3 households:

1. Henry Jones (Henry Jones II) age 84 and wife Ellender (3d wife of Henry Jones II) age 40, father of
2. Henry L. Jones (Henry Lightfoot Jones) age 54 and wife, Elizabeth (Mary Elizabeth Marcus) age 45, parents of
3. William Jones (William Henry Jones) age 28 and wife, Rebecca (Hannah Rebecca Westbrook) age 20, parents of
4. Daughter, Louise Jones (Louisa E. Jones), age 3.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C

• The Cadwallader Joneses, Genealogical and Historical by Morgan Davis Jones, Montgomery Alabama, United States, completed in 1945, About 950 pages, 402 pages of genealogy and history, the rest is an index. Included in Morgan Jones papers in the Alabama State Archive, Montgomery, Alabama. Begins in the late 16th century Greenham, Parish of Ashbrittle, County Somerset, England
• Census 1850, 1860
• Alabama County Marriages, 1805-1967
• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1957
• U..S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
• Find-a-grave #37875879