Sophia Ann Merilda Jones was born on August 24, 1861, in Overton, Tennessee, her father, Robert, was 35, and her mother, Jane, was 25. She married Isaac (Ike) Holt in 1903 in Tennessee. She died on April 13, 1936, in Byrdstown, Tennessee, at the age of 74, and was
Residence
Marital Status: Married.
Byrdstown[24]
Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter.
1900
Civil District 5, Pickett, Tennessee, USA. [25]
Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife.
1910
Civil District 5, Pickett, Tennessee, USA. [26]
Post Office: Olympus.
1870
District 2, Overton, Tennessee, USA. [27]
Marital Status: WidowedMarital Status: Widow; Relation to Head of House: Head.
1920
Civil District 5, Pickett, Tennessee, USA. [28]
Marital status: Single.
1880
District 13, Overton, Tennessee, USA. [29]
Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head of House: Aunt.
1930
District 5, Pickett, Tennessee, USA. [30]
Marriage
Husband Robert Beaty Jones.
Wife Jane T Ashinhurst.
Child: Sarah Elizabeth Jones.
Child: Joseph Dalton Jones.
Child: Merlinda Sophia Ann Jones.
Child: James Milton Jones.
Child: John Robert Jones.
Child: Zachariah Ellis Jones.
Marriage
9 Sep 1852.
Clinton, Kentucky, United States. [31]
Source: S-154015716 Repository: #R-794833838 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Repository: R-794833838 Ancestry.com
Source: S-154017450 Repository: #R-794833838 1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Source: S-154017458 Repository: #R-794833838 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Source: S-154157532 Repository: #R-794833838 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Source: S-154157680 Repository: #R-794833838 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Source: S-154157701 Repository: #R-794833838 1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Source: S-154157713 Repository: #R-794833838 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA:
Source: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYD-TR9 : accessed 19 September 2018), Minerva Jones in household of Mamie Jefferson, Jacksonville Ward 6, Duval, Florida, United States; citing ED 55, sheet 20B, line 64, family 601, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 218; FHL microfilm 1,820,218.
Source: S654316494 Repository: #R-794833838 Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Source: S654594906 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Find A Grave
Source: S661628672 Repository: #R-794833838 Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Notes
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to Teresa Campos for creating this profile through the import of grady.reagan.bruceyork.ged on Nov 29, 2013.
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