Eugene Demetrius Jones (1832 - 1914)

Ancestors

Husband of Anna M Jones — married 1863 in Mississippi, United States

Husband of Mary S (Unknown) Jones — married 17 Jan 1867 in Copiah, Mississippi, United States

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2nd Lt Eugene Jones served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 7 Mar 1862
Mustered out: 1864 (wounded)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. K, 36th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry

Biography

Eugene was born in 1832 in Claiborne, Mississippi. He was the son of Joseph Eggleston Jones and Martha Augusta Green.

On March 7,1862, he enlisted as a Private in the 36th Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers^[1]. By May of 1862 it had become Company K^[2]. By July 1862 he had obtained the rank of 3rd Seargent^[3]. On February 14, 1863, the rank of 2nd junior lieutenant^[4]. On July 4,1863, he was captured at Vicksburg, MS^[5]. He was paroled on December 20,1863^[6]. Then, in July 1864, he was shot in the right ankle in battle in front of Atlanta and sent to the hospital^[7][8]. He was subsequently discharged permanently disabled.

After the war he returned home to Claiborne.

In 1863, he first married Anna M Jones. She passed away the following year. They had no children.

He married again, on 17 Jan 1867, in Copiah, Mississippi, to Mary S Jones (daughter of Robert T Jones & Mary Battle). They had one known child.

Living in Copiah, it is here he passed away in 1913 and was buried at the Jones Cemetery.

Child:

1. Eugene Dabney Jones b. 1867 - d. 1944, m. Mary Myrtle Lawrence

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83902918
2. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83902924
3. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83902932
4. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83902957
5. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83902986
6. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83903016
7. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83902999
8. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/83903010

• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings, Miltary, Wivespage 307, 309
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2021), memorial page for Eugene Demetrius Jones (1832–1913), Find a Grave Memorial no. 44446027, citing Jones Cemetery, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Ernest Rucker (contributor 47197764) .
• https://www.fold3.com/image/83903331
• https://www.fold3.com/image/83902910
• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-VQ9 : Thu Oct 05 03:54:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph E Jones and Martha A Jones, 1850.
• "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQN1-N9ZM : 25 March 2020), Eugene D. Jones, 1867.
• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3Q-MJK : Wed Oct 04 23:43:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Eugene D Jones and Mary S Jones, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G3-V9Y : Thu Oct 05 19:34:24 UTC 2023), Entry for E. D. Jones and M. S. Jones, 1880.
• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96F-ZYH : Thu Oct 05 23:29:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Eugene D Jones, Sr and Mary S Jones, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP83-NJ8 : Fri Oct 06 08:42:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Eugene D Jones and Mary S Jones, 1910.