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Lorenzo Dow Jones 1854–1932 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 January 1854

Birth Location: Clay County, West Virginia, USA

Death Date: 30 July 1932

Death Location: Weston, Lewis, West Virginia

Father: John Jones

Mother: Sarah Samples

Spouse(s): Melissa Waugh

Children(s): Fannie Jones

Lorenzo Dow Jones was born in 1854 in Clay County, West Virginia, USA, the child of John Archibald Jones And Sarah Jane Samples. Lorenzo Dow Jones married Melissa Jane Waugh, and had children including Fannie E Jones. Lorenzo Dow Jones passed away in 1932 in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia.

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Biography

  • Lorenzo Dow Jones was born in 1854 in Clay County, West Virginia, USA, the child of John Archibald Jones And Sarah Jane Samples.
  • Lorenzo Dow Jones married Melissa Jane Waugh, and had children including Fannie E Jones.
  • Lorenzo Dow Jones passed away in 1932 in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lorenzo Jones's Ancestors

Self
Lorenzo Jones
1854–1932
Birth Place: Clay County, West Virginia, USA
Parents
John Archibald Jones
1815–1868
Virginia, USA
Sarah (Jane) Samples
1826–1897
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Peter Samples
1800–1873
Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA
Lurana (M.) Smith
1803–1870
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Robert Samples
1765–1857
Mary Walker
1769–1857
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Moses Samples
1733–1824
Ruth Wood
1730–1783
Robert Walker
1744–1797
Elizabeth Starks
1745–1828

Lorenzo Jones's Descendants

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Lorenzo (Dow) Jones (1 January 1854–30 July 1932) m. Melissa (Jane) Waugh (24 November 1860–27 Feb 1934)
  1. 1. Fannie (E) Jones 1885–1967 m. John (Lewis) Daugherty 1882–1957
    1. 1. Melissa Daugherty 1916–1961 m. Bernard Jacobs 1912–1985
      1. 1. Leonard (Eugene) Jacobs 1937–2013 m. Doris (Marlene) Hamilton 1935–2017

Lorenzo Jones's Timeline

3 Records

1854
1 January 1854
Birth of Lorenzo Dow Jones in Clay County, West Virginia, USA
Clay County, West Virginia, USA
1932
30 Jul 1932
Age 78
Death of Lorenzo Dow Jones in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA
Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA
1932
30 July 1932
Age 78
Death of Lorenzo Dow Jones in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia
Weston, Lewis, West Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 January 1854
    Event Place: Clay County, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] West Virginia, Deaths Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jul 1932
    Event Place: Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] West Virginia, Deaths Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 July 1932
    Event Place: Weston, Lewis, West Virginia

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