James Wormley Jones (1884 - 1958)

Born 22 Sep 1884 in Fort Monroe, Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Husband of Ethel T (Peters) Jones — married [date unknown] in Pennsylvania, United States

Died 11 Dec 1958 at age 74 in Dormont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

He is best known for having been the first African-American FBI special agent appointed November 19, 1919^[1]

1917 he joined the Army. He was assigned to the 368th Infantry in command of company F. After his company was sent to France in 1918, he saw action in the Vosges Mountains, Argonne Sector, and the Metz front. ^[2]

He is buried in Jefferson Memorial Park, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Volume 2, page 203.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wormley_Jones
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGM-7M4G : 6 December 2016), James Wormley Jones, 1958; Burial, Pleasant Hills, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Jefferson Memorial Park; citing record ID 111975696, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQZ1-YN1 : 28 July 2019), James W Jones, Dormont Borough, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-132, sheet 9B, line 54, family 186, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3401.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCH6-6RW : accessed 16 November 2019), James W Jones, Dormont, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 567, sheet 13A, line 19, family 313, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1962; FHL microfilm 2,341,696.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLJ-N8W : accessed 16 November 2019), James W Jones in household of Sallie B Jones, Precinct 8, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 155, sheet 15A, family 300, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 153; FHL microfilm 1,374,166.