Charles Pollard Jones Jr (1898 - 1979)

Born 9 Sep 1898 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Died 29 Aug 1979 at age 80 in Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA

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External References

FamilySearch Family Tree: https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&section=details&person=L2SG-SGH Charles Pollard Jones]
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Biography

1898: Charles Pollard Jones (C.P.) was born on the 9th of September 1898 in Montgomery, Montgomery County^[1][2], Alabama, the only son of Charles Pollard Jones and his wife Elizabeth Mae Murphy of Montgomery, Alabama. His father was a prominent lawyer and partner in the Thomas G. and Charles P. Jones Law Firm of Montgomery, Alabama.

1919: C.P. graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1919 following his uncle Gen. Samuel Goode Jones into the U. S. Army^[2]. On retirement he was a Colonel (Field Artillery) and had been awarded the Legion of Merit^[3] for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States in 1945 during World War II.

1925: C.P. married Frances Kimbell Armstrong on the 15th of August 1925^[4] at Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA. His bride was the daughter of Brittain Dixon Armstrong and his wife Martha Mary Kimbell.

1979: C.P. died on the 29th of August 1979^[5] in Auburn^[1], Lee County, Alabama and was buried at the Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama. He was survived by his wife Frances and daughters Bettie M Jones and Frances Kirk Jones.

Sources

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• www.jones-dna.org Y-DNA pedigree site. Family Group: I-M253 #6 FTDNA kit: 396060.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL7K-W28 : accessed 26 May 2016), Charles Jones, Aug 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} U.S. War Department, Official Army Register (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1942), 457; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/officialarmyregi1942unit : accessed 25 May 2016.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Doug Sterner et al., "Hall of Valor", web site, Military Times. Military Times Hall of Valor, (http://valor.militarytimes.com/ : accessed 26 May 2016), Charles Pollard Jones.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQMM-64D : accessed 26 May 2016), Chas. P. Jones and Frances Kimball Armstrong, 15 Aug 1925; citing reference pg 173; FHL microfilm 1,288,651.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find-A-Grave Memorial #8985800 for Charles Pollard Jones