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Note: Thomas A. Jones, Sr. is found living with his parents in 1910 and 1920 Census Records: 1910 United States Federal Census about Lether B Jones Name: Lether B Jones - Railroad shop [Luther B Jones] Age in 1910: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881 Birthplace: Alabama Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Alabama Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Spouse's Name: Gussie M Home in 1910: Macon Ward 3, Bibb, Georgia Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Lether B Jones 29 Gussie M Jones 22 Thomas Jones 6 Myrtle Jones 3 Margaret Jones 1 1920 United States Federal Census about Luther B Jones Name: Luther B Jones - Superintendent of City Streets Home in 1920: Macon Ward 4, Bibb, Georgia Age: 32 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Birthplace: Alabama Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Gussie Father's Birth Place: Alabama Mother's Birth Place: Alabama Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 1108 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Luther B Jones 32 Gussie Jones 29 Thomas Jones 15 - Collector for Drug Company Myrtle Jones 13 Margaret Jones 10 Thelma Jones 6 L B Jones 2 Henry R Jones 39 The 1930 census finds Thomas and Helen at 1102 Shelby Place, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA. Tom is 25 and his job is "battery man" at "wrecking house" - which is all I could make out of the writing. Living with them is Thomas A., age 6, born Florida; and Robert, age 1-1/2, born in GA. From recollections of Thomas A. Jones, Jr.: "Pop" was an ambulance driver; worked at (or owned) Crane Auto parts (junk yard); had a battery charging business; in Avondale [Decatur, GA] he owned Jones Garage and Auto parts. After the war Tom, Jr. worked with Pop there. The shop caught fire and burned up. Pop then went to work at Truck Place as a mechanic and was there the rest of his life. Tom, Jr. also has early memories of living in a small white house in Tampa, Florida where Pop worked at a ship yard loading ships. In Atlanta, they lived in a quadplex apartment house on Woodland Avenue while Tom, Jr. attended grammar thru junior high. In the depression he remembers living in a "shack" on Shelby Place. Pop raised rabbits. Tom, Jr. had to feed them in the morning before school. Later they moved to Memorial Drive, S.E. Found in a collection of papers of Helen T. Jones: a) "Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge" - Armed Forces of the United States. This is to certify that THOMAS ALEXANDER JONES was discharged from the United States Marine Corps by Honorable Discharge On 15 October 1923 at Parris Island, South Carolina Given at Washington, D.C. on 12 April 1961. Death notice (newspaper and date printed unknown): "Friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Jones, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Jones, Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Jones, Jr., Falls Church, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Jones, Jr., Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and mrs. Harry Bornfield, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Roberts, St. Louis, Mo.,; mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rookstool, Phoenix, Ariz.; six grandchildren, nieces and nephews are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Thomas A. Jones Sunday, Dec. 13, 1964, at 3:30 p.m. from Ward's Glenwood Chapel, Rev. John Buel officiating. Pallbearers will assemble at the chapel at 3:15 p.m. Interment, Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Horis A. Ward Inc." ********** Helen's Bible recorded that Thomas was baptised at the Vineville Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia. Also states he served in the Marine Corp. 1922-1923
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