Newton Anderson Jones

Newton Anderson Jones

• Father: John Polk Jones b. 15 September 1852, d. 15 December 1935
• Mother: Sarah Louisa Thomas b. 18 September 1861, d. 15 August 1937

• Newton Anderson Jones was born on 5 February 1896 in Longstreet, Montgomery County, Texas.
• John Polk Jones and Sarah Louisa Thomas appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Newton Anderson Jones, John D. Jones, Edward P. Jones and Thomas R. Jones. Also in the household was Sarah's widowed mother Sarah Thomas (66).
• Newton Anderson Jones registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Montgomery County, Texas, while single and living in Richards, self-employed as a farmer in Longstreet.
• He served in the military during World War I.
• John Polk Jones and Sarah Louisa Thomas appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Newton Anderson Jones, Edward P. Jones, Thomas R. Jones and Mary Sarah Gilmore.
• He was working on the home farm, according to the 1920 census.
• He married Mary Eula Wood, daughter of Rush Brevard Wood and Claudia Gertrude Bay, on 3 April 1922.
• John Polk Jones and Sarah Louisa Thomas appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery County, Texas, enumerated next to their son John.. Other members of the household included Newton Anderson Jones, Edward P. Jones, Mary Eula Wood and Ivy Knudson Jones.
• He was an automobile mechanic, according to the 1930 census.
• Newton Anderson Jones and Mary Eula Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Mill Town, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Francis Lew Allen Harris, Ivy Knudson Jones, Edward P. Jones and Robert Efford McCune. No occupation is recorded for Newton Jones or his brother Edward. Robert McCune was Mary Eula's second cousin; their grandfathers were brothers Solomon and Rush Wood.
• Newton Anderson Jones registered for the draft in 1942 in Montgomery County, Texas, while living with his wife Mary Eula in Conroe, and employed by Austin Construction Company (at Dow Chemical Company) in Velasco, Brazoria County.
• At the time of his death Newton Anderson Jones was living in Galena Park, Harris County, Texas, at 2105 11th.
• Newton Anderson Jones died on 14 January 1977 at age 80 in Galena Park, Harris County, Texas, at Deaton Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Mary Eula Wood.
• His wife Mary Eula Wood became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 19 May 2017

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of LeGRAND John & Margaret Chambers, Descendants of TEAGUE Joshua, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine