John Polk Jones
b. 15 September 1852, d. 15 December 1935
- John Polk Jones was born on 15 September 1852 in Alabama.
- He married Sarah Louisa Thomas, daughter of Simeon Thomas and Mary Sarah Gilmore, on 15 December 1881.
- 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 John D. Jones, Edward P. Jones, Thomas R. Jones and Newton Anderson Jones. Also in the household was Sarah's widowed mother Sarah Thomas (66).
- He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
- 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 Edward P. Jones, Thomas R. Jones, Newton Anderson Jones and Mary Sarah Gilmore.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
- 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 Edward P. Jones, Newton Anderson Jones, Mary Eula Wood and Ivy Knudson Jones.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
- John Polk Jones died on 15 December 1935 at age 83.
- His wife Sarah Louisa Thomas became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Bay's Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 12 Oct 2015
Family: Sarah Louisa Thomas b. 18 September 1861, d. 15 August 1937
- John D. Jones b. December 1882
- Edward P. Jones b. 10 December 1890, d. 11 March 1963
- Thomas R. Jones b. February 1894
- Newton Anderson Jones+ b. 5 February 1896, d. 14 January 1977