Melvin Dewey Jones
b. 24 January 1897, d. 28 May 1963
- Father: Joseph A. Jones b. May 1867
- Mother: Josephine Bourke b. 14 October 1871, d. 3 July 1966
- Melvin Dewey Jones was born on 24 January 1897 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
- Joseph A. Jones and Josephine Bourke appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Travis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Melvin Dewey Jones, William Joseph McCracken, Emily Honor McCracken and Dixie Mae Jones.
- Joseph A. Jones and Josephine Bourke appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Bend, San Saba County, Texas, living next to Josephine's parents, William and Emily Bourke.. Other members of the household included Melvin Dewey Jones, Dixie Mae Jones, Emily Honor McCracken, William Joseph McCracken and William M. Kempe.
- Joseph A. Jones and Josephine Bourke appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 1225 Clinton Avenue. Other members of the household included Melvin Dewey Jones, Dixie Mae Jones, Raymond Henry Jackson, George Richard Jackson, William Joseph McCracken, William M. Kempe, Emily Honor McCracken, Dixie Ruth Kempe, William Dewey Kempe and Emily Angeline Smith. William Kempe and family also were enumerated in Wichita County, likely because the Tarrant enumeration occurred on 15 January and later, on 23 March, in Wichita County.
- He was working in the stockyards, according to the 1920 census.
- At the time of his death, his usual residence was in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 3509 Childress.
- Melvin Dewey Jones died on 28 May 1963 at age 66 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, at VA Center.
- He was interred at Chappel Cemetery, San Saba County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 30 Dec 2010