Owned a grocery store in Albuquerque, NM at Broadway and Coal.
Father of
Venus Athiel Jones Speer (1905-1987)
Vivian "Vance" Roberta Jones Dodds
(1909-1979) (FAG #1487)
Dorothy Mae Jones O'Neal (1916-2009)
Maxine "Mickey" Jones Bowyer (1918-1985)
Robert Jones Jr
Lou Ann Jones Graham
When Bob Jones was born on March 26, 1880, he arrived loaded with charm, a contagious love for life, and an adventurous spirit.
His father took him out of school to work on the family farm when Bob was in the third grade. Although this was a normal way of life for many, it did not suit Bob's purposes. He liked fishing and hunting, but did not incline to work in the fields. Instead, he dreamed of a more enterprising way of life.
He was allowed to run an elevator in the coal mines while in the third grade because of his small frame. The other workers nicknamed him Cager, but by age nineteen, when Bob topped out at six feet two inches, they changed it to Tallie.
Handsome, well-built, and charming, he attracted the attention of many young local girls. He eventually married a woman named Daisy, but she died soon after the wedding.
It is often said that opposites attract, and such was the case with Bob Jones and Famie Mae Ragan. Despite their great differences in temperament and philosophy, they fell in love, married, and spent the rest of their lives together. They met around the turn of the century in a rural farming community in Kansas. Their mutual appreciation for music brought them together at weekly socials in Cherokee, Oswego, and Cherryvale.
Source: The other side of Ethel Mertz : the life story of Vivian Vance
Owned a grocery store in Albuquerque, NM at Broadway and Coal.
Father of
Venus Athiel Jones Speer (1905-1987)
Vivian "Vance" Roberta Jones Dodds
(1909-1979) (FAG #1487)
Dorothy Mae Jones O'Neal (1916-2009)
Maxine "Mickey" Jones Bowyer (1918-1985)
Robert Jones Jr
Lou Ann Jones Graham
When Bob Jones was born on March 26, 1880, he arrived loaded with charm, a contagious love for life, and an adventurous spirit.
His father took him out of school to work on the family farm when Bob was in the third grade. Although this was a normal way of life for many, it did not suit Bob's purposes. He liked fishing and hunting, but did not incline to work in the fields. Instead, he dreamed of a more enterprising way of life.
He was allowed to run an elevator in the coal mines while in the third grade because of his small frame. The other workers nicknamed him Cager, but by age nineteen, when Bob topped out at six feet two inches, they changed it to Tallie.
Handsome, well-built, and charming, he attracted the attention of many young local girls. He eventually married a woman named Daisy, but she died soon after the wedding.
It is often said that opposites attract, and such was the case with Bob Jones and Famie Mae Ragan. Despite their great differences in temperament and philosophy, they fell in love, married, and spent the rest of their lives together. They met around the turn of the century in a rural farming community in Kansas. Their mutual appreciation for music brought them together at weekly socials in Cherokee, Oswego, and Cherryvale.
Source: The other side of Ethel Mertz : the life story of Vivian Vance
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