Individual Details

Horace P. Jones

(Jun 1886 - 20 Apr 1916)



1910, Durant City, Bryan Co OK. Albert C. Haden, age 34, married 12 years. b. TX as were both parents [wrong]; Merchant, dry goods. Mary C., wife, age 34, 3 children, 3 living. b. TX as were her parents. Gladys, age 11, Mary J. age 9, Elizabeth G., age 2 months. Gladys born in TX; Mary & Elizabeth born in OK. It would appear they had just arrived in Durant in 1900. Also living with the family are two boarders. Horace Jones, age 22, b. TX, a salesman in the dry goods store. Thurman A. Blakeney [Albert's 1st cousin from Bonham, TX] age 21, b. TX, a bookkeeper at a bank.

There is a Horace Jones, b. 1886, d. 1916, buried Highland Cemetery in Durant, Bryan Co, where several other members of the family lived. His Texas death certificate confirms this is the correct Horace.

Texas Death Certificate # 9100
Horace P. Jones died at the Homan Sanatorium, El Paso, Texas on 20 Apr 1916. He was Single about age 30. He worked as a clerk, Dry Goods, and had been born in Texas. He died of pulmonary hemorrhage - he had tuberculosis. He had been at the sanitorium for 10 months; his former residence was Durant, Oklahoma. His father listed as Walter Jones, born North Carolina, mother Virgie Haden, birthplace unknown. Miss Alice Jones, 920 S. Jennings, Ft. Worth, TX, was the informant. The body was removed to Durant.

Events

BirthJun 1886Texas
Death20 Apr 1916El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Families

FatherWalter J. Jones (1842 - )
MotherVirginia Haden (1857 - 1900)
SiblingAlice Jones (1878 - 1967)
SiblingEmanda "Emma" Jones (1880 - 1927)

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