Downs Tree » Benjiman R. Jones (1876-1928)
Personal data Benjiman R. Jones
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6- He was born on April 23, 1876 in Mississippi.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- Alternative: He was born on April 23, 1876 in United States of America.Source 7
- Resident:
- in the year 1880: Beat 1, Amite, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- in the year 1910: Police Jury Ward 6, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 2
- in the year 1920: Police Jury Ward 7, Livingston, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten.Source 4
- He died on March 2, 1928 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, he was 51 years old.Sources 3, 6
- He is buried in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States of America.Source 6
- A child of Phillip R. Jones and Mary A Wilkinson
Household of Benjiman R. Jones
He has/had a relationship with Margaret Elizabeth Jones Page.
Child(ren):
- Ozie Jones ± 1910-
- Oza Jones 1910-1983
- Donnis Jones 1917-2009
- Hulon H Jones 1920-1996
- Robert Edward Jones 1922-1971
- Dunk H. Jones 1925-1995
- John P. Jones 1928-2018
Timeline Benjiman R. Jones
This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info.
Symbols used: 
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
Ancestors (and descendant) of Benjiman R. Jones
Benjiman R. Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Margaret Elizabeth Jones Page | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Ancestry.com
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Louisiana, U.S., Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- (Not public)
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- (Not public)
Historical events
Birthday April 23, 1876
- The temperature on April 23, 1876 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
- March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
- April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
- August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
Day of death March 2, 1928
- The temperature on March 2, 1928 was between 2.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
- June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
- July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
- September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
- October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
- December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
- December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Same birth/death day
- 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
- 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
- 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
- 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
- 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
- 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
- 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
- 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
- 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
- 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
- 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
- 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
About the surname Jones
- View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Jones.
- Check the information Open Archives has about Jones.
- Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Jones.
The Downs Tree publication was prepared by James Downs.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
James Downs, "Downs Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/downs-tree/I312394890001.php : accessed March 7, 2026), "Benjiman R. Jones (1876-1928)".
James Downs, "Downs Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/downs-tree/I312394890001.php : accessed March 7, 2026), "Benjiman R. Jones (1876-1928)".