THE FAMILY OF JOHN “JACK” DANIEL JONES, SR [1856 – 1925] and HIS TWO WIVES: BEATY TREVATHAN [1860 – 1882] and MARTHA ANN PEEBLES [1861 – 1940]
Submitted by Earl P. Bell, Jr.
Posted: 29 October 2009
Research: Ongoing
[Also, some of the credit for this file goes to Peggy Barnes Poplin, who was raised in Nash County, NC and whose mother was Bertha Ann Jones Barnes. Peggy lives in Ahoskie, Hertford County, NC. We had numerous conversations, especially in 2009, about the information contained in this file.]
JACK AND BEADY TREVATHAN JONES are the maternal great grandparents of Earl P. Bell, Jr.
Comments to: earl.bell3@gmail.com
RELATED JONES FAMILIES: BAKER, BARNES, BELL, BENNETT, BLACK, BRAGG, BRIDGER, CAMPBELL, DAUGHTRIDGE, DEW, DILLARD, HIRSCHFELD, HOWARD, JENKINS, JOYNER, McCANDLESS, PEEBLES, PIERCE, PROCTOR, RINEHART, STILLWELL, TAYLOR, TREVATHAN, WEBB, WILLIAMS and WINSTEAD
FAMILY OF JOHN “JACK” DANIEL JONES and his two wives: BEADY TREVATHAN and MARTHA ANN PEEBLES of Coopers and Oak Level Townships, Nash County, North Carolina.
JOHN “JACK” DANIEL JONES, SR.
Born: 24 November 1856
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Married: 3 Sepember 1881
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Died: 22 October 1925
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Buried: Wells Cemetery [misnamed the E. B. Barnes Cemetery in Rackley & Tar River Connection Survey] located in Oak Level Twp., west side of State Road 1703 [Barnes Hill Road], north of State Road 1717 [Sandy Cross Road], his NC Death Certificates states clearly that he is buried in the Wells Cemetery, Other JONES FAMILY members buried in Wells Cemetery are BAUZY W. JONES [4 June 1918 – 12 March 1920]; CALVIN M. JONES [1888 – 1948]; J. E. JONES (JAMES “JIMMIE” JONES) [1 January 1900 – 14 July 1946]; MAGDALENE JONES [19 June 1923 – 1 May 1925] and MARTHA ANN JONES [1861 – 1940]. The NC Death Certificates for Jack Jones, his second wife Martha Ann Peebles, his son Calvin Martin Jones, Sr. and Calvin’s wife Lillie Belle Joyner correctly identify the Wells Cemetery as their place of burial.
[In 1902, JOHN DANIEL JONES, at the age of 45, identifies CALVIN JONES as his father]
FIRST WIFE: BEADY [or Bedie] TREVATHAN*
Born: 1860
Where: Black Creek Township, Wilson County, North Carolina, USA
Married: 3 September 1881
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Died: 26 May 1882
Where: Cooper’s Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Buried: unknown
[* daughter of BENJAMIN TREVATHAN [1822 – July, 1887] and SARAH “SALLIE” ELIZABETH WILLIAMS. They married in Edgecombe County, NC on 20 May 1846]
DAUGHTER OF JACK AND BEADY TREVATHAN JONES:
1. MARY ELIZABETH JONES*, grandmother of Earl P. Bell, Jr., of Olympia Fields, IL; Mary Alice Bell Bragg of Raleigh, NC; William Hansel Bell [1942 – 2009] of Benicia, California , Barrett Proctor McCandless, deceased, lived in Hawaii; Saunders Proctor Black of Stanley, NC and Elizabeth “Beth” Jenkins Stillwell of Yorktown, Virginia.
Born: 26 May 1882
Where: Cooper’s Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Married: 1 February 1899
Where: Methodist Church, Sandy Cross, Cooper’s Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Died: 17 June 1957
Where: 12 Rutledge Road, Newport News, Virginia
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC
[partial to Tube Rose Snuff, I chewed her brushes for her and cut them short, told me she was taught to chew by her Uncle Calvin Jones when she was about 13 years old!]
Husband: JOHN SIDNEY PROCTOR
Born: 23 September 1872
Where: Cooper’s Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Died: 4 May 1934
Where: 412 Thomas Street, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
[* SID and MARY JONES PROCTOR are buried in Pineview Cemetery in Rocky Mount, NC with their oldest daughter MATTIE LEE PROCTOR [1900 – 1978] COWAN and MATTIE’S husband GEORGE FRANKLIN COWAN [1899 – 1935]
JACK JONES’ SECOND WIFE: MARTHA ANN PEEBLES
Born: 4 June 1861
Where: Pitt County, North Carolina
Married: 31 December 1884
Where: Nash County, North Carolina
Died: 28 February 1940
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina She was living with her son CALVIN MARTIN JONES and his wife LILLIE BELLE JOYNER.
Buried; Wells Cemetery, located Oak Level Twp., west side of State Road 1703, north of State Road 1717.
[also partial to Tube Rose Snuff]
[at the time of her death she was living with her son CALVIN MARTIN JONES, SR. and his wife LILLIE BELLE JOYNER. Also, it is reported in the census and marriage records that between 1884 and 1900, JACK and MARTHA ANN PEEBLES JONES had six children born and four survived (as of 1900). Thus, they had four children born who did not survive until adulthood.]
Buried: Wells Cemetery, west side State Road Road 1703, north of State Road 1717 (Sandy Cross Road)
CHILDREN OF JACK AND MARTHA PEEBLES JONES [Half Brothers and Sisters of MARY ELIZABETH JONES PROCTOR [1882 – 1957]:
1. CALVIN MARTIN JONES, SR.
Born: 13 June 1888
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC
Married: 16 December 1909
Where: Nash County, NC
Died: 3 February 1948
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina
Buried: Wells Cemetery located in Oak Level Township, west side of State Road 1703, north of State Road 1717. His NC Death Certificate states incorrectly that he is buried in the Wells Cemetery.
[At the time of his death, living at: 1103 Sauls Street, Wilson, Wilson County, NC ]
Buried: Wells Cemetery, off NC Rural Road #1703, Nash County, NC; reinterned: Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina; grave upmarked adjoining the Wells Family marker.
WIFE: LILLIE BELLE JOYNER
Born: 10 October 1891
Where: Nash County, North Carolina
Died: 16 September 1975
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina
[Also, partial to Tube Rose Snuff]
[At the time of her death, living at: 1103 Sauls Street, Wilson, Wilson County, NC ]
Buried: Wells Cemetery, Nash County, NC
[The children of CALVIN MARTIN and LILLIE BELLE JOYNER were: [1] Bertha Ann (1910 – 1981); [2] Johnnie Daniel “Ben” (1912 – 1973); [3] Calvin Martin, Jr. “Monk” (1914 – 1987); [4] Richard Howard (1916 – 1979); [5] Bausey Washington (1918 – 1920); [6] Fannie Mae (1921 – 2009); [7] Mary Magalene (1923 – 1925) and [8] Thelma (1925 – 1982)].
2. MAGGIE MAE JONES
Born: 24 October 1890
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Married:
Where:
Died: 14 February 1966
Address at the time of Death: 712 South Tillary, Rocky Mt., NC
Where: Park View Hospital, Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC
Husband: W. FRANK DAUGHTRIDGE
Born: 18 July 1888
Died: 18 June 1963
Buried: Daughtridge Family Cemetery, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Daughter: RUTH DAUGHTRIDGE WINSTEAD
Born: 23 December 1909
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Died: 22 May 1994
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Husband: SELBY C. WINSTEAD
Born: 4 April 1909
Where: Nashville, Nash County, NC
Died: 10 December 1987
Where: Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC
3. FANNIE PEARL JONES
Born: 17 June 1893
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Married:
Where:
Died: 4 December 1959
Where: Park View Hospital, Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC
Address at the time of her death: Route 4, Rocky Mount, NC
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina USA
Husband: CALLIE FLOYD BOTTOMS
Born: 21 September 1910
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Died: 3 December 1963
Where: 1018 Friend Street, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
[CALLIE FLOYD BOTTOMS’ parents were WILLIAM R. BOTTOMS and KATIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR; his second wife, after the death of FANNIE PEARL JONES IN 1966, was: ANN LASSITER]
4. JAMES “JIM or JIMMIE” EDWARD JONES
Born: 1 January 1900
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Died: 14 July 1946
Where: Nash County, NC
Wife: MARY M.
5. NANNIE JONES
Born: 15 November 1904
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Married:
Where:
Died: 23 September 1990 [85 years old]
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Husband: JESSE LEE TOLER
Born: 16 February 1894
Where: Sampson County, North Carolina, USA
Died: 21 June 1971
Where: Veteran’s Hospital, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
Residence at the Time of His Death: 1027 Nashville Road, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Buried: Both JESSE LEE and NANNIE JONES TOLER are buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
[JESSE LEE TOLER’S parents were RICHARD TOLER, JR. Iborn: 1866. Died: 23 January 1938. Where: Route 4, Snow Hill, Sampson County, NC] and his wife NANNIE COOK. His paternal grandparents were: RICHARD TOLER, SR. and MARIAH HARP].
CHILDREN OF CALVIN MARTIN JONES, SR. and LILLIE BELLE JOYNER WERE:
1. BERTHA ANN JONES
Born: 3 November 1910
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Married: 12 March 1925
Where: South Carolina
Died: 15 January 1981
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Buried: Barnes Cemetery, bet. Taylor’s Crossroads and Strickland’s Crossroads, Wells Cemetery
HUSBAND: OLIVER GARLAND BARNES
Born: 17 October 1908
Where: Coopers Township, Nash County, NC
Died: July, 1978
Where: 608 Beal Street, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Buried: Wells Cemetery
2. JOHNNIE DANIEL “BEN” JONES
Born: 4 March 1912
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Married:
Where:
Died: 17 February 1973
Where: Cherry Hospital, Goldsboro, North Carolina
Address at the time of death: 1103 Sauls Street, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina
WIFE: NAVADA EDWARDS
Born: 16 November 1912
Where:
Died: 4 July 1978
Where: Durham, North Carolina (probably at Duke Hospital)
Buried: Both Ben and Navada are buried in Evergreem Memorial Garden, Wilson, North Carolina
3. CALVIN MARTIN “MONK” JONES, JR.
Born: 15 July 1914
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Married:
Where:
Died: 18 November 1987 [MONK JONES, in his last years of life, moved from Portsmouth, Virginia to Wilson, North Carolina to be near his sister FANNIE MAE JONES BAKER because of his poor health]
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, N.C.
Buried: Wells Cemetery
WIFE: BIRDIE (divorced)
4. RICHARD HOWARD JONES
Born: 27 February 1916
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Married:
Where:
Died: 28 March 1979
Where: 1306 Hargrove Street, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mt., Edgecombe County, NC
Wife: EVA WEBB
Born: 15 January 1916
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Died: 28 April 1997
Where: Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mt., Edgecombe County, NC
5. BAUSEY “Tommy” WASHINGTON JONES
Born: 4 June 1918
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Died: 12 March 1920 [of sleeping sickness]
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
6. FANNIE MAE JONES
Born: 13 March 1921
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Married:
Where:
Died: 11 July 2009
Where: Route 1, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina (New Hope area)
Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, Wilson County, NC
Husband: WILTON ROY BAKER
Born: 27 March 1918
Where:
Died: 13 May 1993
Where: Route 1, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina (New Hope area)
Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Wilson, Wilson County, NC
7. MARY MAGALENE JONES
Born: 19 June 1923
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Died: 1 May 1925
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
[JACK JONES died in November, 1925, thus, he knew the fate of his granddaughters MARY, who died in May, and THELMA, who was born in September of the same year].
8. MARY THELMA JONES
Born: 1 September 1925
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina
Married:
Where:
Died: February, 1982
Where: Dahlgren, King George County, Virginia
Buried:
Husband: LEWIS F. RINEHART
Born: 24 August 1922
Where: Elkins, West Virginia
Died: July, 1974
Where: Dahlgren, King George County, Virginia
Buried: