Charles David Jones1,2,3

b. 10 August 1904, d. 24 February 1993
Pedigree
FatherJames Allen Jones4,3
MotherNancy McKinney3

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     Charles David Jones was born on 10 August 1904 in Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina.4,5 He married Vaughtie Johnson, daughter of Jesse Samuel Johnson and Maude Bowditch, on 21 October 1933 in Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina.2 He died on 24 February 1993 at Brian Center Health Care in Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, at age 88 from pneumonia.4 He was buried at Vians Valley Presbyterian Cemetery in Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina.4
     He went by his middle name David, or Dave.2,4
     When he registered for the World War II draft in February 1941 he was working for his wife's uncle Ed Bowditch in Mitchell Co., North Carolina, probably at his apple orchard.1 His death certificate lists his occupation as an assembler in the manufacturing field.4

Citations

  1. [S7231] World War II Draft Card, Charlie Dave Jones.
  2. [S4367] North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011; record for David Jones and Vaultie Johnson, from Mitchell Co. Marriage Register (1862-1992), p. 326.
  3. [S393] Frederick T. Bowditch, The Bowditch Family of Salem, Massachusetts - North Carolina Branch, p. 77 (pp. 51,52).
  4. [S7230] Dave Jones, Death Certificate.
  5. [S3346] His death certificate lists his parents' names as James Jones and Nancy Childers, but his mother's name is apparently an error. The Bowditch genealogy by Frederick Bowditch names his mother as Nancy McKinney, and this is consistent with other sources. There's a marriage record for James Jones and Nancy McKinney, 30 June 1901 in Bakersville [Ancestry North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011]. And the death certificate for Nancy McKinney Jones, who died 16 July 1960 in Bakersville Twp., lists her parents as Dave and Eliza McKinney, and the informant as James A. Jones [Ancestry North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Cert. No. 21260].

Silas Lee McKinney1,2

b. 26 December 1918, d. 15 October 1996
Pedigree
FatherEd McKinney3,2
MotherMaude Hall4,2

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     Silas Lee McKinney was born on 26 December 1918 in Bakersville Twp., Mitchell Co., North Carolina.3 He married Lois Johnson, daughter of Jesse Samuel Johnson and Maude Bowditch, on 22 August 1939 in Erwin, Unicoi Co., Tennessee.5,2 He died on 15 October 1996 in Mitchell Co., North Carolina, at age 77.6 He was buried at Vians Valley Presbyterian Cemetery in Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina.7
     After their marriage he and his wife Lois lived for a time with her parents in Bakersville Twp., Mitchell Co., North Carolina, and are listed with them there in the 1940 census.8 He was then working for the W.P.A. doing road construction.8
     He served in the U.S. Army, enlisting on 15 January 1945 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.9

Citations

  1. [S7235] World War II Draft Card, Silas Lee McKinney.
  2. [S393] Frederick T. Bowditch, The Bowditch Family of Salem, Massachusetts - North Carolina Branch, p. 78 (p. 52).
  3. [S4381] North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000; record for Silas McKinney, Roll NCVR_B_C066_66001 (from Mitchell Co. Births, Vol. 2, p. 1336).
  4. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Record for Silas L. McKinney, No. 242-12-6912.
  5. [S7233] Silas McKinney and Lois Johnson, Marriage Record.
  6. [S2063] North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004; record for Silas Lee McKinney, SSN 242-12-6912.
  7. [S844] Mark Lawson, contributor, Vians Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery Records, http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/cemeteries/…
  8. [S7210] 1940 U.S. Census, J. S. Johnson household, Mitchell Co., North Carolina.
  9. [S1957] U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; record for Silas L. McKinney.

Inez Ledford1,2

b. 7 September 1919, d. 8 January 1988
Pedigree
FatherGeorge Ledford3,4,2
MotherRuth (?)3,2

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     Inez Ledford was born on 7 September 1919 in Bakersville Twp., Mitchell Co., North Carolina.3,4,2 She married first Joseph Wilson Johnson, son of Jesse Samuel Johnson and Maude Bowditch, on 15 October 1940 in Elizabethton, Carter Co., Tennessee.1,2 She died on 8 January 1988 at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, at age 68.5 She was buried at Indian Run Cemetery in East Canton, Stark Co., Ohio.6

Citations

  1. [S7237] Joe Johnson and Inez Ledford, Marriage Record.
  2. [S393] Frederick T. Bowditch, The Bowditch Family of Salem, Massachusetts - North Carolina Branch, p. 78 (p. 52).
  3. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Record for Inez Ledford, No. 240-16-8030.
  4. [S4381] North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000; record for Ledford, Roll NCVR_B_C066_66001 (from Mitchell Co. Births, Vol. 2, p. 1368).
  5. [S2061] Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2022; record for Inez Dieffenbaugh, Cert. No. 13930.
  6. [S1871] Find A Grave; memorial for Inez L. Johnson (Mem. No. 68587867), Indian Run Cemetery, East Canton, Stark Co., Ohio. Created by Jason Walker, 18 Apr 2011.