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 DECATUR CITY CEMETERY
Hwy 20 West
Decatur, Morgan Co., AL 35601
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| Thanks to Kathy for the
following photo contributions. |
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historic cemetery dating to 1851, the graveyard
now consists of more than forty-one acres. |
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JONES FAMILY BURIALS
AT DECATUR CITY CEMETERY
Note:
Women are listed by their birth names.
For additonal photos not included here, please
visit Decatur City Cemetery at Find A Grave (Link
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| NAME |
BORN |
DIED |
NOTES
OF RELATION |
| Callahan,
William W. |
30 Jun 1863 |
06 Aug 1947 |
Husband
of Nettie Orr (Jones) |
| Callahan,
Dorothy |
1895 |
1987 |
Daughter
of William W. Callahan & Nettie
(Jones); wife of Chas. Russell Green |
| Callahan,
Frank |
1904 |
1948 |
Son of
William W. Callahan & Nettie (Jones) |
| Callahan,
Travis |
25 Feb 1900 |
03 Feb 1948 |
Son of
William W. Callahan & Nettie (Jones) |
| Green,
Evenlyn |
1917 |
1951 |
Daughter
of Chas. Russell Green & Dorothy
(Callahan) |
| Green,
Charles Russell |
1890 |
1936 |
Son of
Elisabeth; husband of Dorothy (Callahan) |
| Jones, Frank B. |
26 May 1877 |
30 Jun 1949 |
Son of
John W. Jones & Zelia (Wise) |
| Jones, John W. |
02 Mar 1827 |
26 Dec 1884 |
Son of
Robert B. Jones & Cynthia (Reece);
husband of Lucinda (Rather); 2nd Zelia
(Wise) |
| Jones, Mattie M. |
12 Sep 1872 |
28 Aug 1945 |
Daughter
of John W. Jones & Zelia (Wise) |
| Jones, Nettie O. |
1874 |
1944 |
Daughter
of John W. Jones & Zelia (Wise); wife
of William W. Callahan |
| Wise, Zelia |
25 Oct 1843 |
04 May 1909 |
Wife of
Duke Hartsfield; 2nd wife of John W.
Jones |
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JOHN
WESLEY JONES
1827 - 1884 |
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son of Robert Bennett Jones and Cynthia
Adeline (Reece), John W. Jones was born
in Marshall Co., Alabama on 02 Mar 1827.
Prior to 1850 he was married to Mary
Martha (Rather), the daughter of William
Baker Rather and Mary
"Lucinda"(Menefee). John and
Mary were the parents of William R., who
was born 01 Jun 1850 in Tuscumbia;
Charles, born about 1853; Paul, born
about 1855, Edwin T., Bessie, and Samuel
Elliot, who was born in Decatur, Morgan
Co., AL on 30 Dec 1857 and was the
husband of Mabel Grace (Moore), the
daughter of Thomas A. Moore &
Clarissa V. (Pilcher) who resided in St.
Louis, Missouri. After the death of Mary in
1865, John W. was left with seven
children. On 14 Oct 1869 he married Zelia
(Wise) who was the widow of Duke
Hartsfield of Tennessee. The couple were
married in Morgan Co., AL on 14 Oct 1869
and became the parents of Mattie M.;
Nettie O., wife of William W. Callahan;
and Frank B. Jones.
Among his
occupations, John W. was a farmer,
printer, merchant, and superintendent of
the Huntsville and Decatur railroad, on
on the line's completion became its agent
at Decatur. He served as 2nd Lieutenant
and Capt. of Co. D., 7th Alabama
regiment, C.S. Army and was a
respresentative in the constitutional
convention of 1875, as well as may or
Decator for three terms. He died on 26
Dec 1884 at the age of fifty-seven years,
nine months and twenty-four days.
Note: Mary
Lucinda appears to have been known as
Lucinda. Her surname also spelled Menifee
and Manefee.
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ZELIA
(WISE) JONES
1843 - 1909
"Blessed are
the pure in heart for they will see
God." |
| The 2nd wife of John W.
Jones, Zelia (Wise) was born in Alabama
on 25 Oct 1843. They were the parents of
at least: Mattie M., Nettie O., and Frank
B. Jones. She died at the age of
sixty-five years, six months and nine
days |
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MATTIE
M. JONES
1872 - 1945
Daughter of John W. Jones & Zelia
(Wise) |
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NETTIE
(JONES) CALLAHAN
1874- 1944 |
| The daughter of John W.
Jones and Zelia (Wise). She married to
Judge William Washington Callahan who
presided over the very public and bias
trial often referred to as "Scottsboro:
A tragedy of the American South" in which he
exercised great prejudice. They were the
parents of Dorothy, wife of Charles
Russell Green and mother of twins Evelyn
and Eleanor, Charles and Marth Green; son
Travis who served in WWI; and son Frank. According to her
headstone, Nettie passed in 1944 and
William died on 06 Aug 1947 in
Montgomery, Alabama.
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FRANK
B. JONES
1877 - 1949
Son of John W. Jones & Zelia (Wise) |
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Samuel E. Jones
Marker at Bellefontaine |
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Cemetery Index |
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Layout of Decatur
City Cemetery (Outside Link) |
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Decatur
City Cemetery @ Find-A-Grave.com (Outside Link) |
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PBS:
American Experience, Scottsboro - Judge Callahan
(Outside Link) |
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