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James Thomas Edward "Eddie" Jones was born September 7, 1872, near Mountain View, in (present day) Stone County, Arkansas. He was the son of Dockery Berry Giddens Jones and Julia Ann Hess.
Eddie's mother died when he was about four years old. He lived with his grandmother, Sarah Hess, and her family for a time. Eddie's father remarried about seven months after his mother's death. We are unsure when Eddie went to live with his father and step-mother, but he appears on the 1880 Faulkner County, Arkansas, census with them and his half-sister Paralee. Eddie's sister, Eliza, was living with their grandmother Hess at that time.
Eddie's family moved to White County, Arkansas, prior to 1889. Before 1900 they moved to Van Buren County, Arkansas, where they remained.
Eddie married Myra I. Langston in 1907, in Van Buren County. Eddie and Myra had at least nine children, probably all born in Van Buren County.
The 1930 Van Buren County census, Bradley Township, shows James T. E. Jones, 57, rented his farm; Myra I., 40; Troy, 21, a farmer on his father's farm; Lula H., 19; Claud, 17; Eula B., 16; Beulah P., 14; Bertha A., 12; Benjamin G., 11; and Ava Lee, 3 years old. Living with the family was Ralph N. Drake, nephew, 24, a laborer on the farm. Living nearby was Eddie's father and step-mother.
Eddie died August 8, 1938, and is buried in Quattlebaum Cemetery in Van Buren County. Myra died April 15, 1946.
Children of Eddie Jones and Myra Langston
1. Troy Jones, b. abt 1908, AR
2. B. F. Jones, b. July 13, 1909, AR; d. July 30, 1909, AR; bur. Culpepper Cem. in Van Buren Co.
3. Lulia H. Jones, b. abt 1911, AR
4. Claude Jones, b. abt 1913, AR
5. Eula B. Jones, b. abt 1914, AR
6. Bulah P. Jones, b. abt 1916, AR
7. Bertha A. Jones, b. abt 1918, AR
8. Benjamin G. Jones, b. abt 1919, AR
9. Avalee Jones, b. abt 1927, AR