★★★ Jones, Cadwallader

Cadwallader Jones
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Born: August 17, 1813

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Birthplace: Hillsborough, North Carolina

Father: Colonel Cadwallader Jones Jr. 1788 – 1861
(Buried: Saint Matthews Episcopal Church, Hillsborough, North Carolina)​

Mother: Rebecca Edwards Long 1795 – 1881
(Buried: Saint Matthews Episcopal Church, Hillsborough, North Carolina)​

Wife: Ann Isabella “Annie” Iredell 1816 – 1897
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)​

Children:

Frances Iredell “Fanny” Jones Erwin 1837 – 1926​
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Alabama)​
Rebecca Cadwallader Jones 1839 – 1843​
(Buried: Saint Matthews Episcopal Church, Hillsborough, North Carolina)​
1st​ Lt. Iredell Jones 1842 – 1914​
(Buried: Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill, South Carolina)​
Captain Cadwallader Jones 1843 – 1933​
(Buried: Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Alabama)​
Captain Allen Jones Sr. 1846 – 1916​
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)​
General William Jones 1850 – 1936​
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)​
Annie Isabella Jones Robertson 1852 – 1913​
(Buried: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina)​
Halcott Pride Jones 1855 – 1930​
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)​
Helen Iredell Jones Coles 1858 – 1951​
(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina)​

Education:

Graduated from University of North Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Hillsborough and Wilmington, North Carolina​
1840 – 1842: North Carolina State Representative​
1848 – 1851: North Carolina State Representative​
1856 – 1861: Attorney in Rock Hill, South Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain Company H, 12th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Major of 12th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1862: Lt. Colonel of 12th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment
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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 12th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1864 – 1865: South Carolina State Senator​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1899: Owner of Mount Gallant in Rock Hill, South Carolina​

Died:
December 1, 1899

Place of Death: Columbia, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 86 years old

Burial Place: Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina
 
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He resigned near the end of the war due to poor health and left 4 sons in the army. One of his younger sons, William , was too young for the civil war but later was brigadier general in the South Carolina militia.
 
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