David Rumph Jones
Born: April 5, 1825
Birth Place: Orangeburg, South Carolina
Father: Donald Bruce Jones 1792 – 1853
Mother: Mary Elvira Rumph 1795 – 1854
Wife: Sarah Rebecca Taylor 1831 – 1917
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Children:
Evelyn Taylor Jones Yorke 1857 – 1919
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Mary Belle Jones 1858 – 1929
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Education:
1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (41st in class)
Occupation before War:
1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment
1846 – 1849: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment
1846 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War
1847 – 1848: Adjutant for United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment
1848: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks
1848: Garrison Duty at Fort Hamilton, New York
1849 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment
1851 – 1853: Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics at West Point
1853 – 1861: Brevet Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Staff
183: Assistant Adjutant General for Western Division
1853 – 1854: Assistant Adjutant General for Pacific Department
1858 – 1861: Assistant Adjutant General, Department of the West
1861: Resigned from United States Army on February 15th
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Bull Run, Brigade Commander
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign as Brigade Commander
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign as Brigade Commander
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Brigade Commander
1862: Participated in the Battle of Antietam as Brigade Commander
1862 – 1863: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
Died: January 15, 1863
Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia
Cause of Death: Heart Condition
Age at time of Death: 37 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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