★★★ Jones, Robert Harris

Robert Harris Jones
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Born: September 22, 1828

Birthplace: Elbert County, Georgia

Father: Rev. Samuel Gamble Jones 1805 – 1895

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Carterville, Georgia)​

Mother: Elizabeth Ann Edwards 1810 – 1877

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Carterville, Georgia)​

Wife: Lucintha Elizabeth Cotton 1833 – 1902

Children:

Emma Cotton Jones 1856 – 1947​

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Lula Bartow Jones 1858 – 1948​

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Glenn Jones 1865 –​

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John N. Jones 1867 –​

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Fannie B. Jones 1869 –​

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Howard Erwin Felton Jones 1875 – 1915​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Carterville, Georgia)​

Occupation before War:

Methodist Minister & Carriage Manufacturer in Alabama, and Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Raised the fireside Defenders (Company G, 22nd​ Georgia Infantry)​

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1861 – 1863: Colonel of 22nd​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia​

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1862: Wounded in head and stomach during Battle of Antietam​

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1863: Resigned on April 22, 1863 due to his wounds he received in battle​

Occupation after War:

Methodist Minister & Carriage Manufacturer in Cartersville, Georgia​

Died: September 1, 1897

Place of Death: Cartersville, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 68 years old

Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Georgia

 

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In August 1861 He formed a company of troops known as the Fireside Defenders. This became Co. G 22nd Georgia.

 

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He took command of General Wright's Brigade at Antietam when Wright was wounded. He was himself then wounded in the stomach and right lung.

 

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