★★★ Jones, Robert Harris

Robert Harris Jones
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Born: September 22, 1828

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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​
Lula Bartow Jones 1858 – 1948​
Glenn Jones 1865 –​
John N. Jones 1867 –​
Fannie B. Jones 1869 –​
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)​
1861 – 1863: Colonel of 22nd​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia​
1862: Wounded in head and stomach during Battle of Antietam​
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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