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Ebon Milton JONES

Male 1853 - 1924  (70 years)


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  • Name Ebon Milton JONES 
    Birth 31 Jul 1853  near Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 4 Jun 1880  Burnet County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Precinct 6
    Residence Jul 1860: P.O. Front Royal, Warren, Virginia
    Jun 1900: Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
    Apr 1910: 1103 Broadway N., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
    Jan 1920: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas
    at death: 1516 Broadway, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas  [3, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Religion Church of Christ, Scientist 
    Occupation Farmer, Wholesale Grocer, Wholesale Saddler, Businessman 
    Cause of death Heart Failure 
    Death 2 Jun 1924  Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9
    • at 9:45 a.m. in his store
    Burial 5 Jun 1924  City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I3745  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2008 

    Family Florence SPITLER,   b. 26 Mar 1861, Bastrop County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1942, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 7 Sep 1879  Burnet County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • by B. E. Bowman
    Children 
     1. William Jett JONES,   b. 2 Jun 1880, Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1941, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. John Milton JONES,   b. 25 Oct 1882, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1938, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +3. Bryan Heard JONES,   b. 13 Nov 1885, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1939, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     4. Allie Ebba JONES,   b. Jul 1888, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1959, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     5. Allen Maitland JONES,   b. 23 or 25 May 1892, Burnet, Burnet, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1955, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F2653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2008 

  • Headstones
    Jones, Ebon Milton
    Jones, Ebon Milton

  • Notes 
    • E. M. was born and raised in Virginia, remaining there until 1879 when he moved to Texas. He later moved to Oklahoma City where he was in business for about 20 years. He moved to Lubbock, Texas eight years before his death. In Lubbock he engaged in business and owned extensive business property in the city and farm property in the county. He was also a partner with a Mr. Miller in a furniture business in Lawton, Oklahoma. His death occurred in his store in Lubbock as he was talking with two of his sons and O. B. Hewitt. In observance of his death the Lubbock Retail Merchant’s Association ordered all business houses in the city to close promptly at 10 a.m. the morning of his burial and to be remained closed for forty-five minutes. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 3 Apr 2007.

    2. [S656] Tuesday, 3 Jun 1924, p. 8; Thursday, 5 Jun 1924.

    3. [S12] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, ED 136, p. 18.

    4. [S11] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Burnet County, Texas, ED 38, p. 5A, line 1.

    5. [S9] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, p. 996.

    6. [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, ED 200, p. 1.

    7. [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Lubbock County, Texas, ED 173, p. 21.

    8. [S656] Thursday, 5 Jun 1924.

    9. [S281] An Index to Death Records: Texas 1903-1940.

    10. [S395] Marriage Records, Vol. E, p. 157.