Benjamin Baird Jones

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Benjamin Baird Jones

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bent County, Colorado, United States
Death: June 11, 1975 (79)
Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, United States
Place of Burial: Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Clark B. Jones and Velma Cecilia Pearl
Husband of Pearl B. Jones
Ex-husband of Lenna Madge Jones Latham
Father of Virginia Charlotte Gaston; Benjamin Baird Jones, II; Robert Eugene Jones and James Ray Jones

Managed by: Dan Cornett
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About Benjamin Baird Jones

Benjamin Baird Jones was born Sepember 1, 1895 in Bent County, Colorado. He was a twin to Blanche. They were the youngest children of Clark B Jones and Velma Cecilia Baird Jones.

Ben married Lenna Madge Miller Jan 19, 1915 in Boulder, Colorado. They divorced Aug 15,1942 in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa.

They had 4 children, Virginia, Benjamin Jr, Robert, James. The family story has a set of twins that dies shortly after birth as well.

Ben and Madge moved to Fort Madison about 1924 from Colorado. He lived the rest of his life in Fort Madison.

He married Pearl Yeager November 20, 1943 in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa.

Ben worked as a coal miner, a bare knuckles boxer and a yardman for the railroad during his lifetime. Inscription: SECTION N

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Benjamin Baird Jones's Timeline

1895
September 1, 1895
Bent County, Colorado, United States
1917
May 7, 1917
Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado, United States
1918
October 27, 1918
Boulder County, Colorado, United States
1923
April 15, 1923
Colorado, United States
1925
August 9, 1925
1975
June 11, 1975
Age 79
Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, United States
June 11, 1975
Age 79
Oakland Cemetery, Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, United States