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Major Sidney Alroy Jonas

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Birthplace: Williamstown Grant County Kentucky
Death: September 13, 1915 (72-81)
Place of Burial: Old Aberdeen Cemetery Aberdeen Monroe County Mississippi
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Jonas and Louisa Jonas
Husband of Julia H. Jonas
Father of Jahan Jonas and Annie Lowe McWilliams
Brother of Lucia Block; Capt. Charles Henry Jonas, (CSA); Benjamin F. Jonas, U.S. Senator; Julian J. Jonas; George Jonas and 3 others

Occupation: Editor of the Aberdeen, Mississippi Examiner
Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Maj. Sidney Alroy Jonas (CSA)

Editor of the Aberdeen, Mississippi Examiner Newspaper starting in 1876.

http://mdah.state.ms.us/oldcap/hall-of-fame.php

Sidney Jonas was founder and editor of the Aberdeen Examiner. He served as a major in the Confederate Army and wrote the well-known poem 'Lines on the Back of a Confederate Note.'

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77545574

Sidney Jonas enlisted in Company I, Mississippi 11th Infantry Regiment on 01 May 1861. Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. Promoted to Full Captain.Promoted to Full Major.

See Sidney's famous "Lines on the Back of a Confederate Note" here: https://www.civilwarpoetry.org/confederate/postwar/note.html

and its story here: https://mississippiconfederates.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/lines-on-t...
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Maj. Sidney Alroy Jonas (CSA)'s Timeline

1838
1838
Birth of Maj. Sidney Alroy Jonas (CSA)
Williamstown Grant County Kentucky
1872
February 29, 1872
Birth of Jahan Jonas
1875
August 1875
Birth of Annie Lowe McWilliams
Mississippi, United States
1915
September 13, 1915
Age 77
Death of Maj. Sidney Alroy Jonas (CSA)
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Burial of Maj. Sidney Alroy Jonas (CSA)
Old Aberdeen Cemetery Aberdeen Monroe County Mississippi
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177460631/sidney-alroy-jonas
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