Thomas Hardy E. Jones

Teacher at Mississippi Industrial College

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Audra McDonald’s maternal grandfather was Thomas Hardy E. Jones (the son of Clarence Washington Jones and Anna Mae Hardy). Thomas was born in Virginia, and was a prominent academic. Clarence was the son of Lemuel Jones and Martha F. Kemp, who were born in Washington, D.C. Anna was the daughter of Floyd A. Hardy and Cora Virginia “Carrie” Haywood. Carrie’s parents, Crosky Haywood, born in Florida, and Amanda Kellogg, born in Georgia, were born into slavery.

References

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0294; FHL microfilm: 2340035 AncestryImage
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111948817/thomas-hardy-jones
• https://www.lostcolleges.com/mississippi-industrial
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Industrial_College#Notabl...