Person:Frank Jones (30)

Date of birth

According to the 1880 census,^[1] Frank was six years of age on or before 1 June, which is consistent with a reported but unsourced report that he was born March 1874.^[6] The 1895 census^[2] and his enlistment record,^[4] however, suggest that he was born before June 1876, which is closer to the birth date given by his father in 1917.^[4] The problem with the 1876 date is that it conflicts with the birth date of his younger brother Henry, who appears two years younger in the the 1880 census and who claimed in 1900 that he was born November 1876. The earliest record for Frank's birth, the 1880 census, is probably more accurate.

Military Camp, Florida

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Troy Township, Wright County; FHL #1254371, in United States. Bureau of the Census. 10th census, 1880. Iowa, 1880 federal census : soundex and population schedules. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 19--?)
   HH 59, Family 61.

   Jones, G. W., white male, age 39, farmer, born Wisconsin, father born Penn, mother born Ind.
   , Eliza, white female, age 36, wife, keeping house, born Wisconsin, father born VT, mother born MD
   , Adelbert, white male, age 18, at home, born Wisconsin
   , Stephen, white male, age 16, at home, born Wisconsin
   , Anna, white female, age 7, daughter, at home, born Wisconsin
   , Frank, white male, age 6, son, at home, born Wisconsin
   , Henry, white male, age 4, son, at home, born Wisconsin
   , Edward, white male, age 1, son, at home, born Wisconsin

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Palo Alto County; FHL #1022092, in Iowa, United States. State Census, 1895
   Vernon Township, HH #57.

   Stephen Jones, age 27, married male, born Wisconsin, occupation unreadable, Congregational religion
   Maggie M. Jones, age 18, married female, born Iowa, keeping house, Congregational religion
   Frank Jones, age 19, single male, born Wisconsin, Congregational religion

3. ↑ Vernon township, Palo Alto County; FHL #1026113, in Iowa. Adjutant General's Office. Persons subject to military duty, ca. 1862-1910. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978)
   1894.

   Jones, F. B., age 18

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} War Department, Record and Pension Office War With Spain, in George Jones Documents
   stamped 16 December 1899.

   Frank B. Jones, Co. M 50 Reg’t Iowa Inf was enrolled June 30, 1898 and died Sept. 13, 1898 at 2 Div Hosp Jacksonville Fla of typhoid fever. From enroll to death he held the rank of private and during that period the rolls show him present except as follows:
   Joined for duty at Jacksonville Fla July 3/98.
   Sick in qrs from Aug 19 to Aug 20. Disease contracted in line of duty.
   Sick in qrs from Aug 28 to Aug 31 ’98 and absent sick in 2 Div Hosp [7 a.c.] to Sept 13/98. Disease contracted in line of duty. Buried at Jacksonville Fla
   Place of birth, Grant Co., Wis; age, 22 years; occupation coal miner; height 5 feet, 8 and 2/3 inches; complexion dark; color of eyes, l. blue; color of hair, d. brown.
   The medical records show him treated as follows: A Frank B. Jones, Pvt. Co. M. 50 Iowa Inf.
   Treated in Regtl Hosp Aug 19 and 20, 98. Indigestion Acute, in line of duty, returned to duty;
   Aug 28, 98 to -, Remittent Malarial fever, in line of duty;
   Aug 31, 98, Typhoid fever, in line of duty; admitted to 2 Div. Hosp. 7 A. C. Aug 31, 98, typhoid fever, in line of duty and returned to duty Sept. 13, 98.
   
   For full transcript of document from which this is taken, see Pension Application

5. ↑ Find A Grave
   [Memorial# 3964230].

   Frank B Jones
   Birth: unknown
   Death: Sep. 13, 1898
   Burial: Saint Augustine National Cemetery
   Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
   Plot: A, 69

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Family Group Sheet, in Barbara Hatch
   14 Mar 1994.
7. ↑ United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

   JONES, FRANK B
   PVT US ARMY
   DATE OF DEATH: 09/13/1898
   BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 69
   SAINT AUGUSTINE NATIONAL CEMETERY