CHARLES STARK JONES

CHARLES STARK JONES was b. 1817 in South Carolina m. Rebecca Brooks, removed to Fayette Co., Ga. Issue:

1. ELLEN F. JONES b. 1853 m. Hosea Ballew Padgett b. 1852. Issue:
   
      
   1. Ira Edgar Padgett m. Annie Lillian Mitchell, dau. of Thomas Jefferson Mitchell. Children:
      
          
      1. Ruth Padgett m. Weyman Dozier.
             
      2. Thomas Padgett.
             
      3. Thelma Padgett.
         
             
      4. Ruby Padgett m. Henry Graves, son of Wiley and Minnie Williamson Graves. Children: Henry Graves, Jr.; Alvan David Graves.    
      5. Lena Padgett.
            
      6. Maude Padgett.
            
      7. Lester Padgett.
            
      8. Grady Padgett.
            
      9. Soulie P. Padgett.
            
      10. Rowe P. Padgett.
             
      11. Otis Padgett.
          
          
      12. WILLIAM L. JONES b. 1855.
          
      13. B. V. JONES b. 1857.
          
      14. ALLEN HARVEY JONES b. 1859 m. Esel Odine Glower, dau. of William Thornton Glower.
          
      15. JOSEPHINE JONES b. 1861.
          
      16. SARAH JONES b. 1865 m. Charles Holcomb.
          
      17. CHARLES PINKNEY JONES b. 1866. Children:
          
         
      1. Clavis Charles Jones m. Era McBride.
         
      2. LUTHER S. JONES b. 1574 m. Lolla Estelle Preston, a dau. of Archibald Gray Preston, Confederate Soldier.
      Children:
      
         
      1. Elsie Claire Jones m. Jim Massengale.
            
      2. Hassie Jones m. Walter Cornwell.
            
      3. Alma Jones b. 1917 m. J. D. Hayes.
            
      4. Winna Sylvania Jones b. 1919 m. Aubrey Hayes. Children: Daniel Richard Hayes, Ann Hayes and Martha Jane Hayes.
         
      5. LAWRENCE JONES b. 1876.
      
      

      SAMUEL PORTER JONES

      
      REV. SAMUEL PORTER JONES was b. 10/16/1847 Chambers Co., Ala., but removed to Cartersville, Georgia in 1859, where he resided until his death, 10/12/1906 on the Rock Island train, near Ferry, a station 30 miles west of Little Rock, Arkansas. His wife and two daughters were with him.
      The famous evangelist, REV. SAM P. JONES, preached a funeral on "Sudden Death" in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 10/12/1906. The McAlester Daily Capitol: "Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 13--Last night a large crowd was out to hear the Georgia evangelist, Rev. Sam P. Jones. Mr. Jones preached on `Sudden Death'. From start to finish he pleaded, warned and begged men to flee the wrath to come, and avert the judgments of God. Such an impression has not been made during the meetings. At times men shuddered as he declared the fearful truths of the text. ht other times the entire audience was moved to tears. Sighs, tears, and emotions were given free vent....At the close of the serman scores of men and women rushed up to the front to declare themselves for the Christian life...." Atlanta Georgian, 10/15/1906.
      Rev. Jones had devoted 32 years of his life to his ministry and was declared one of the world's greatest evangelists, His body was returned to Atlanta and was -viewed in the rotunda of the capitol on the Hunter Street side.
      "Thirty- four years ago, Sam Jones began his career as a preacher in the North Georgia conference. His first charge was the Van Wert circuit. He served it there years, 1873, 1874, and 1975."
      As told by Hon. Thomas E. Watson: "In the good year 1877, when both of us were not so old, nor so gray, nor so wrinkled, Sam Jones lit down in this veritable town of Thomson, and began to go for the devil and his angels in a manner which was entirely new to said devil; also new to said angels.
      We remember that we were then trying to begin to practice law. We walked three miles every morning to the office, toted a tin dinner bucket, like any school boy, took the mid-day meal alone undisturbed by the rush of clients...Some one happened to remark in our hearing that there was a little preacher up at the Methodist church who was knocking the crockery around in lively style, and who was dusting the jackets of the amen corner brethren in a war which brought the double grunts out of those fuzzy fossils....
      As a rule we were not ravenously fond of sermons...We did not yawn the day we went to hear Sam Jones. There he was, clad in a little black jump-tail coat, and looking as much like the regulation preacher as we look like the Archbishop of Canterbury.
      He was not in the pulpit. He was right next to his crowd, standing within the railing, and almost in touch of the victims.
      His head was down, as if he was holding on to his chain of thought by the teeth, hut his right hand was going energetically up and down, with all the grace of a pump-handle.
      And Lord! How he did hammer the brethren. How he did peel the amen corner. He he did smash their solemn self-conceit, their profound self-satisfaction, their peaceful copartment with the Almighty, their placid conviction that they were the trustees of the "Jew Jerusalem!
      We sinners looked and listened, grinned. It was all we could do to keep from saying, 'Sick em Sam!"
      Ref: Atlanta Georgian, 10/26/1906.
      
      

      WILLIAM JASPER JONES

      
      WILLIAM JASPER JONES was b. 1725 In South Carolina, m. Nancy and removed to Fayette Co., Ga.
      Children:
      
      1. C. CLAYTON JONES b. 1853.
         
      2. JULIUS CAESAR JONES b. 1855.
         
      3. P. CALHOUN JONES b. 1857.
         
      4. GEORGE AUGUSTUS JONES b. 1852.
         
      5. M. C. JONES b. 1863.
         
      6. JAMES LAWSON JONES b. 1866 m. Ofie Davis, a dau. of John Wesley Davis.
         Children:
         
            
         1. Dannie Jones m. Virgil Brown.
               
         2. Sally Jones m. Some Stinchcomb, Children:
                
            1. Wendell Estes Stinchcomb.
                   
            2. Louise Stinchcomb m. Jim Turner.
                   
            3. James Stinchcomb.
                  
            4. Jasper Jones m. Lillian Moore.    
            5. Minnie Lou Jones m. Eli Pyron.    
            6. Elizabeth Jones m. George White.    
            7. Kate Jones m. R. Thompson.    
            8. George Augustus .Jones m. Lois.    
            9. Willie Allen Jones.    
            10. Dorothy Jones m. Leonard Venable.
                
            11. VICTORIA JONES b. 1868.
                

Samuel Porter Jones (1847-1906)