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Monroe Parmer “Roe” Jones

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Monroe Parmer “Roe” Jones

Birth
Benton, Franklin County, Illinois, USA
Death
3 Nov 1970 (aged 79)
Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Monroe married Claudia May Heard on October 20, 1913. She passed away August 7, 1917, Thompsonville, Franklin County, IL. His second wife was Lillian.

August 28, 1914 Monroe was appointed Postmaster at Rend City, Franklin County, IL.

Monroe's WW I Draft Registration shows him living at Denver, Colorado. He is married with one child.

The 1940 Houston, Harris County, Texas Census lists Monroe P Jones, 48, and wife Lillian P, 40, and son Monroe P, 23. Monroe has two years of college, owns his home and is a salesman for a pickle company.

Monroe, 79, died at Rotunda Rest Home, Gatesville, Coryell County, TX, after a stay of four months, from Prostate Cancer that had spread to his pelvis and lungs. He had cancer for four years and was a retired salesman, last working in the meat industry. His usual residence was Moody, Texas. His only child, son Monroe P Jones is the informant on his Texas Death Certificate.

For years it was thought Monroe's middle name was "Palmer." Ancestry records of his WW II Draft Registration and Texas Death Certificate confirmed "Parmer" as his actual middle name.
Monroe married Claudia May Heard on October 20, 1913. She passed away August 7, 1917, Thompsonville, Franklin County, IL. His second wife was Lillian.

August 28, 1914 Monroe was appointed Postmaster at Rend City, Franklin County, IL.

Monroe's WW I Draft Registration shows him living at Denver, Colorado. He is married with one child.

The 1940 Houston, Harris County, Texas Census lists Monroe P Jones, 48, and wife Lillian P, 40, and son Monroe P, 23. Monroe has two years of college, owns his home and is a salesman for a pickle company.

Monroe, 79, died at Rotunda Rest Home, Gatesville, Coryell County, TX, after a stay of four months, from Prostate Cancer that had spread to his pelvis and lungs. He had cancer for four years and was a retired salesman, last working in the meat industry. His usual residence was Moody, Texas. His only child, son Monroe P Jones is the informant on his Texas Death Certificate.

For years it was thought Monroe's middle name was "Palmer." Ancestry records of his WW II Draft Registration and Texas Death Certificate confirmed "Parmer" as his actual middle name.


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