The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameCOLONEL Charles Colcock JONES JR. ®3327, ®1893
Birth28 Oct 1831, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA ®3327
Death19 Jul 1893, Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA ®3327, ®3327
Burial1893, Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA
MemoSummerville Cemetery
OccupationLawyer, Historian
EducationCollege of New Jersey AB. 1852 A.M. 1855 Harvard Law School L.L.B. 1855
MotherMary ANDERSON (1808-1869)
Misc. Notes
He returned to Savannah, Georgia in 1855 as a lawyer and was the Mayor from 1860 to 1861. He joined the Confederate Army in the fall of 1861, ascending to the rank of Colonel and surrendered with General Joseph E. Johnston’s Army on 26 April 1865. In 1865 he moved to New York, living in New York City near Central Park, and engaged in the practice of Law. ®3327 In the spring of 1877 he returned with his family from New York City to Georgia and fixed his residence at Montrose, a fine antebellum mansion in Summerville, (now part of Augusta, Georgia) where he lived until his death in 1893. ®3327
Spouses
Birth9 Nov 1841, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®3327
Death25 Oct 1890, Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA ®3327, ®3327
Burial1890, Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA ®3327
MemoSummerville Cemetery
FlagsAugusta, Georgia, Jefferson County, Georgia
FatherWilliam Joseph EVE (1804-1863)
MotherPhiloclea Edgeworth CASEY (1813-1889)
Misc. Notes
After attending schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., she returned to Augusta and settled to a life of cultured leisure, indulging her taste for art and books. On 9 November 1858 she was bridesmaid for her cousin once removed, Ruth Berrien Whitehead's marriage to Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. On 28 October 1863 she became his second wife. From December 1865 to 1877 they lived in New York City, then returned to Summerville, Georgia to live. ®3327 She had the family diary of Sarah Eve of Philadelphia ca 1740-1790 published. ®99
Research
In the family bible of John A. Casey, she is listed as born in Evelyn. Is this a plantation name?
Family ID1492
Marriage28 Oct 1863, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA ®3327
ChildrenRuth (ca1863-?)
 Charles Edgeworth Eve (1867-1931)
Birth31 May 1837, Bath, Richmond County, Georgia, USA ®3327
Death7 Jul 1861, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA ®3327, ®3327
Burial1861, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA ®3327
MemoLaurel Grove Cemetery
Cause of deathPuerperal Fever
Misc. Notes
She was Charles' first wife and died of puerperal fever two weeks after the birth of their second child. ®3327
Family ID1495
Marriage9 Nov 1858 ®3327
ChildrenJulia Berrien (Died as Child) (1859-1861)
 Mary Ruth (1861-1934)
Last Modified 3 Aug 2013Created 9 Mar 2018 using Reunion v12.0 for Macintosh
Created 1 April 2018 by David L. Moody

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