Redding B. Jones
Redding B. Jones was born in Columbia County, Florida more than 178 years ago on November 28th, 1844 to his Father, Thomas Hilliard Jones and Mother, Elizabeth "Eliza" Price.
•• Interesting events that occurred around the World during Mr. Jones birth year of 1844 included.
• On February 28th, 1844 a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer, and other high-ranking U.S. Federal officials
• On May 24th, 1844 Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the World's first telegraph message.
• On June 6th, 1844 the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is formed by George Williams in London, England.
• On June 27th, 1844 Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-Day Saint movement, and his Brother Hyrum, are murdered in Carthage Jail, in Carthage, Illinois leading to a Succession Crisis.
• On November 6th, 1844 Spain grants the Dominican Republic it's independence..
• On December 4th, 1844 in the United States Presidential election, Democrat James K. Polk defeats Whig party candidate Henry Clay to become the 11th ever POTUS.
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Redding was the 6th of 7 verifiable children welcomed into the World by his parents. His elder siblings were Catharine, Mitchel, Martha, Culbert, and Hilliard. He also had a younger Brother, Drury.
Jones Patriarch, Thomas Hilliard supported his family in a variety of ways including the field of farming, and "butchery"
On August 3rd, 1862 Redding (18) enlisted in the CSA's Co. A 2nd Battalion Florida Infantry @ "Blacks Branch", Florida during the American Civil War. The 2nd participated in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then was active in the Petersburg siege South of the James River and around Appomattox. At the Battle of Gettysburg the 2nd lost forty-two percent of the 242 men engaged. Mr. Jones officially deserted his unit, leaving the (C)onfederacy on May 6th, 1864.
Redding would return to the Sunshine state of Florida and Hernando County where in the year 1870 he married his young Wife, 20 year old Alabama native. Eugenia. According to the Federal Census from 1900 the couple had a single child during their lifetimes. Regrettably by the turn of the 20th Century, said child who did not appear by name in Cencus records in either 1870 or 1880 had already died.
Mr. Jones supported his small family as a lifelong farmer. Truthfully there is very little in the way of recorded detail about the Jones families lives. One has to believe that since they had no direct surviving descendants, they have mostly been forgotten and any history or milestones achieved have been lost to the passage of time.
For reasons unknown, Redding, just 58 years old would take his last breath on Saturday June 27th, 1903.
Redding B Jones... Beloved Husband, Father, Veteran of the American Civil War.
Before & After
•• Following his untimely passing, Mr. Jones Wife, Eugenia filed for a Civil War military pension on October 1st, 1903.