Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameCharles Edwin Jones 
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712Birth7 Nov 1871, Illinois715
Death9 Nov 1944
FatherMelville Jones (1847-1911)
MotherMary Jane Walker (1852-1937)
Spouses
ChildrenFred (1891-1979)
Irene Nina (1893-1970)
Hazel (1898-1983)
Bessie (1898-1962)
Robert Arthur (1906-1982)
Grace (1909-)
Gladys (1911-)
Charles Edwin (1914-1997)
Notes for Charles Edwin Jones
Charles Edwin Jones b. November 7, 1871 d. - November 9, 1944
Married: Nellie A. Elkins b. Oct. 11, 1871 (Same exact day as the Great Chicago Fire!) d. 1950
(Charles was a SGT in the Army/Graves Registration WWII - Won the Bronze Star during D-Day-Plus 5 days for saving his LT when his landing craft hit a mine while bringing men and supplies to the beach. Also, involved in the Battle of the Bulge and was busted in rank and almost court martialed for cutting off the fingers of the frozen bodies that were piling up in a farmhouse near Bastogne so he could keep up with the burials and then finger print them lster when the fingers thawed.)
Married: Nellie A. Elkins b. Oct. 11, 1871 (Same exact day as the Great Chicago Fire!) d. 1950
(Charles was a SGT in the Army/Graves Registration WWII - Won the Bronze Star during D-Day-Plus 5 days for saving his LT when his landing craft hit a mine while bringing men and supplies to the beach. Also, involved in the Battle of the Bulge and was busted in rank and almost court martialed for cutting off the fingers of the frozen bodies that were piling up in a farmhouse near Bastogne so he could keep up with the burials and then finger print them lster when the fingers thawed.)