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Emma O. Jones Apr. 17, 1864--Feb. 18, 1941 Bayview Cemetery, Morehead City NC Image courtesy of Find A Grave:  Picture taken by Mojo Warren. Emma Shepard Jones was the wife of my 2nd great grand uncle, William Henry Jones and the sister-in-law to my 2nd great grandfather, Alexander Hamilton Jones. Emma and William were the parents to eleven children, out of which at least three went on to go to college  --Oscar Dunn Jones Sr., James Edward Jones, and Caesar N. Jones. The following link shows what may possibly be a picture of Emma and her husband William:   Wordless Wednesday: Could This Be A Picture Of My 2nd Great Grand Uncle And Aunt

Marriage record for Oliver Jones and Esther Lincoln "North Carolina , County Marriages, 1762-1979," index and images, Family Search Oliver Jones and Esther Lincoln Jones were my 2nd great grand uncle and aunt. Oliver was a brother of Alexander Hamilton Jones, my 2nd great grandfather. State of North Carolina.                                                          Carteret County      I, William J. Moore a minister of the gospel do hereby certify that I solemnized the rites of matrimony between Oliver Jones and Esther Lincoln, and joined them together as husband and wife in Carteret County on the 3rd day of November A. D. 1867 I found   online a terrific resource which featured an etching of minister William J. Moore. It's the electronic edition of "One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion C...

Could this be a picture of my 2nd great grand uncle and aunt? Possibly, William Henry Jones and Emma Shepard Jones. William was a brother to my 2nd great grandfather, Alexander Hamilton Jones.  Recently, I connected with a cousin who so graciously shared this picture with me.  She inherited a suitcase of pictures from her father and she believes that this is  a picture of her grandfather's parents. It was the oldest one in her collection.