Episode 10: Jim Jones, Part 2
Jim Jones, Part 2
Jonestown
IMAGE ATTRIBUTION: California Historical Society
In part two of Jim Jones: Jonestown, listen as we continue the discussion of the Jones family tree, including a family member who was a Revolutionary War patriot. Then we discuss Jim’s children and the impact Jones left. In case you missed it, make sure you listen to part one where we discuss the cult Jim created and the deaths that shocked the world.
Ernest H. Jones was Jim’s uncle who died when Jim was around 13 years old. This is an article discussing his enlistment in the U.S. Army soon after Pearl Harbor.
Source: The Times Gazette, 19 Dec 1940
The newspaper article regarding the death of Ernest H. Jones.
Source: Palladium Item, 15 Mar 1944
The will of Warren Jones, Jim’s great-grandfather.
Obituary of Edmund Jones, Jim’s great-great grandfather.
Source: Richmond Weekly Palladium, 21 Feb 1874
Historical marker about William Morris, Jim’s fourth great-grandfather.
Source: Find a Grave