Thomas Amon Jones
Thomas A. Jones was born around May 1845 in Westfield, New York, to Robert and Mary Jones. His father was an English immigrant and a laborer who owned $500 of real estate by 1850. The family moved to Ripley, New York, in the 1850s, and Jones grew up and attended school there.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 27, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company G of the 49th New York Infantry three days later. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with brown hair and black eyes. The regiment took part in the siege of Yorktown, the Seven Days’ Battles, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. He was wounded on May 5, 1864, in the Battle of the Wilderness, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment. He mustered out on July 27, 1865.
 
He settled in Ripley, New York, after the war, and he married a woman named Maria around 1865. They had at least five children: Frances, born around 1866; Frederick, born around 1868; Addie, born around 1871; Belle, born around 1873; and Rosa, born around 1874. He worked as a farmer, and by 1870, he owned $1,000 of real estate and $300 of personal property. He applied for a federal pension in August 1886 and eventually secured one. He died in Ripley on August 13, 1911.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3031)Jones, Thomas Amon1845-051911-08-13
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 8

  • (8255) [recipient] ~ Robert Jones Jr. and William M. Jones to Jacob H. Jones and Thomas A. Jones, 15 March 1863
  • (8259) [writer] ~ Thomas A. Jones to Robert Jones and Mary Jones, 11 March 1865
  • (8261) [writer] ~ Jacob H. Jones and Thomas A. Jones to Robert Jones et al., 13 November 1862
  • (8262) [writer] ~ Thomas A. Jones to Robert Jones and Mary Jones, 30 July 1864
  • (8265) [writer] ~ Thomas A. Jones to Robert Jones et al., 4 June 1864
  • (8266) [associated with] ~ William M. Jones to Eleanor C. Jones, 28 May 1864
  • (8267) [writer] ~ Jacob H. Jones and Thomas A. Jones to Robert Jones et al., 3 May 1864
  • (8272) [writer] ~ Thomas A. Jones to Robert Jones et al., 16 July 1862

People - Records: 9

  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [sibling of] (3016) Jones, Robert Jr.
  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [sibling of] (3017) Jones, William M.
  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [sibling-in-law of] (3018) Jones, Betsy Ann
  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [sibling-in-law of] (3027) Jones, Eleanor C.
  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [child of] (3028) Jones, Robert
  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [child of] (3029) Jones, Mary
  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [sibling of] (3030) Jones, Jacob H.
  • (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon is the [aunt/uncle of] (3032) Marsh, Charles E.
  • (3033) Jones, Kisiah is the [sibling of] (3031) Jones, Thomas Amon

Places - Records: 2

  • (2209) [birth] ~ Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York
  • (2189) [death] ~ Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (478) [enlisted] [G, A] ~ 49th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Fold3.com; General Index to Pension Records, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; New York Death Index, 1852-1956, available from Ancestry.com.