He was born on 14 May 1846, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Jesse (or James?) Jones and Rachel [unknown family name]. [sources: date: 15; 2 (18 in 1864), 5 (1847), 6 (1846), 7 (52 in 1900), 8 (84 in 1930), 9 (3 in 1850), 10 (12 in 1860), 11 (32 in 1880). place: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15. parents: 9 (James Jones), 15 (Jesse and Rachel)]
In 1850, he was living in West Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was living with Jesse and Rachel Jones (presumably his parents), and with others (presumably siblings). [source: 9]
In 1860, he was living in West Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was living with Jesse Jones (presumably his father), and with others (presumably siblings). He had attended school within the year. [source: 10]
When he enlisted, he was a farmer. [source: 2]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. [source: 2]
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 19 February 1864. He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lieutenant Hildeburn. He was a private in company A. [sources: 1, 2, 3, 16]
He was wounded on 30 September 1864 at Peeble's Farm, Virginia. [source: 1]
He was absent, sick, when the regiment mustered out. [sources: 1, 2 (absent wounded)]
He was discharged in September 1865. He was a private, in company A. [sources: 3, 16]
In 1871/72, he married Mary Jane [unknown family name]. She was born in March 1848, in Pennsylvania. They had seven children, including these:
[sources: 6, 7 (7 children, 6 alive in 1900), 15]
In 1880, he was living on Upland Avenue, ward 27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He was living with his wife Mary Jane, children John and Willie, and a boarder. He was a carpenter. [source: 11]
On 14 March 1888, he applied unsuccessfully from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 3, 4]
In 1900, he was living at 408 Lincoln Street, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Mary, and their children Sterling, William, Reba, Casper, Emma, and Sarah, and a servant. He was a carpenter. [source: 7]
In 1910, his wife, Mary J Jones, was living in Edgemont Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She was living with their children Sterling, William, and Sarah. [source: 12]
In 1920, his wife, Mary J Jones, was living on Middletown Road, Edgemont Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She was living with her son Sterling W Jones. [source: 13]
His spouse, Mary Jane Jones, died in 1929. She was buried in Cumberland Cemetery, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. [source: 6]
In 1930, he was living on Edgemont Road, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was living with his daughter Sara and her family. He was retired. [source: 8]
On 28 March 1934, he died, in the North Delaware County Home, Middleton Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter. He died of carcinoma of the parotid. On 31 March 1934, he was buried in Cumberland Cemetery, Lima, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. [sources: 5, 6, 14, 15]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Calvin Jones)
2 company A descriptive roll, entry 146 (Calvin Jones)
3 pension index, by regiment (Calvin Jones)
4 pension index, by name (Calvin Jones)
5 Pennsylvania veterans burial records, available on Ancestry (transcribed 12 January 2011) (Calvin Jones)
6 Find-a-grave, memorial 30964268, created by David Green, added 29 Oct 2008, accessed 12 January 2011 [identification is confirmed by entry 5 above; the tombstone (pictured on this memorial) reads just "FATHER CALVIN JONES 1846-1934"] (Calvin Jones)
7 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Media Borough, supervisor's district 2, enumeration district 194, microfilm series T623, film 1406, page 312 = 13 A handwritten (Calvin Jones)
8 1930 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Middletown Township, supervisor's district 27, enumeration district 23-95, microfilm series T626, film 2031, page 212 = 2 A handwritten (Calvin Jones)
9 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Chester County, West Vincent, microfilm series M432, film 765, pages 49 recto = 101 handwritten = 17 handwritten to 49 verso = 102 handwritten = 18 handwritten (Calvin Jones)
10 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Chester County, West Vincent, microfilm series M653, film 1094, pages 817 = 19 handwritten = 63 handwritten to 818 = 20 handwritten = 64 handwritten (Calvin Jones)
11 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 27, division 8, supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 575, microfilm series T9, film 1186, page 117 = 11 C handwritten (Calvin Jones)
12 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Edgemont Township, supervisor's district 2, enumeration district 138, microfilm series T624, film 1339, page 194 = 3 A handwritten (Mary J Jones)
13 1920 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Edgmont [sic], supervisor's district 2, enumeration district 164, microfilm series T625, film 1562, page 45 = 2 A handwritten (Mary J Jones)
14 Pennsylvania death indices, 1934 ("CALVIN JONES [place of death] MDLTN T [soundex code] J520 [county] 23 [date of death] 3 28 34 [file number] 28553")
15 death certificate, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, 28 March 1934, file number 28553 (Calvin Jones)
16 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Calvin Jones)
| line | 40 | 41 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Dwellings visited | 137 | |||||||||||
| Families visited | 138 | |||||||||||
| Name | Jesse Jones | Rachel " | Catharine E " | David W Jones | Malinda K [?] " | Cordelia " | Labarran " | Amanda " | Calvin " | Lewis C " | Lucretia " | Thomas Lumis |
| Age | 46 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3/12 | 3/12 | 21 |
| Sex | m | f | f [?] | m | f | f | m | f | m | m | f | m |
| Color | ||||||||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Farmer | Farmer | ||||||||||
| Real estate owned | 9000 | |||||||||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | Penna | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | ||||||||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | ||||||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 40 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Dwelling number | 465 | |||||||||
| Family number | 465 | |||||||||
| Name | Jesse Jones | Elizabeth " | David W " | Malinda A " | Credila [?] " | Labaran " | Amanda " | Calvin " | Lucretia B " | Anna " |
| Age | 54 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
| Sex | m | f | m | f | " | m | f | m | f | " |
| Color | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Merchant | Teacher C S | Carpenter app | |||||||
| Value of real estate owned | 15575 | |||||||||
| Value of personal estate | 5930 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | " [sc. Pa] | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | ||||||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Cannot read & write | ||||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 |
| street name | Upland Avenue | ||||
| house number | Seventy Second Street | ||||
| dwelling visit # | 87 | ||||
| family visit # | 87 | ||||
| name | Jones, Calvin | - Mary Jane | John | Willie | Fields Samuel |
| color | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | M |
| age | 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 58 |
| month born if born in year | |||||
| relationship | Wife | Son | Son | Boarder | |
| single | 1 | 1 | |||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||
| widowed/divorced | 1 | ||||
| married during year | |||||
| occupation | Carpenter | Keeps House | At Home | At Home | Shoemaker |
| months unemployed | 12 | ||||
| currently ill? | |||||
| blind | |||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||
| idiotic | |||||
| insane | |||||
| disabled | |||||
| school this year | |||||
| can't read | x | x | |||
| can't write | x | x | |||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| line | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| street | Lincoln Street | ||||||||
| house number | 408 | ||||||||
| dwelling number | 266 | ||||||||
| family number | 269 | ||||||||
| name | Jones Calvin | - Mary J | - Sterling W | - William H | - Reba P | - Casper P | - Emma J | - Sarah B | Borrill Elizabeth |
| relationship | Head | wife | Son | Son | Daughter | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Servant |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | F | M | F | F | F |
| birth date | May 1848 | Mar 1848 | Sept 1874 | Apr 1879 | Apr 1881 | Aug 1883 | Oct 1885 | Sept 1891 | Jan 1862 |
| age | 52 | 52 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| married? | M | M | S | S | S | S | S | " | S |
| # years married | 28 | 28 | |||||||
| mother of how many children? | 7 | ||||||||
| # of children living | 6 | ||||||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | England |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | England |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | England |
| immigration year | |||||||||
| # years in USA | |||||||||
| naturalized citizen? | |||||||||
| occupation | Carpenter | Stationary Engineer | Farm Laborer | Day Laborer | At School | Servant | |||
| # months not employed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| # months in school | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| owned/rented | R | ||||||||
| free or mortgaged | |||||||||
| farm/house | H | ||||||||
| # of farm schedule | |||||||||
| line | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| street | ||||
| house nr | ||||
| dwelling nr | 50 | |||
| family nr | 56 | |||
| name | Jones Mary J | - Sterling | - William | - Sarah |
| relationship | Head | Son | Son | Daughter |
| sex | F | M | M | F |
| color | W | W | W | W |
| age | 62 | 35 | 31 | 18 |
| marital status | Wd [sic] | S | S | S |
| #years present marriage | ||||
| mother of # children | ||||
| mother of # living children | ||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | ||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English |
| occupation | None | Laborer | Laborer | Laborer |
| nature of industry etc. | Odd Jobs | Odd Jobs | Odd Jobs | |
| employer etc. | W | W | W | |
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No | No | No | |
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | ||||
| owned/rented | R | |||
| owned free or mortagaged | ||||
| farm/house | H | |||
| nr on farm schedule | ||||
| civil war vet | ||||
| blind | ||||
| deaf & dumb |
| line | 27 | 28 |
| street | Middletown road | |
| house number | X | |
| dwelling visit number | 29 | |
| family visit number | 32 | |
| name | Jones Sterling W | Jones Mary J |
| relationship | Head | Wife [sic] |
| own/rent | R | |
| free/mortgaged (if owned) | ||
| sex | M | F |
| race | W | W |
| age at last birthday | 45 | 71 |
| marital status | S | M [sic] |
| year of immigration | ||
| naturalized/alien | ||
| year of naturalization | ||
| attended school since Sept 1919 | ||
| can read | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes |
| birth place | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| native language | ||
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's native language | ||
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's native language | ||
| can speak English | Yes | Yes |
| occupation | Engineer | None |
| industry, business | Steam | |
| employment status | W | |
| number of farm schedule | ||
| line | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| street | Edgemont road | |||
| house number | [blank] | |||
| dwelling visit # | [blank] | |||
| family visit # | 31 | |||
| name | Green, Sidwell | - Sara B. | - Beatrice M | Jones Calvin |
| relation | Head | Wife | daughter | Father in law |
| owned/rented | R | |||
| value or rent | 10 00 | |||
| radio | R | |||
| farm | No | |||
| sex | M | F | F | M |
| color | W | W | W | W |
| age | 42 | 38 | 16 | 84 |
| married? | M | M | S | Wd |
| age 1st marriage | 25 | 21 | ||
| school/college since 9/29 | No | No | No | No |
| can read & write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| native language | ||||
| immigration year | ||||
| naturalization | ||||
| can speak English | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| occupation | Farmer | none | Student | Retired |
| industry | County home | Public school | ||
| worker class | W | |||
| at work yesterday | yes | |||
| unemployment schedule # | ||||
| veteran? | no | |||
| war | ||||
| farm schedule # | ||||