Soldier: James Morris Jones
Regiment: 174th OVI
Company: A
Age: 19
Date Entering Service: 7/22/1864
Period of Service: 11 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out with Company 6/28/1865
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Overall’s Creek, Tennessee 12/4/1864
Battle of the Cedars, Tennessee 12/5/1864
Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina 3/7/1865
Other interesting information discovered:
James Morris Jones was born in Columbiana, Ohio on 10/28/1844. He married Hannah Evans in Morrow County, Ohio on 9/4/1873, four children were born of this union. James lived in the Lincoln Township area of Cardington and was employed as a carriage maker. Hannah collected a widow’s pension on 10/18/1887.
Date of Death: 8/8/1887 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Brenda and Brian Skipworth Researcher: Velda L Montgomery
