City: Mint
JONES, Joshua Rhett, farmer and stock raiser; born Abbeville Co., S. C., Sept. 10, 1850; Welsh descent; son of Joshua Whetmore and Ophelia Susanna (Pastlow) JONES; father’s occupation, cotton planter, educator; paternal grandparents Charles and Eliza (Floyd) JONES; educated in S. C.; in early life he was a cotton planter; married Lavinia Moore MCGHEE, July 13, 1869; Democrat; was special courier Col. KENNEDY, 7th S. C. regiment, C. S. A., 1865; former captain U. C. C.; member of Universalist church.
