b. 13/04/1841 Fayette County, Ohio. d. 18/06/1911 Fayette County, Ohio.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 22/05/1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Jones was born in Fayette County, Ohio on April 13, 1841. He served as a private with Company F of the 22nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry and than moved to Company C of the 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and eventually after his heroic efforts at Vicksburg as first lieutenant in Company I of the 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Prior to becoming a lieutenant, he was promoted to sergeant sometime in 1864. He earned his medal in action at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi in a forlorn hope attack on Vicksburg with 149 other men on May 22, 1863. In 1865, he married Rosellie A. Smith and made a living in Good Hope, Ohio. Jones and Smith had six children. He received his medal on June 13, 1894. He died on June 18, 1911, as a result of heart failure and is now buried in Good Hope Cemetery, Good Hope, Ohio.
MOH CITATION:
Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party.”
BURIAL LOCATION: GOOD HOPE CEMETERY, GOOD HOPE, OHIO.
SECTION 2.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
