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Belle Jones Joplin

Birth
Death
1903 (aged 27–28)
Missouri, USA
Burial
Hillsdale, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Belle was a sister-in-law of Scott Hayden, collaborator with Scott Joplin on several excellent rags.

After the birth and death of their daughter, Scott and Belle drifted apart and later divorced.

When Scott Joplin was born on November 24, 1868, in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States, his father, Giles Joplin, was 26 and his mother, Florence Givins, was 29. He married Belle Jones (born 1875) in 1901, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Linden, Cass, Texas, United States in 1870 and Sedalia Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on April 1, 1917, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in St. Michael's Cemetery, Queens, New York City, New York, United States.
Source: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LCCT-7JH/scott-joplin-1868-1917, visited November 26, 2023
Belle was a sister-in-law of Scott Hayden, collaborator with Scott Joplin on several excellent rags.

After the birth and death of their daughter, Scott and Belle drifted apart and later divorced.

When Scott Joplin was born on November 24, 1868, in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States, his father, Giles Joplin, was 26 and his mother, Florence Givins, was 29. He married Belle Jones (born 1875) in 1901, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Linden, Cass, Texas, United States in 1870 and Sedalia Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on April 1, 1917, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in St. Michael's Cemetery, Queens, New York City, New York, United States.
Source: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LCCT-7JH/scott-joplin-1868-1917, visited November 26, 2023


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