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John Jones

Birth: 1816
Greene County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 21 May 1879 (aged 62–63)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Graceland Cemetery

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 41.9574455, Longitude: -87.6602108
Plot: Section C, Lot: 450, Space: 3
Memorial ID: 10748 View Source

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First African-American to hold elected office in Cook County/Chicago, after the Chicago Fire.

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JOHN JONES
BORN
IN GREEN CO N.C. 1816
DIED IN CHICAGO
MAY 21 1879
THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR

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Mary Jane Richardson Jones

1820–1910

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Lavinia Jones Lee

1843–1933

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10748/john-jones: accessed ), memorial page for John Jones (1816–21 May 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10748, citing Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by La Chatte (contributor 46881808).

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