Daughter of Aaron Camp and Susan Byars Suttle, She married Russell J. Jones November 20, 1856. Russell later became a Captain in the Confederate Army. One of their children, Lola, who had married Thomas L. Brooke, died in 1886, leaving a son, Thomas R. Brooke, to be raised by Sarah and the Captain. This boy loved to listen to the Civil War stories told by his grandfather and all of his old army buddies.
Sarah liked opera, and her great-grandson, Naval Commander Russell Jones Brooke, wrote a narrative about once attending a performance of Verdi's Aida with Sarah in Atlanta:
"My experience with real opera came when it was decided that I should escort my eighty-odd year old great-grandmother, Sarah Camp Jones, who was visiting us at the time, to the performance of Caruso as "Ramades" in Verdi's Aida. I had grown up hearing opera on our many one quarter inch thick Edison phonograph records which we had gotten from World War I surplus, but I had to hear the appropriate records over again. Also, I had read the libretto so that when Grandmother Sarah and I reached our balcony seats I was an expert and took the responsibility of keeping her informed as to what was taking place on stage. At one point, however, I fell behind in my duty. In the middle of the great duet of "Aida" and "Ramades" ---"Ah! fly with me"---Grandmother Sarah asked in a voice heard by all the people around us, 'What is that man in his nightgown yelling about now?' Most embarrassing!"
Sarah is buried with several other relatives in the Nathan Anderson Historic Cemetery.
(Quote taken from "Some Experiences that Helped Me Grow Up," by CMDR Russell J. Jones, Sr, USNR. Narrative is among our family documents.)
Sarah liked opera, and her great-grandson, Naval Commander Russell Jones Brooke, wrote a narrative about once attending a performance of Verdi's Aida with Sarah in Atlanta:
"My experience with real opera came when it was decided that I should escort my eighty-odd year old great-grandmother, Sarah Camp Jones, who was visiting us at the time, to the performance of Caruso as "Ramades" in Verdi's Aida. I had grown up hearing opera on our many one quarter inch thick Edison phonograph records which we had gotten from World War I surplus, but I had to hear the appropriate records over again. Also, I had read the libretto so that when Grandmother Sarah and I reached our balcony seats I was an expert and took the responsibility of keeping her informed as to what was taking place on stage. At one point, however, I fell behind in my duty. In the middle of the great duet of "Aida" and "Ramades" ---"Ah! fly with me"---Grandmother Sarah asked in a voice heard by all the people around us, 'What is that man in his nightgown yelling about now?' Most embarrassing!"
Sarah is buried with several other relatives in the Nathan Anderson Historic Cemetery.
(Quote taken from "Some Experiences that Helped Me Grow Up," by CMDR Russell J. Jones, Sr, USNR. Narrative is among our family documents.)
Daughter of Aaron Camp and Susan Byars Suttle, She married Russell J. Jones November 20, 1856. Russell later became a Captain in the Confederate Army. One of their children, Lola, who had married Thomas L. Brooke, died in 1886, leaving a son, Thomas R. Brooke, to be raised by Sarah and the Captain. This boy loved to listen to the Civil War stories told by his grandfather and all of his old army buddies.
Sarah liked opera, and her great-grandson, Naval Commander Russell Jones Brooke, wrote a narrative about once attending a performance of Verdi's Aida with Sarah in Atlanta:
"My experience with real opera came when it was decided that I should escort my eighty-odd year old great-grandmother, Sarah Camp Jones, who was visiting us at the time, to the performance of Caruso as "Ramades" in Verdi's Aida. I had grown up hearing opera on our many one quarter inch thick Edison phonograph records which we had gotten from World War I surplus, but I had to hear the appropriate records over again. Also, I had read the libretto so that when Grandmother Sarah and I reached our balcony seats I was an expert and took the responsibility of keeping her informed as to what was taking place on stage. At one point, however, I fell behind in my duty. In the middle of the great duet of "Aida" and "Ramades" ---"Ah! fly with me"---Grandmother Sarah asked in a voice heard by all the people around us, 'What is that man in his nightgown yelling about now?' Most embarrassing!"
Sarah is buried with several other relatives in the Nathan Anderson Historic Cemetery.
(Quote taken from "Some Experiences that Helped Me Grow Up," by CMDR Russell J. Jones, Sr, USNR. Narrative is among our family documents.)
Sarah liked opera, and her great-grandson, Naval Commander Russell Jones Brooke, wrote a narrative about once attending a performance of Verdi's Aida with Sarah in Atlanta:
"My experience with real opera came when it was decided that I should escort my eighty-odd year old great-grandmother, Sarah Camp Jones, who was visiting us at the time, to the performance of Caruso as "Ramades" in Verdi's Aida. I had grown up hearing opera on our many one quarter inch thick Edison phonograph records which we had gotten from World War I surplus, but I had to hear the appropriate records over again. Also, I had read the libretto so that when Grandmother Sarah and I reached our balcony seats I was an expert and took the responsibility of keeping her informed as to what was taking place on stage. At one point, however, I fell behind in my duty. In the middle of the great duet of "Aida" and "Ramades" ---"Ah! fly with me"---Grandmother Sarah asked in a voice heard by all the people around us, 'What is that man in his nightgown yelling about now?' Most embarrassing!"
Sarah is buried with several other relatives in the Nathan Anderson Historic Cemetery.
(Quote taken from "Some Experiences that Helped Me Grow Up," by CMDR Russell J. Jones, Sr, USNR. Narrative is among our family documents.)
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