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Jones, DeGarmo
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Jones, DeGarmo

Born
Nov. 11, 1787
Birthplace
Albany, New York
Titles and Honors
1827-1830 - Alderman
1829 - Adjutant General of Michigan
1835 - Director of the Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad
1838 - Alderman-at-large
1839-1840 - Mayor of Detroit
1840-1841- State Senator
(The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Summer 1960. Detroit, Michigan
Notes
See accession book for alternate family tree (names slightly different)

Ref:
- Neil Carothers, "Deming and Jones Families in Early Detroit", The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Summer 1960, p 141.
- Detroit News Tribune, July 4, 1897
Occupation
1831: Treasurer of Territorial Sunday School Union
1831: Built first plaster mill in Michigan in Kent County
1837: principal owner of large stage line w/ stables and barn on Shelby and Larned
1839: Mayor of Detroit
Mother
Rachel De Garmo
Spouse
Catherine Hannah Annin Jones, March 28, 1818, Onondaga, New York
Children
Joseph Annin (1823-23)
Martha Butler (b.c. 1824)
Elizabeth Throwbridge (1825-34)
William Henry (1828-31)
Catherine Annin (1831-32)
Matilda Cass (1833-?)
Degarmo II (1835-65)
Alice Kercheval (c. 1838-87)
Nationality
American

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