On This Day in Family History - September 23

Paul Herdman Jones died 1967 age 66

This is the only picture I have of him, and it is small.

OBITUARY

Dr Paul H. Jones

BIRTH 23 Dec 1900

DEATH 23 Sep 1967 (aged 66)

BURIAL Bainbridge Cemetery

Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio, USA

MEMORIAL ID 13857749

Paul Herdman Jones was born on December 23, 1900 the son of James W. and Dell Myrtle Herdman Jones. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master's Degrees from the Ohio State University. Upon graduating from medical school he started a medical practice in the community of Stockdale in Pike

County. He served as a general practitioner, optometrist, and surgeon in the local area. During the Ohio

River Flood of 1937, he set up a medical clinic to care for the refugees of the Portsmouth area. An avid

gardener, he helped found the Stockdale Garden Club in 1938, and served as its first vice-president. Prior to the second world war he enlisted into the military reserve corps. On March 9, 1941 he entered active duty enlisting in the United States Army. He was assigned to the medical corps and stationed at Camp Davis in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was quickly promoted to the rank of major and eventually made the rank of Colonel. He was made chief of the Ears, Nose, and Throat Clinic at Fort Davis. He then transferred to Richmond, Virginia where he was made Chief of the McGuire General Hospital. During the war he served some 18 months overseas. In 1945 he was honorably discharged from the U. S. Army. After returning from the war Dr. Jones returned to Pike County where he continued his medical practice. In 1949 he was appointed Pike County Health Commissioner and was elected Pike County Coroner. He was an active member of the Pike County Medical Society, served as President of the Stockdale Board of Education, and was an active member of the committee responsible for starting the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department. He was first married to Cordie Cameron, and later married Louella Coburn Brown.

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How is Paul Herdman Jones related to our family?

Paul Herdman Jones' mother Myrtle Herdman was a sister to Ulysses Grant Herdman. 

Ulysses Grant Herdman married Catherine 'Belle' Treat.

Photo: Ulysses and Belle Treat Herdman

Belle was the sister of my great-grandfather Marcus Treat

Photo: Marcus Treat and his sister Belle Treat Herdman

Marcus Treat was the father of my grandmother Christie Treat Thomas

Photo: Belle's daughter Faun, Marcus' daughter Christie

with their spouses Bob McDonald and Bill Thomas

(Bill and Christie Thomas were my grandparents)