Phillip Jones was not found on any census after 1855. But other information about him exists. Phillip enlisted in the Union Navy on January 14, 1864 in Boston. He was eighteen years old and his height was recorded 4’ 11 ½”. Phillip married Rebecca Gray June 5, 1889. He was 40 years old and worked as a ship steward. His parents were recorded as John and Margaret. His wife was 20 years old and was born in the West Indies. Her parents were Edward and Henrietta. Their marriage was listed in the Boston Globe on May 30, 1889, page 6.
Phillip had a daughter name Ruth.
Phillip’s November 5, 1895 death record listed his parents as John and his mother’s birthplace as New Orleans. Phillip lived at 69 Kendall Street.
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Louisa Jones Bell and husband Robert Bell were indeed listed on the 1900 Suffolk County, Mass census with their daughter Lillie M Bell. Robert worked as a porter for a railway station. They lived on Buckingham Street.
By 1910 Louisa was widowed. She was listed on the 1910 census as a sixty-year-old Mulatto female, who was born in Louisiana. She worked as a domestic, doing day work. She was now listed on the census as Mary L Bell for the first time. Census data indicated that she had given birth to 3 children of which one was living. Her daughter Lillian M was eighteen-years-old.
Death records document Robert Bell’s death as March 4, 1906. He was born in Gravel Hill, Virginia. His parents were listed as James Bell of Richmond and Selina Brown of Gravel Hill, VA. Robert was buried in Mt. Hope. Mary L Bell died March 6, 1918 at the age of seventy-five. Her death record listed her birth place as New Orleans and her mother’s maiden name as Jones. Mary was buried at Mt Hope. The informant on certificate was L. B McCoy.
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