Lathom "Casey" William Jones

Notes:

Pharmacist at Rushing's Drug Store in San Augustine, and inventor of the "grapefruit highball" still sold today at San Augustine Drug Co. Sold Victrolas, and his favorite recording, used over and over in his demonstrations, was the "Ballad of Casey Jones," Thus acquiring his nickname. His Texas Death Certificate shows his parents as Sam B. Jones and Lorena Walker, and his wife as Eva McDaniel (who was also the informant). First name was spelled Latham on death certificate, but Lathom on census and tombstone. His headstone also had a Masonic emblem, and the inscription "Casey, our beloved."

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, San Augustine Town
Enumerated April 22, 1930
ED 203 SD 19 Sheet 9A Stamped 112
223-233
Carter, C B Head M W 34 M 25 Tx Tx Tx Teacher Public School
Carter, Willie W Wf F W 25 M 16 Tx Tenn Va Teacher Public School
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Jones, Lathom Head M W 22 M 18 Tx Tx Tx Salesman Drug Store
Jones, Eva Wf F W 22 M 18 Tx Tx Tx

1940 Census
Texas, San Augustine, JP 1
Enumerated April 17, 1930
SD 42-2 ED 203-1 Sheet 14A
E. Market
33-R-17-M
Jones, Lathom W Head M W 32 M No H3 Tx Same Place Pharmacist Drug Store
Jones, Eva Wf F W 32 M No H2 Tx Same Place
Jones, Gordon Son M W 9 S Yes 2 Tx Same Place
Whiteside, Troy Lodger F W M No C4 Tx R Shelby Tx Home Supervisor WPA Project

Lathom married Eva Luvenia McDaniel about 1926. Eva (daughter of William Joseph McDaniel and Canzada Hammock) was born on 17 Oct 1906 in Bayou Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 1991 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at fourteen months of age.