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There is a Hervey Jones in Lauderdale County Tn ED 86 Sheet 12 on the 1900 census. The census says he was born in IL father born MO, mother born MO. Could this be more than a coincidence

Jones, Harvey boarder B M Sep 1872 Marr 1 year
Jones, Carolina boarder B F Apr 1880 Marr

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