RJ: Oh yes, there are still members of that family living in that area.

CJ: You said the last names of that part of the family is Staton?

RJ: No. McCall.

CJ: Your great-grandfather was Robert King Jones?

RJ: Captain Robert King Jones.

CJ: What was he a captain [of]; was that just honorific?

RJ: No, he was a real captain in the Army of the United States--the Union army.

CJ: What was your father's name?

RJ: My father's name was Franklin Pierce Jones.

CJ: And your grandfather's name was [what]?

RJ: [It] was James King Jones. Oh incidently, the Kings are a big part of my family too.

CJ: You must be related to everybody in Hendersonville.

RJ: I am.

CJ: Sergeant Ledbetter?

RJ: Ledbetter. He was a cousin.

CJ: And Lemuel Furman?

RJ: Lemuel Furman Hood.

CJ: And your sister's name was Marguerite?

RJ: Marguerite.

CJ: Was that a family name?

RJ: No, [it was] just a name.

CJ: Boo Franklin--is that a shortening or something?


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