Dr. William Clyde Jones

  General Notes:

The WWI Draft Registration Card for William Clyde Jones dated Sept 12, 1918 records his date of birth as November 7, 1885. He is a self employed Dentist living in Salem, Roanoke, Co., VA. His nearest relative is his mother, Mrs. H. A. De Shazo of Houston, Halifax Co., VA. His physical description is medium height and weight with gray eyes and brown hair. He signs his card W. C. Jones.

The 1930 Federal Census for Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia, District 10, page 255A, dated April 4, 1930 records William C. (43 - VA/VA/NC) and Beatrice W. (32 - VA/VA/VA) Jones [indexed as James at ancestry.com] with their children Amenter W. (8 - VA), Beatrice (6 - VA), and Charlotte K. (3/12 - VA) living at 70 High Street [later renumbered and became 306 High Street). William is a Dentist married since age 35 while Beatrice reports being married since age 23. William's home is valued at $10,000.

The WWII Draft Registration Card (for men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) for William Clyde Jones dated April 27, 1942 lists his date of birth as November 7, 1885 in Henry Co., VA. He is living with his wife, Mrs. Beatrice W. Jones, at 306 High Street, Salem, Roanoke Co., VA. He is working as a Dentist and his physical description is 5' 8 1/2", 160 lbs with gray eyes, brown hair and light complexion.

Roanoke / Salem City Directories records William & Beatrice Jones living at 306 High Street through 1969. William's office is listed as 221 East Main Street in Salem. The home was torn down ca 2000 when Roanoke College remodeled the East Entrance to the College from Thompson Memorial (Rte 311) [In a correction of facts, from an email from Frank Greenbaum dated July 5, 2009: The house at 306 [70 High St. before renumbering] High Street [my mom grew up in], was donated to the college, along with the property, by William Clyde Jones in the late 60s. It was MOVED, NOT torn down, 3 blocks to Beech Road off Hawthorn Rd. where it stands today. William's dental office was next to the Bank building at the corner of College and Main and was torn down ca 1980. It is now [as of July 2009] a parking lot for Macado's Restaurant.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Dentist.

William married Beatrice Hubbert Woods, daughter of Joseph Robert Woods and Mary Leslie Shield Hubbert, on 5 Feb 1921 in Salem, Roanoke Co., VA. (Beatrice Hubbert Woods was born on 22 Jul 1897 in Catawba, Roanoke Co., Virginia (Indian Camp Farm), died on 25 Jan 1965 in Salem, Roanoke Co., VA. and was buried in East Hill Cemetery, Salem, VA Div 3 / Section 11.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage license for William C. Jones and Beatrice H. Woods in recorded at the Roanoke Co., VA Courthouse in Salem, VA.
Date of the license and the marriage is February 5, 1921 performed by Rev Lewis S. Rudasill who gave his bond in Warren Co., VA.
They were married in the Methodist Church in Salem.
William was born in Henry Co., VA while Beatrice was born in Salem, VA.
His parents: W. B. & Bettie Jones
Her parents: J. R. [Joseph R. Woods] & Leslie Woods of Salem
William is a Dentist.

Lewis Singleton Rudasill was born in Warren Co., VA near Front Royal on July 14, 1873 and became a Methodist Minister.