This browser does not support getting your location. We do know that his father was present but largely disconnected: James Thurman Jones was a World War I veteran, and according to The New York Times, exposure to gas had left him severely disabled. when he met German prisoners of war passing through their community en route to a detention facility. Family members linked to this person will appear here. He frequently stole candy from merchants in the town; his mother was required to pay for his thefts. Bullshit! This is a carousel with slides. He was previously married to Lynetta Putnam. In the world of documentary, there have been even more: Jonestown: Paradise Lost (2007), CNN Presents: Escape From Jonestown (2008), Seconds From Disaster, "Jonestown Cult Suicide" episode (2012), and Witness to Jonestown (2013). Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Integration is a more personal thing with me now. What they thought was for the common good actually ended up in Jones' pocket. "[32] Tom Reiterman, a biographer of Jones, wrote that Jones's attraction to religion was strongly influenced by his desire for a family. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. The people in his community found his idolization of Nazi Germany disturbing. [20] His mother claimed that she was disturbed when she caught him imitating the pastor of the local Apostolic Pentecostal Church and she unsuccessfully attempted to prevent him from attending the church's services. Their relatives purchased a shack for them to live in at the nearby town of Lynn. One recurring tactic he used was to tell her that one of her close friends or family members had suddenly died, and then comfort her over the loss, before finally admitting to her the story was untrue. He became a voracious reader who studied Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Mao Zedong and Mahatma Gandhi. Born James Warren Jones in Crete, Indiana, near Lynn, he was the son of James and Lynetta Thurman Jones. He frequently confronted them for drinking beer, smoking, and dancing. } Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. James averaged 28.9 points on 50% shooting, 8.3 rebounds and 6.8 assist per game this season in 55 contests. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. After Jones departure, most of his followers broke ties. By the time he entered high school, he had become an outcast among his peers and was increasingly disliked by the members of his community. Many people in Lynn demanded that Jones' mother curtail his behavior, but she refused. His mother Lynetta (Putman) Jones worked odd jobs throughout the region, while his father James Thurman Jones was disabled during World War 1 and increasingly sunk into alcoholism. In Indianapolis, he served as a student pastor in the Methodist Church in 1952 but chose to found his own church, Peoples Temple, in 1956. This page is not available in other languages. We strive for accuracy and fairness. Resend Activation Email. This account has been disabled. James was a member of the Church of Christ in Arkansas. The first to die were the children and those who refused to drink were forced to by armed guards. Childhood Jones' parents were James Thurman Jones, a veteran of the Great War and victim of mustard gas who lived on disability payments, and the much younger Lynetta Jones, a feisty,. In the 1950s, he became a preacher and founded a church in Indianapolis, Indiana, called the "Wings of Deliverance," which he later renamed the "Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church." In 1964, he became an ordained minister in the Christian . Include gps location with grave photos where possible. He was intrigued by their pageantry, their unity, and the absolute power wielded by Hitler. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Due to his commitment for school activism, Jim was appointed to the San Francisco Housing Authority by Mayor George Mascone in 1976. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. James Thurman Jones. Jim's father, James Thurman Jones, died on May 29, 1951. A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement. Jones began his own religious quest around the age of 10. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944, Your Scrapbook is currently empty. . This is a carousel with slides. Kennedy, known in the community for her religious zeal, took Jones to church multiple times a week. [49][50] Jones insisted on attending Bloomington's Full Gospel Tabernacle, but eventually compromised and began attending a local Methodist church on most Sunday mornings while attending Pentecostal churches Sunday evenings and weekdays. There he observed racism and the isolation of poverty, in Richmond he also encountered Pentecostal Christianity, a vibrant, exciting and accepting faith that drew the young Jones into the community and values of heartland religion. Get the latest on new films and digital content, learn about events in your area, and get your weekly fix of American history. His fiery rhetoric and remarkable "healings" continued to draw new members into the fold. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. As a child, Jim was heavily influenced by the works of Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi. Some of the church members complained to relatives in the US that Jones was drug addicted and was keeping them from leaving under threat of death. As the head of the Indianapolis Human Rights Commission, Jones desegregated movie theaters, restaurants, the telephone company, hospitals and the city police department. He worked as director of the Human Rights Commission in Indianapolis and was instrumental in the racial integration of churches, restaurants, the telephone company, the police department and the Methodist Hospital at Indiana University. In 1954, when he claimed he had met God on a train ride near Philadelphia, he was defrocked. [7] In 1934, in the midst of the Great Depression, the Jones family was evicted from their home for failure to make mortgage payments. Thurman Jones - Address & Phone Number | Whitepages Thurman Jones We found 15 records for Thurman Jones in NC, CA and 12 other states. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Son of a bitchin' no good lousy ass anarchistic capitalist bitch. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Jim Jones I found on Findagrave.com. He then adopted 3 children of partial non Caucasian ancestry and called it the rainbow family. [27] Jones regularly used offensive profanity, commonly greeting his friends and neighbors by saying, "Good morning, you son of a bitch" or, "Hello, you dirty bastard". Jones chose the Ukiah Valley in northern California as the People's Temple's new home, after reading a January 1962 Esquire magazine article titled "Nine Places to Hide", which detailed the safest places to live after a nuclear war. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. I've got cutlasses I've got dynamite. He spent most of his formative years in conservative rural Indiana. He started setting stings catching restaurants refusing to serve black customers or hospitals refusing black patients. He was agitated by open communists in the USA. [1][2][3] Jones went by the nickname Jimmy during his youth. Jones named the settlement Jonestown, after himself. Phyllis Wilmore, who dated him in high school, remembered a pep rally before a basketball game. He married Marceline after his first term on June 12, 1949. James Thurman Jones. IN PARADISUM le veritable dragon rouge (2017), IN PARADISUM le veritable dragon rouge - Official Trailer. Nobody gave me love, any understanding. Jones was well-regarded by the senior management, but staff members later recalled that Jones exhibited disturbing behavior towards some patients and coworkers. Try again. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. [43] Jones began dating a nurse-in-training named Marceline Baldwin while he was working at Reid Hospital. He married his nurse Lynette. He died on May 29, 1951 in Lynn, Indiana, USA. Armed guards stood at the compound's perimeter. He had become increasingly paranoid and disturbed by this time and soon moved to the Peoples Temple compound there with about 1,000 people. Jim Jones and His People, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Early_life_of_Jim_Jones&oldid=1136516689, This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 18:38. Strangers spat on Marcie as she walked with her multiracial family. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? They would receive a cup with a red liquid that they were told contained poison, which they were ordered to drink. The experiment of a communal church in the San Francisco Bay area and the Agricultural Project in Guyana were the vision of Reverend James Warren Jones. While Jones quoted and used the Bible extensively, visitors to the Jones household were surprised to find no Bibles or religious pictures anywhere in the house, and the family never said grace at mealtimes. He was a voracious reader as a child who studied men such as Adolf Hitler, Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Mahatma Gandhi and Mao Zedong, taking note of the strengths and weaknesses of each. There, he observed that people with money are attracted to faith healing and such services and these financial resources can be helpful in his goals. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. In 1959, the couple had their first and only biological child - a son named Stephan Gandhi Jones. The thought was to infiltrate the church. The harassment and frustration had provoked him to do so. However, there were occasional bizarre behaviors as well: in April of 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, Jones staged a fake attempt on his own life.Jones received several humanitarian awards in Northern California for his work with the poor. In 1976, he was appointed to the San Francisco Housing Authority by the Mayor George Moscone for his commitment to social activism. Jim Jones is known for being the leader of the Peoples Temple religious group and for the Jonestown Massacre, when he led the mass murder-suicide of more than 900 members of the group at their commune in Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jonestown was meant to be a utopia and, for a while, it was. [his last words from his death tape] We didn't commit suicide; we committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Sorry! No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. He married his nurse Lynette.Sisters: Mrs. Ina Platt, Mrs. Fred Moore & Florence JonesBrothers: Homer, Paul, Lester, Herbert, Everett and Ernest Jones, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. He was appointed director of the Indianapolis Human Rights Commission in 1961. In the next five years, it gained much growth spawning branches in cities like San Fernando, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Family (3) Spouse Always was alone. In 1977, Jones moved the 1,000 members of his church to Guyana, to create an agricultural utopia in the jungle, free from racism and based upon socialistic principles of common sharing. After being scrutinized by the media, he along with many other members shifted to the temples compound in Guyana. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. GREAT NEWS! James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 - November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist, and mass murderer. There he had a chance to reinvent himself. He got a job as a student pastor at the Somerset Methodist Church in a poor, predominantly white neighborhood in Indianapolis. Fearful of a plot against him, he started conducting suicide drills. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. When Guyanese authorities arrived at Jonestown on November 19, 1978, the only survivor present was Hyacinth Thrash, a 76-year-old black woman who had joined Peoples Temple in Indianapolis. [55] Jones also became frustrated with the persecution of communists in the U.S.[56] Reflecting back on his participation in the Communist Party, Jones said that he asked himself, "How can I demonstrate my Marxism? Cult leader, Reverand Jim Jones, the self-proclaimed "messiah" of his evangelical flock, led his followers to a Mass Murder-Suicide (909 inhabitants of Jonestown, 304 of them children). You have chosen this person to be their own family member. He was obsessed with death from childhood. James Warren Jones was born on May 13, 1931 in Crete, Indiana to James Thurman Jones, a World War I veteran and Lynetta Putnam. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [25] When he could not get any children to attend his funerals, he would perform the services alone. A system error has occurred. He was interested in holding racially integrated services, but this interest was not shared by his church. Add to your scrapbook. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). They adopted another son and named him Tim Jones. Escaping Nuclear Danger Please reset your password. Despite stories of beatings, murders and other cult practices, Jones was praised for setting up a racially mixed church that helped the disadvantaged and impoverished. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. He was shot down. There was a problem getting your location. His followers received little food and weren't allowed to leave. Please try again later. Research blog about Jim Jones, cult leader, creator of Peoples Temple and infamous for the Jonestown massacre. [5][6] Jones's father was a disabled World WarI veteran who suffered from severe breathing difficulties due to injuries he sustained in a chemical weapons attack. He then moved to San Francisco's Fillmore district in 1965. After facing increasing scrutiny within the temple itself, Jones hired Mark Lane and Donald Freed to help make the case of a great conspiracy by intelligence agencies against the Temple. The fascination with Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple have helped spawn various movies throughout the years. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? In those days a parent was supposed to go with a child to school functions. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. He also claimed that at a Catholic church, he replaced the holy water with a cup of his own urine. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. If you're born in capitalist America, racist America, fascist America, then you are born in sin. Try again later. Pacifica, California [December 2008] He is a businessman in Northern California, married, with three . We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Born to Preach In November 1978, U.S. House Representative Leo J. Ryan visited the compound and sought to bring back several defectors, including an ex-member's child. An observant child, Jones began taking what he learned at these different houses of worship and started preaching to other children in the community. Leo's entourage, along with fifteen defectors, were ambushed and killed by Jones' people on the airstrip as they attempted to leave. War injuries hampered the ability of his father, James Thurman Jones, to provide either material or emotional support for his son. [38] While he was attending a baseball game in Richmond, Jones was bothered by the treatment of African Americans who attended the game. He got married young, to a nurse 4 years his senior, and adopted 3 children of diverse ethnic backgrounds.Jones began working as a Methodist minister in Indianapolis in the early 1950 decade. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Are you sure that you want to delete this flower? James Thurman Jones 79, of Indianapolis, IN passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Jones's strong opposition to the Methodist church's racial segregationist practices was an early on strain their marriage. If you see me as your God, I'll be your God.. On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the Jonestown Massacre, Jones led more than 900 men, women and children to their deaths in a mass suicide via cyanide-laced punch (spawning the metaphor "Don't Drink the Kool-Aid"). [51], Through the years, Jones's marriage relationship was affected by his insecurity. Publicity Listings Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. [47][24], Jones and Marceline Baldwin continued their relationship while he attended college, and the couple married on June 12, 1949. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Asked his followers to call him "Father" during this period. To help build his following, he bought time on a local AM radio station to air his sermons. He gained notoriety when the Temple moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. He developed a keen interest in religion and its influence on people. Jim Jones and his wife Marceline were the first white couple to adopt a Black child in Indiana in 1961. Jim Jones had his hair combed back, and he had on not a zoot suit but certainly not a suit that was 'Indiana. He had big sunglasses sitting up on top of his head and a goon on each side of him 'Jim, I said, 'Im curious. When Jones began attending school, his extended family threatened to cut off their financial assistance unless his mother took a job, forcing her to work outside the home. Thanks for your help! After three days of interviewing the residents, Ryan's party started to leave, taking along with them 20 People Temple members who also wanted to leave, and drove to the airstrip near Jonestown. He was the only son of James Thurman Warren Jones Sr. (1887-1951) and Lynetta Putnam (1902-1977). However, he stated his work with the Rio de Janeiro slum areas and explored local Brazilian syncretic religions. During the 1950s and early 1960s, segregation was widespread across the country, and many religious congregations followed the practice of keeping the races separate. A collaborative project of Cowles Library at Drake University and the Special Collections Department of Library and Information Access at San Diego State University, Chronological List of Annotated Documents, Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple. Why the change? He gained notoriety when the Temple moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. He died on 29 May 1951 in Lynn, Indiana, USA. Shit! [8][9][10] In Lynn, the family attempted to earn an income through farming, but again met with failure when Jones's father's health further deteriorated. The next time a childhood acquaintance, Max Knight, saw Jones in Indiana was many years later. Sebastien Bowen is the husband of the late Dame Deborah James who passed away from bowel cancer in June 2022. He explained his suicide as a revolutionary act condemning the inhumane world. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. James Warren 'Jim' Jones was a notorious American cult leader. There they were attacked by Peoples Temple gunmen sent by Jones. Jones often preached over the loudspeaker system at Jonestown. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1452/jim-jones. James Warren Jones was born in the hamlet of Crete, Ind. Born here in Bedford County, he remained as a resident the majority of his life. James Warren Jones was born on May 13, 1931, in the rural community of Crete, Indiana, to James Thurman Jones and Lynetta Putnam. [24][44], In December 1948, Jones graduated from Richmond High School early with honors. Please try again later. In 1960, he was appointed the Director of Human Rights Commission by Democratic Mayor Charles Boswell. Jim Jones was born during the Great Depression. In 1963, he moved to Brazil. Ordained as a Fundamentalist minister, he later joined with the Disciples of Christ denomination and started his own congregation, the People's Temple Christian Church, which later turned into a cult. James Warren Jim Jones was a notorious American cult leader. There, he attended Indiana University Bloomington. [45] He relocated to Bloomington, Indiana in November 1948, where he attended Indiana University Bloomington with the intention of becoming a doctor, but changed his mind shortly thereafter. [37], Jones disliked playing sports because he hated losing, so he served as coach on sports teams he organized with younger children. Search above to list available cemeteries. He started preaching in San Francisco, opening up a branch of his church there. Attended Indiana University Bloomington in 1949 but dropped out after a few months. Letters arrived announcing that people were praying for [Jim, Jr.] to die.. Not only did they fall for his talk of a better life, many surrendered what they had to Jones. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Minister and leader of the People's Temple. Very soon after, Jones had begun making plans to move his congregation to the socialist nation of Guyana in South America. As the church grew, however, the sermons on equality and tolerance were belied by his own increasing demands for personal loyalty and obedience. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Born James Warren Jones in Crete, Indiana, near Lynn, he was the son of James and Lynetta Thurman Jones. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. The year 1951 can be regarded as the start of his career when he started attending meetings of the Communist party in Indianapolis. [21][22] In his early teenage years, Jones spent several months evangelizing in his community on behalf of the local Pentecostal church. He and Marceline adopted a part-Native American child named Agnes, three Korean children, Stephanie, Lew and Suzanne, and in 1961 were the first white couple in Indianapolis to adopt a black child, a boy they named James Warren Jones, Jr. Willie Brown was one of them. He kept defending Jones regarding him as a man of highest character, and even wrote a letter to President Carter. James Thurman Jones 1887 - 1951 (m. . He developed many unusual behaviors as a youth and became increasingly disliked by his community. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7287108/james-thurman-jones. cemeteries found in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. [7], The financial difficulties caused by his father's illness led to marital problems between Jones's parents. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Spouse/Ex-: Marceline Jones (m. 19491978), father: James Thurman Jones (1887 - 1951), mother: Lynetta Putnam Jones (1902 - 1977), children: Agnes Pauline Jones, Jim Jon Prokes, Jim W. Jones Jr., John Moss Jones, Lew Eric Jones, Stephan Gandhi Jones, Stephanie Jones, Suzanne O. Jones, Timothy Glen Jones, See the events in life of Jim Jones in Chronological Order. [24], Jones developed an intense interest in religion and social doctrines. Failed to report flower. [4] Jones was of Irish and Welsh descent;[5] he and his mother both claimed partial Cherokee ancestry, but there is no evidence of such ancestry. Kennedy died talking about something he couldn't even understand, some kind of generalized love, and he never even backed it up. [10], His aunts and uncles who lived nearby provided some supervision, but Jones often wandered the streets of the town (sometimes naked) with no one caring for him. There was an error deleting this problem. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. This browser does not support getting your location. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Search above to list available cemeteries. In 1951, he moved to Indianapolis and attended night school at the Butler University and earned a degree in secondary education in 1961. Jones was known to wear his Sunday church attire every day of the week, while his peers dressed more casually. However, the guilt of leaving behind the Indiana struggle of civil rights made him return. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Targets of Abuse Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of James Jones (7287108)? He was born January 8, 1927 in Arkansas to Ewell and Myrtle (Hively) Jones. The temple was then moved to California. Responsible for the largest mass suicide in human history (909 dead). He developed a habit of refusing to answer anyone who spoke to him first, he only spoke to people when he initiated conversations with them. Try again later. It is said that as a child, he would hold . Family members linked to this person will appear here. Later that same day, 909 members died due to some sudden poisoning. The extent of his authority meant that his eventual breakdown transformed a personal tragedy into one of the largest mass deathsin American history. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. Jones' mother, Lynetta Jones, spent most of her time working outside the home. Jones died on 18 November 1978. https://www.biography.com/people/jim-jones-10367607, https://venusinthefifth2.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/astrological-analysis-of-cult-leaders-jim-jones/, https://thoseconspiracyguys.com/jim-jones-mind-control-techniques/, https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/history/retroindy/2016/11/18/jim-jones-from-indiana-to-jonestown/94064198/. Failed to delete memorial. In 1974, Jones bought land in Guyana, a state in northern South America, to develop into a new home for himself and his followers. He was previously married to Lynetta Putnam. I've got my claws! Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today. Resend Activation Email. Verify and try again. Jones recounted how he and his father argued about the issue of race, and he also stated that he did not speak to his father for "many, many years" after he refused to allow one of Jones's black friends to enter his house. 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