Josephine Adalaide "Addie" Jones, born August 30, 1843 in Shelby Co., Tennessee and died September 24, 1937 in Gibson Co., Tennessee. She was the daughter of Thomas Jones and his first wife, Mary Blanton Kimbell and grand-daughter of Rev. John Washington "Jack" Jones & Elizabeth "Betsy" Perry.
Addie first married, January 30, 1863, Lucius Jerome Wilkins, an attorney of Trenton, who was murdered by Yankees in August 1863 just west of Trenton. He was the son of Little John & Lucy Tanner Wilkins. Addie married second, May 8, 1867, Dr. James Jones Crisp who practiced medicine in Gibson Co. Dr. Crisp was the son of Dr. John Hancock Crisp & his first wife Mary Jones. Addie was widowed for the second time in April 1877. She raised her five children by Dr. Crisp alone.
Those children were: Mary Emma "Mamie" Crisp; Shelton Alexander "Shelt" Crisp; John Thomas Crisp; Catharine "Katie" Crisp; and Annie Crisp who died at nine years of age. Addie is the grandmother of Albert Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Joe Crisp, J. T. Crisp and James Crisp.
Addie and her husband are buried in the Oakland Cemetery, Trenton, Tennessee.