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Failed to report flower. Jim Jones was born during the Great Depression. Failed to report flower. However Jones was becoming more and more of a dictator. He led the Peoples Temple, a doomsday cult, between 1955 and 1978. Jones' parents were Lynetta Putnam and James Thurman Jones, who had served in World War I. What they thought was for the common good actually ended up in Jones' pocket. In 1978, Leo Ryan along with other congress delegates attended a party hosted by Jones. Jim Jones was born during the Great Depression. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Learn more about managing a memorial . "Jones, Jim (19311978) American Cult Leader", "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple", "Jonestown: Jim Jones: Mastermind American Cult Leader", "Mass Suicide & the Jonestown Tragedy: Literature Summary", Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. I'm standing there, alone. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Despite the fall, he continued to claim that he possessed special powers. He spent most of his formative years in conservative rural Indiana. [33], In 1942, the Kennedy family moved to Richmond, Indiana, for the summer and Jones visited them. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Responsible for the largest mass suicide in human history (909 dead). His father, James Thurman Jones, saw combat in Europe during World War I and was never quite . Try again later. In 1963, he moved to Brazil. Stephanie Maze/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads, Name: Jim Jones, Birth Year: 1931, Birth date: May 13, 1931, Birth State: Indiana, Birth City: Crete, Birth Country: United States. Oops, something didn't work. [24], Jones developed an intense interest in religion and social doctrines. John Victor Stoen Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. In California, Jones had either reached the top or was playing the part. [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? Meanwhile, Jones's father was hospitalized multiple times due to his illness. 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 1964, he became an ordained minister in the Christian Denomination Disciples of Christ. 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. Sorry! In 1976, he was appointed to the San Francisco Housing Authority by the Mayor George Moscone for his commitment to social activism. The church soon became known as the Peoples Temple. var googletag = googletag || {}; He was a good student and began to espouse radical political views after he began attending Indiana University. The bodyguards? He grinned and said, 'Max, when you reach the top, youve got to play the part.. Divine held unusual spiritual beliefs, claiming that he was God and demonstrating supernatural powers. Two more defectors were seriously wounded, shot by Larry Layton, brother of ex-Peoples Temple member Debbie Layton Blakely, who joined the group under the pretense of wanting to leave. World War I VeteranHe was gassed in the trenches during the War and suffered ill health the rest of his life. 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." Playing a Part Religious leader George Baker, also known as Father Divine, founded the Universal Peace Mission Movement in the 1920s. Phyllis Wilmore, who dated him in high school, remembered a pep rally before a basketball game. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. He then adopted 3 children of partial non Caucasian ancestry and called it the rainbow family. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Always was alone. | [31] He spent hours in the community library, and he brought books home so he could read them in the evenings. Jones and the events at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults. Meanwhile back at Jonestown, Jones launched what he called his "revolutionary suicide" campaign. I thought you might like to see a memorial for James Thurman Jones I found on Findagrave.com. Jones actions were ahead of his time, and residents who felt threatened by integration targeted Jones and the Temple with intimidation and assaults. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. The pho, Follow James Warren Jones on WordPress.com. Mother of James Warren Jones. There was an error deleting this problem. Jim was always intolerant about the racial discrimination seen in America, mainly because of his own experiences as an outcast. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 - November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist, and mass murderer. His voice recorded during his final moments in the infamous death tape in the mass suicide of his cult followers is used in parts of the song "Jonestown" by Concrete Blonde. In September 1977, Jones threatened mass suicide to force the Guyanese government from taking action against him. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. In November 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan led a fact-finding mission to Jonestown, to determine if the reports of sexual slavery, death threats and other stories of mistreatment were true. There, he attended Indiana University Bloomington. During the 1950s and early 1960s, segregation was widespread across the country, and many religious congregations followed the practice of keeping the races separate. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? He developed many unusual behaviors as a youth and became increasingly disliked by his community. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. After the divorce of his parents, he and his mother moved to Richmond, Indiana where graduated high school. He referred to them as his "rainbow family" and would later use the term in reference to his religious followers. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. when he met German prisoners of war passing through their community en route to a detention facility. [1][2][3] Jones went by the nickname Jimmy during his youth. When James Thurman Jones was born on 21 October 1887, in Randolph, Indiana, United States, his father, John Henry Jones, was 39 and his mother, Mary Catherine Shank, was 24. - IMDb Mini Biography By: At various points he admitted to being an atheist and agnostic, though he declared himself a prophet, an avatar for various religious figures, or a god himself so he wasn't truly an atheist. After the mass suicide of his followers, Jones and a close aide shot themselves. By the following year, Jones was making a reputation for himself in the state as a healer and evangelist. [16], Myrtle Kennedy, the wife of the pastor of the local Nazarene Church, developed a special attachment to Jones. The first to die were the children and those who refused to drink were forced to by armed guards. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. He continued his flamboyant methods, lying down on the ice between fur hunters and baby harp seals on a fact-finding mission to Newfoundland. [12] Her pregnancy was unwanted, and she expressed disappointment at becoming a mother and was often bitter and unhappy about their family's financial and social position. You can always change this later in your Account settings. He set up a soup kitchen, gave away groceries and clothes to the poor, and established two nursing homes, while preaching messages of apostolic socialism and racial equality. Later that same day, 909 members died due to some sudden poisoning. His father was an alcoholic and worked as a mystic fortune teller. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. His father was an alcoholic Klansman and he claimed his mother was part Cherokee Indian. Began wearing sunglasses from 1971 onwards, when he started abusing drugs. (Enter your ZIP code for information on American Experience events and screening in your area.). As the head of the Indianapolis Human Rights Commission, Jones desegregated movie theaters, restaurants, the telephone company, hospitals and the city police department. This area was believed to be one of 9 places on earth that would be safe during a global nuclear war. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. [11][10], According to multiple Jones biographers, his mother had "no natural maternal instincts" and frequently neglected her son. Attended Indiana University Bloomington in 1949 but dropped out after a few months. [36] The events at the ball game brought discrimination against African Americans to Jones's attention and influenced his strong aversion to racism. His parents separated in 1948 and he went to live with his mother in Richmond, Indiana. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. As a youth, Jones developed an affinity for Pentecostalism and desired to be a preacher. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. He didnt portray himself as a communist. Much of what is known about Jones early life came from his own later recollections. Add to your scrapbook. Please try again later. I'll fight! Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Jim Jones (1452)? I'd like to choose my own kind of death, for a change. The thought was, infiltrate the church."[54][55]. After years of struggling to find his way, Jones announced that he was entering the ministry in 1952. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1452/jim-jones. } [36] His religious views alienated other young people. Jones was able to quote Bible passages from an early age. I didnt have any love given to me I didnt know what the hell love was, he later told his congretion. They were, according to Jones, a rainbow family. cemeteries found in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. The people in his community found his idolization of Nazi Germany disturbing. He moved to Bloomington, Indiana. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 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. Failed to delete memorial. Jones was largely left to himself as his mother was often working and his father had little interest in him. As the self-proclaimed messiah of the Peoples Temple religious cult, Jones promised his followers utopia if they followed him. [28] Although he studied different political systems, Jones did not espouse any radical political views in his youth. Managed by: Jones was known to wear his Sunday church attire every day of the week, while his peers dressed more casually. Jonestown was meant to be a utopia and, for a while, it was. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. James Thurman Jones. He visited churches in the small town of Lynn where he lived with his family and befriended a Pentecostal minister for a time. [39] Jones relocated to Richmond with his mother, where he continued his high school education. The stories of his early life are now shrouded in the haze of lost and constructed memories. Members worked for low or no wages, pooled their resources and benefited from the common good. A system error has occurred. Having grown up an outsider, Jones empathized with the downtrodden, the poor, the non-whites in society. With his trademark dark glasses, suits and slicked-back black hair, Jones was an impressive figure at the pulpit. It was eventually torn down. Jones could be heard on regular radio broadcasts over KFAX radio in California. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. The compound was known as Jonestown, and it wasn't any tropical paradise. Drag images here or select from your computer for James Thurman Jones memorial. From left to right - John Paul Jones (Jim's uncle), Sarah Florence Jones (Jim's aunt), James Thurman Jones (Jim's father), John Henry Jones (Jim's . 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. Born during the Great Depression in the small Midwestern town of Crete, Indiana, Jones grew up in poverty and isolation. 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). Try again later. In the mid-1960s, Jones moved his religious group to Northern California. He got married quite young, to a nurse four years older than him in 1949. The thought was to infiltrate the church. The harassment and frustration had provoked him to do so. Are you sure that you want to delete this flower? James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 - November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist, and mass murderer who led the Peoples Temple, a doomsday cult, between 1955 and 1978. . cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. [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". Moving to San Francisco, Jones became known to his followers as "Dad." In the picture is my other adopted brother, and three other children my biological siblings. He enjoyed debating his teachers, and he was also a good student. Shit! Search above to list available cemeteries. "Love is the only weapon." Failed to delete memorial. The military pension he received for his injuries was not sufficient to support his family, and he attempted to supplement his income by periodically working on local road repair projects. In 1945, Jones organized an entire league of teams for a summer baseball tournament. googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; Jim Jones attracted a large following to his Peoples Temple through sermons on tolerance, social responsibility and community. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. The top result for your search is Thurman Le Jones living in Kinston, NC . 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. if ( 'querySelector' in document && 'addEventListener' in window ) { He gained notoriety when the Temple moved to San Francisco in the early 1970s. He got a job as a student pastor at the Somerset Methodist Church in a poor, predominantly white neighborhood in Indianapolis. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Try again later. His fiery rhetoric and remarkable "healings" continued to draw new members into the fold. Over the next 10 years, his 'flock' of believers reached a peak of 3,000. Cyanide and Valium were mixed into a batch of grape-flavored powdered drink mix to make a toxic punch, and cups of this lethal beverage were distributed to the members. He was the son of James Thurman Jones, a disabled World . [30] Jones played dictator with the other children, forcing them to goosestep in unison and hitting the children who failed to obey his orders. [46] During his time at University, Jones was impressed by a speech which Eleanor Roosevelt delivered about the plight of African-Americans, and he began to espouse support for communism and other radical political views for the first time. Jones also began moving the church away from the mainstream church teachings, adopting traditional cult teachings, such as making the church the solution to all of the problems of society, and making belief in Jones himself as their savior. Several can be collected from interviews, sermons, the recollections of his mother, and a couple of rambling attempts that Jones made to record his life story on tape recordings. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Peoples Temple participated directly in the social shifts of the emerging civil rightsmovement. Year should not be greater than current year. [25] One Jones biographer suggested that he developed his unusual interests because he found it difficult to make friends. He demanded sexual favors from some young women, was the only person who could decide if a couple in his congregation could get married, and often separated children from their parents. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Attended and graduated from Richmond High School in Richmond, Indiana in 1948. Jones took a job working as an orderly in a hospital where he met his future wife, Marceline. [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. Try again. 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. Young Memories Weve updated the security on the site. [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. Learn more about merges. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. [14][15] Many women in Lynn felt sorry for Jones, and he was frequently invited into the homes of his neighbors who provided him with meals, clothing, and other gifts. He married his nurse Lynette. He always wore them, outdoors or indoors, day or night. George Moscone, then the mayor of San Francisco, appointed Jones to the city's Housing Commission, to help the city with meeting demands for social equality in its housing policies. 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. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Death Year: 1978, Death date: November 18, 1978, Death City: Jonestown, Death Country: Guyana, Article Title: Jim Jones Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/crime/jim-jones, Publisher: A&E; Television Networks, Last Updated: September 14, 2022, Original Published Date: April 2, 2014. He worked at a hospital as an orderly where he met Marceline Baldwin, an older nursing student. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. He was the only son of James Thurman Warren Jones Sr. (1887-1951) and Lynetta Putnam (1902-1977). [35] He almost always carried his bible with him. Verify and try again. Born on May 13, 1931, in Crete (near Lynn), Indiana, Jim Jones was a notorious cult leader. Jones's father was associated with the Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan, which was very popular in Depression-era Indiana. He preached integration and racial equality, and his own family reflected these beliefs. They lived in the remote, small towns of Ukiah and Redwood Valley. That's why I want to make other people happy and want them to feel at home. Killed were Congressman Ryan, a reporter from NBC News, two photographers, and one of the defectors. Siblings (all adoptive) Stephanie Jones (died in 1959); Suzanne Jones; Agnes Pauline Jones; Stephan Gandhi Jones; James Warren (Jimmie) Jones, Jr.; Timothy Glenn Tupper (Day) Jones; John Moss Brown Jones; Jim Jon (Kimo) Prokes; (?) There was a problem getting your location. Thanks for your help! He first investigated Belo Horizonte, Brazil, also described in the article, living there for over a year with his family, but decided to return to the United States. After Jones departure, most of his followers broke ties. The presenter, 44, is leaving the CBS . Do you have by any chance a photo of Jim's father? He was a supporter of Harvey Milk and his election to San Francisco city council. 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. Among them: Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980), The Sacrament (2013) and The Veil (2016). English James Thurman Jones was born on 21 October 1887 in Lynn, Indiana, USA. [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. ). Why the change? Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Born during the Great Depression in the small Midwestern town of Crete, Indiana, Jones grew up in poverty and isolation. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. The Joneses also had a biological son, Stephan Gandhi, and later adopted a white son named Tim from a Peoples Temple mother. based on information from your browser. I believe the mother is Agnes Paulette (Jones), and my biological siblings Jim Arthur Bishop Stephanie Lynn Bishop and William Dillon Dean (Billie Jones). 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