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  1. Sophia B. Jones, M.D. - c. 1900

    Photo used in her obituary in The Crisis magazine.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia B. Jones, M.D.
  2. Sophia B. Jones, M.D. - Grave Marker image

    Image used for her new grave marker made and given by Randy Montgomery of Valley Monument and dedicated in May 2025.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia B. Jones, M.D. - Grave Marker image
  3. Sophia B. Jones, M.D. in University of Michigan Medical school class of 1885. - 1885

    Sophia B. Jones, M.D. in the 1885 graduating class of the University of Michigan Medical School -- the first Black female to graduate from the Medical School. In the first photo she appears on the bottom row. She inexplicably is not pictured in the second photo, also identified as the graduating class of 1885.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia B. Jones, M.D. in University of Michigan Medical school class of 188
  4. Sophia B. Jones, M.D.'s New Grave Marker - 2025

    New grave marker made and given by Randy Montgomery of Valley Monument was installed on Sophia's previously unmarked grave at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia on May 3, 2025.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia B. Jones, M.D.'s New Grave Marker
  5. Sophia Bethany Jones

    As a young girl. From a scrapbook of family history compiled by Anna H. Jones and Sophia Bethany Jones family descendent Renée Cochée with contributions from Ron Clark.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia Bethany Jones
  6. Sophia Bethena Jones - c. 1865

    Sophia Bethena Jones at 8 years old. On the back, apparently in her own handwriting "Your affectionate sister Sophy B. Jones".

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia Bethena Jones
  7. Sophia Bethena Jones - c. 1883

    In Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Sophia attended University of Michigan Medical School there and in 1885 was the first African American female to graduate with a medical degree.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia Bethena Jones
  8. Sophia Bethena Jones Ancestry.com Family Tree

    She was born May 16, 1857 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada and died September 9, 1932 in Monrovia, CA. Also, an exerpt from a Spelman College article about her. From a scrapbook of family history compiled by Anna H. Jones and Sophia Bethany Jones family descendent Renée Cochée with contributions from Ron Clark.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia Bethena Jones Ancestry.com Family Tree
  9. Sophia Bethena Jones, M.D.

    Sophia later in life. She practiced medicine and established the first nursing programs for Black nurses in US schools and hospitals including Spelman College in Atlanta, Frederick Douglass Hospital in Philadelphia, Wilberforce University in Ohio, University of North Carolina, and in St. Louis and Kansas City Missouri. She authored the article, "Fifty Years of Negro Public Health" in the "The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Soci...

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia Bethena Jones, M.D.
  10. Sophia Jones M.D. Patent for a Barrel Trunk - 1890

    Reads "S.B. Jones Atlanta". Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (Washington, District of Columbia) · Tue, Jul 15, 1890 · Page 44.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sophia Jones M.D. Patent for a Barrel Trunk
  11. Spelman College story about Sophia B. Jones - 2016

    Dr. Alexis Thompson speaking about Sophia Jones at a convention in Hawaii about the Fitzbutler Jones Society, honoring Sophia B. Jones and the first Black male to graduate from the Univeristy of Michigan, William Henry Fitzbutler (M.D. 1872). The University oif Michgan established the Sophia Jones Lectureship on Infectious Diseases in honor of its first Black woman graduate, also creating the Sophie B. Jones Room. An article by Nina Reid Marone...

    Record Type: Photo

    Spelman College story about Sophia B. Jones
  12. Telegram about the death of Sophia Bethena Jones - 1932

    September 19, 1932 from her brother George A.M. Jones to his daughter Emily.

    Record Type: Photo

    Telegram about the death of Sophia Bethena Jones
  13. Telegram of Death of Anna H. Jones - 1932

    George A.M. Jones sent this telegram to his daughter Mrs. Emily I. Payne in Charleston W Virginia. "Aunt Anna Passed Away at Four PM on the Seventh."

    Record Type: Photo

    Telegram of Death of Anna H. Jones
  14. The American Colored Woman by Anna H. Jones

    Published article written by Anna H. Jones. From a scrapbook of family history compiled by Anna H. Jones and Sophia Bethany Jones family descendent Renée Cochée with contributions from Ron Clark.

    Record Type: Photo

    The American Colored Woman by Anna H. Jones
  15. The Children of James M. (Gunsmith) Jones -- the daughters

    Photos of the four daughters of James Monroe and Emily Francis Jones. From a scrapbook of family history compiled by Anna H. Jones and Sophia Bethany Jones family descendent Renée Cochée with contributions from Ron Clark.

    Record Type: Photo

    The Children of James M. (Gunsmith) Jones -- the daughters
  16. The Children of James M. (Gunsmith) Jones -- the daughters

    Images of Dr. Sophia B. Jones and a short newspaper article about her. Telegrams. From a scrapbook of family history compiled by Anna H. Jones and Sophia Bethany Jones family descendent Renée Cochée with contributions from Ron Clark.

    Record Type: Photo

    The Children of James M. (Gunsmith) Jones -- the daughters
  17. The Crisis magazine, Anna H. Jones' watch, locket and article - 2008

    Article about Anna H. Jones by Ron Clark, locket given Anna on her birthday engraved by "her Pa", watch given to her, and her siblings' photos. From a scrapbook of family history compiled by Anna H. Jones and Sophia Bethany Jones family descendent Renée Cochée with contributions from Ron Clark.

    Record Type: Photo

    The Crisis magazine, Anna H. Jones' watch, locket and article
  18. The Incomparable Jones Family - 2025

    Video telling the story of Anna H. Jones, Sophia B. Jones and their ancestors and siblings from the first Jones ancestor in America to their retirement to Monrovia in 1920 and their deaths in 1932. Details of their impactful lives, changing education and medicine in the US.

    Record Type: Documents

  19. The Incomparable Jones Family - 2025

    Video telling the story of Anna H. Jones, Sophia B. Jones and their ancestors and siblings -- from their first ancestor in America to their retirement to Monrovia in 1920 and their deaths in 1932. Details of their impactful lives. They changed the fields of education and medicine in the US. The video notes that they were buried in unmarked graves. In May 2025 new markers were dedicated at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia, marking their grav...

    Record Type: Documents

  20. The Jones Family of Shamrock Avenue - 2024

    Interview from August 10, 2024 by Susie Ling and Pam Barkas with Renée Cochée, Jones family historian, at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum with photos of George Jones on his Monrovia, California property and his daughter Helen Cameron Jones (1913-1994) in a Charlotte Avenue School class photo of 1920.

    Record Type: Documents

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