Jerry and Linda Butler

Dr. Troy W. Jones is also listed as a successful practitioner at Decaturville. He was a native of Henderson County, born September 14, 1832, son of Matthew and Anna Pinnion Jones, natives of North Carolina. He began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. G. H. Derryberry and afterwards studied under Dr. Tryar.

He began his practice of medicine in 1856 in Decaturville. In 1859, he married Mrs. Sarah Yarbro who died in 1875. He was a strong Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. His grandfather, John Jones, served through the Revolutionary War and never received a wound.

• Lillye Younger, The History of Decatur County Past and Present (Southhaven, MS: Carter Printing Company, 1978).

Dr. Troy W. Jones, a successful practitioner at Decaturville, is a native of Henderson County, born September 14, 1832, son of Matthew and Anna (Pinnion) Jones, both natives of North Carolina. He came to Henderson County at a very early day, and resided there at the time of his death, which occurred in 1863. He was a life-long Democrat and a consistent Christian. The mother still lives. Of their family of ten children all are living but two. Our subject was the fifth child, and being reared on the. farm was accustomed to hard labor from boyhood. He commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. G. H.. Derryberry, and afterward studied under Dr. Tryar. He has been engaged in the practice of his profession since 1856, and is considered one of the ablest physicians of Decatur County. In 1859 he married Mrs. Sarah Yarbro, who died in 1873, leaving five children, four of whom yet live; Emma and Ada were twins. Emma married James H. Tate, a prominent merchant at Decaturville. Ada married George W. Bogan, now deputy sheriff of Decatur County. Anna married Dr. J. F. Aydolott, a successful physician of Decaturville, and Flora M. married Reuben Smith, one of the leading merchants of Decaturville. Thomas, the youngest child, was unfortunately burned to death when only seven years of age by the explosion of an oil can. Politically Mr. Jones is a strong Democrat, and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. John Jones, grandfather of our subject, served through the Revolutionary war, and never received a wound.

• Biographical Sketches, Decatur County, History of Tennessee, 1886, The Goodspeed Publishing Co.