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Nainette King Jones

BIRTH 27 OCT 1893 • Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEATH 06 JUN 1978 • St Augustine, St Johns, Florida, USA

BURIAL:  Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

PLOT Section 33 Site 4880

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Nanette King Jones, born Outubro 1893.
She married Otis Adams. After the death of her mother, Nanette was raised by her grandmother, who just had the daughter Kenny. Her aunt but almost the same age. And both girls married two brothers, Otis and Samuel Parker Adams. Otis was a compulsive gambler. She divorced and married him three times. She worked in the Washington Police as a police woman. Cicero Jones told Itamar Kitzmiller that one time he came to see Nanette and her hand was all bruised. As he asked "What is the matter with your hands?". "Oh don't worry, a prisioner resisted arrest".

Source: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hollandinbrazil/genealogy/norris.html

No recorded children from either husband.

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Married 1st:

Otis Attaway Adams

BIRTH 28 APR 1888 • Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA

DEATH 9 APR 1949 • New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, Florida, USA

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The Troy Messenger  31 May 1911  Wed  page 7

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Miss Nainette Jones and Miss Vivian Finley, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America, arrived in New York yesterday and will reach Troy on Thursday night, to visit Mrs. John W. Bowers and other relatives in Troy and this section.  Miss Jones is the daughter of Dr. Cicero Jones, who left Troy over twenty years ago.  Miss Finley's father was born in Chipley, Fla., but moved to Brazil when he was still an infant.  The young ladies will spend the summer visiting here and next autumn will enter the State Normal College, returning to Brazil next year about this time.  They will receive a hearty welcome here.  

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The Troy Messenger  26 Jan, 1821  Wed  page 7

MISS NAINETTE JONES IN MONTGOMERY

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The Montgomery Journal says:

"Miss Nainette Jones has arrived in the city to assume her duties as temporary assistant to Miss Mary Raymond, hoe service secretary of the American Red Cross, and will make her home at 903 South Hull Street during her stay.  Miss Jones was graduated from the training school at Tulane and has done social work in Auburn.  She will be in the city for several months."

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The Birmingham News  9 Apr, 1924  Wed  page 11

ADAMS - JONES

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Montgomery, Ala., April 9, - Governor W. W. Brandon received a telegram Tuesday afternoon from Washington, D.C. announcing the marriage of his recording secretary, Otis A. Adams and Miss Nainette Jones of Troy.  The happy tidings came as a complete surprise to members of the official family at the statehouse as the engagement of Mr. Adams and Miss Jones was not generally known.

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The Albany-Decatur Daily  18 Mar, 1926, Thu  page 3

Unmasking Mysterious Woman Detective Reveals She is Protege of Underwood

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Washington, March 18 - In the unmasking of the mysterious "Mary King," a detective for Lieutenant Mina Van Winkle, of the woman's bureau of the police department, it has been found that she is a protege of Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama.  It was through the request of Senator Underwood that she be allowed by special dispensation to take her Civil Service examination.  This was done while she was an unnaturalized citizen.

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"Mysterious Mary," although she had been a Washington "coppette" in good standing since 1923, is not an American citizen.  She unmasked herself and revealed her alien citizenship when she applied for final citizenship papers.  She gave her name as Miss Nainette King Jones Adams, born in Brazil of American parents, and she said that she sometimes used the alias "Mary King" in her capacity as a female guardian of the Capitol's peace and morals.

Major Edwin B. Hesse, Superintendent of Police wanted to know how "Mysterious Mary" could take the  of office, in which she had to sweat that she was a United States citizen, while remaining a citizen of Brazil, because her father became a naturalized Brazilian when she was 15.

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Major Hesse said that when she took the oath of office in 1923, and again in 1924 after she was re0installed following her resignation, she swore that she was an American citizen.  The police head added that it was an unfailing rule of the department that all policemen and police women be naturalized Americans.

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Miss Adams said she received special dispensation to take her Civil Service Examinations at the request of Senator Underwood.  She said that after the dispensation she considered it was all right to take the oath.  Now she is a detective on the force and said to be a clever one, so it was through the influence of Senator Underwood that she is.

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The Montgomery Advertiser, 10 Apr, 1949  page 24

Otis Attaway Adams Dies At Florida Home

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Otis Attaway Adams, formerly of Montgomery, died of a heart attack at his home in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., early yesterday morning following a short illness.  Prior to moving to Florida, Mr. Adams was in the government services in Washington, D.C. for over 30 years.  For many years  Mr. Adams was connected with the State of Alabama and was recording secretary to Governors Henderson, Kilby and Brandon.  Survivors are the widow, the former Nainette Jones of Troy, Ala,; a sister, Mrs. Harvey Luttrell of Montgomery, and two brothers, John W. Adams of San Jose, Calif., and Karl T. Adams of Everette, Wash.; a nephew, Milton M. Adams of Washington, D.C..  Burial will be in New Smyrna Beach, Fla.

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Married 2nd:

Olin Deauward Rogers

BIRTH 4 JAN 1893 • Griffin, Spalding, Georgia, USA

DEATH 14 JUL 1970 • Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA

Son of Enoch Augustus Rogers and Nollie E N Walker

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Tampa Bay Times  15 Jul, 1970  Wed  page 28

ROGERS

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Mr. Olin D. Rogers, 77, 5462 61st St. N., Passed away Tuesday July 14.  He was born in Griffin, Ga., came here 30 years ago from Washington, D.C.  He was a retired Washington Policeman and a local commercial fisherman.  Husband of Nianette, Father of Olin Jr., Wesley E., John F., Mrs. Emily Coeyman all of St. Petersburg.  Grandfather of 6.  Funeral Services will be held this morning 10:30 a.m. at the Bobbitt Funeral Chapel, 4400 66th St. n> with rev. Wilford Symons officiating.  Internment will be Friday in Arlington National Cemetery. 

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