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Shandy W. Jones
1816–1886
United States
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Shandy Wesley Jones (December 20, 1816 – February 4, 1886) was an American clergyman, photographer, barber, state legislator, and customs inspector in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Born into slavery December 20, 1816 he was freed as a child, became a barber and prosperous real estate investor. He married Evalina Love in 1837 and together they had 14 children although two died as infants and one as a young man.
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