tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post5013362259002817853..comments2024-03-12T15:03:22.262-05:00Comments on Houston Radio History: Jesse Jones - Houston Radio PioneerBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-51950237021918203582015-03-24T19:00:44.508-05:002015-03-24T19:00:44.508-05:00Thanks very much for the clarification. I wasn...Thanks very much for the clarification. I wasn't aware of the book.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689118444867837021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766534511299368622.post-64489784186473320012015-03-24T18:06:46.995-05:002015-03-24T18:06:46.995-05:00Tilford Jones was indeed Jesse H. Jones's neph...Tilford Jones was indeed Jesse H. Jones's nephew. But he was also his stepson. It's complicated. <br /><br />Jesse married Mary Gibbs Jones after she divorced Jesse's cousin, Will Jones. Tilford was Mary and Will's only child. He was already an adult before the divorce and re-marriage, but, technically, still a stepson.<br /><br />Tilford also had only one child -- a daughter named Audrey. She lived with Jesse and Mary a great deal of the time and considered them more parents than grandparents (Source: Steven Fenberg, "Unprecented Power: Jesse H. Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good" (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2011). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18292849860702118069noreply@blogger.com