How many biological children did Jim Jones have?
How many biological children did Jim Jones have?
Stephanie Jones died at age five in a car accident in May 1959. In June 1959, Jones and his wife had their only biological child, naming him Stephan Gandhi. In 1961, they became the first white couple in Indiana to adopt a black child, naming him Jim Jones Jr. (or James W. Jones Jr.).
Did any of Jim Jones children survive?
Today, his sons, who survived the massacre because they happened to be away that day, say they are still trying to find healing and forgiveness for their father and themselves. Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones is pictured wearing a red robe in this undated photo.
How many Jonestown survivors were there?
It was first squirted into the mouths of babies and children via syringe and then imbibed by adult members. Jones himself died of a gunshot wound. Fewer than 100 of the Temple members in Guyana survived the massacre; the majority of survivors either had defected that day or were in Georgetown.
Does the Peoples Temple still exist?
The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, originally Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church and commonly shortened to Peoples Temple, was an American new religious organization which existed between 1954 and 1978.
