Garrison Hanks Jonas was born on August 22, 1888, in Yorksville, South Carolina. Jonas was a prisoner on the #6 Township Chain Gang in Shelby, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was inducted into the service in October 1917 and served with the 119th Infantry until he was dishonorably discharged in March 1919. Jonas died in Bessemer City (Gaston County) on July 2, 1928.