He was the only son among the three of six children that survived infancy.

He was the only surviving son of seven children.

He was the youngest son of 14 children born to his parents.

Jones was the eldest son and second of six children.

George Spencer was the second son of eighteen children.

He was the second surviving son of twelve children.

He was the youngest son of fifteen children, and started singing in his church choir.

The fifth child and only son out of eight children, Louis was still not married at the death of his father.

He was the third son of four male children of a soldier's family.

The oldest son of nine children, Staples was born in 1951.