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Henry Jones "Henry" |
| Birth Date: |
January 17, 1811 |
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| Birth Location: |
Meigs County, Ohio |
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| Death Date: |
May 21, 1859 |
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| Death Location: |
Iroquois County, Illinois |
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Burial: |
Jones Cemetery (Beaver Creek) Rural Papineau, Illinois |
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Father Seth Jones (?-1840) |
Mother Hephzibah Chapman (1790-1852) |
| Siblings (in birth order) | |||||||||||
| 1 Orphana Jones 1808-? |
2 Henry Jones 1811-1859 |
3 Harriet Jones 1813-1837 |
4 Phillip Jones 1815-1838 |
5 Stephen Jones 1817-1856 |
6 Charles W. Jones 1820-1823 |
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| 7 Jerusha Jones 1822-1825 |
8 Silas Jones 1824-1842 |
9 Elizabeth Jones 1826-? |
10 Mary Jones 1828-1855 |
11 Sarah Jones 1837-1839 |
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| Marriage |
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Henry Jones married
Sarah Harter (or Hester)
After Sarah died, Henry Jones married
Maria Sammons |
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Seven Children with Sarah |
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| 1 William S. Jones 1834-1911 |
2 Charles Jones 1835-1855 |
3 Lovina Jones 1837-1838 |
4 Philip Jones 1839-1901 |
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| 5 Harriet Jones 1844-1890 |
6 Mary Jones 1846-1847 |
7 Sarah E. Jones 1851-1915 |
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Two children with Maria |
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| 1 Infant Jones 1854-1854 |
2 Henry C. Jones 1856-? |
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| Record indicate
that Henry Jones lost a significant number of family members in the "terrible scourge of cholera" that swept through the area in 1855. Only two of his children have gravestones from this time: Charles and an unnamed infant. Others that were lost may have been young children that did not appear on a census, or perhaps Henry Jones's siblings (Stephen Jones was among those who died at this time.) |
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| Notes |
Henry Jones came to Illinois from Ohio in 1835. He is considered the first pioneer settler of Papineau Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. The family members that came with him included his parents; his sister and brother-in-law, Jephtha and Orphana Hayman; three sisters -- Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah; and two brothers, Stephen and Silas. It is not known where his brother Philip died in 1838.
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