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William

Henry Jones
"Henry"
Birth Date:

January 17, 1811

Birth Location:

Meigs County, Ohio

Death Date:

May 21, 1859

Death Location:

Iroquois County, Illinois

Burial:

Jones Cemetery (Beaver Creek)
Rural Papineau, Illinois

Parents
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
         
  7
Jerusha
 Jones
1822-1825
8
Silas
 Jones
1824-1842
9
Elizabeth
 Jones
1826-?
10
Mary
 Jones

1828-1855
11
Sarah
 Jones
1837-1839
 
                       
Marriage

Henry Jones married Sarah Harter (or Hester)
on February 7, 1833 in Meigs County, Ohio.

After Sarah died, Henry Jones married Maria Sammons
on January 6, 1854 in Kankakee County, Illinois.

Seven Children with Sarah

1
William S.
 Jones

1834-1911
2
Charles
 Jones

1835-1855
3
Lovina
 Jones
1837-1838
4
Philip
 Jones

1839-1901
                       
    5
Harriet
 Jones

1844-1890
6
Mary
 Jones
1846-1847
7
Sarah E.
 Jones

1851-1915
   
                       

Two children with Maria

1
Infant
 Jones

1854-1854
2
Henry C.
 Jones

1856-?
                       
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.)
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.

Sources
  1. Descendants of Robert Chapman

  2. History of Iroquois County

 

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