JONES FAMILY HISTORY

This history of the Jones family would not be written were it not for the efforts of my cousin Noel Jones. Most of the research has been carried on my him. For the most part this is Noel's history of the family. The following pages are a collection of documents, notes, remembrances and photographs, collected in no particular order over many years time by many people. It is difficult to sit down and write a history of a family because it keeps growing at both ends, and you can never get a complete record. It is time I recorded what I have collected, and hopefully someone else can find a fresh trail where I have gotten lost.

Previously, we had managed to document the family back to Warwick, Orange County, New York State in the late 1790s through the family bibles and census records. It now appears that our Jones family came to Warwick from New York City. William Jones and Isabel Whitman probably married in NYC in the early 1790s. A likely candidate is William Jones shown in the 1790 census in the North Ward (Greenwich Village), New York City with one female, his wife. We know that William's parents are Cornelius Jones and Abigail Vandegriff or Vandegriff or Vandergriff.

Jones and Vandegriff records seem to point to Cornelius Sr. of Warwick, through his daughter Hannah, but his wife was not named Abigail, and there is no record of him remarying. More probable, they are either the family of Cornelius Jones of Yonkers with two boys under 16 and four females, or Cornelius Jones of Mount Pleasant, NY with three males over 16, seven boys under 16, and three females in the 1790 NY census.

As they had come from the port of New York, they may have been new immigrants, but that would not explain the merging of Jones/ Vandegriff records, specificly Hannah Jones as well as John and William Vandegriff. Sometime in the first decade of the 19th century, the family did move to Warwick and later to Bath, NY.

There are two Jones family Bibles, one belongs to Noel Jones jr. and the other belongs to Ross Jones. Only the front page remains of Ross's bible, which is the oldest, dating to 1791. On the back of that page are the dates of birth for the William Jones family of Warwick. A very bad electrostatic copy of the inside cover of an earlier bible which appears to have been belonged to Cornelius and Abigail Jones also exists which has family signatures on it. My brother Robert Jones has the Jones Hayward Bible which shows later generations.

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From earliest Cornelius Jones Bible - names from top to bottom,
William B Jones, unintelligble, Cornelus Jones, Abigail Jones,
William B. Jones, William Jones -
his book, - Wlm B Jones - his hand,
William Vandergrift son of John born March 25, 1794,
William

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Front of 1791 William Jones bible title page

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back of 1791 bible title page

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This is the front page of the 1791 William Jones bible. It was tucked inside of the one donated to the Bath Historical Society, the bible is in the posession of Noel Jones and the page belongs to Ross Jones. The bible was printed in 1791 in Scotland. Below are the names and dates as best I can make out. The top corner was torn or worn off so we do know that some of the information is missing.

Wi. . .
August the 26th
Hannah Jones born in the year 1748 March the fourth
Sary Jones Born March the 22nd in the year 1789 or 1799
Abigail Jones Born December the 17th - 1801
William Jones Born November the 8 - 1803
Milia (Amelia) Jones Born September the 28th, 1808
Samuel Jones Born July the 27th - 1810
Nancy Jones Born March the 23rd - 1813
Abiah (Raplee) Jones died 31 day of August, the year 1834
Thomas Whitman Jones Born the 11th of October 1811?
Phebe Riley Born July the 18th - 1813
William B Jones was born November ??
Abia Jones was born Sept 183?
Wlm B Jones was married September 1821
Stephen R. Jones was born the 15th of October 1826
Isabel Jones was born in the year 1775,
June the 16th - Died May 16th 1835

The 1810 census shows a William Jones residing in Warwick. He is between 26 and 45 as is his wife. This may or may not be our William Jones

Two Cornelius Joneses appear on the 1800 census records residing in Warwick. One is referred to Corneius Jones Sr. and shows two people in the family. The other is Cornelius Jr. with a family of five of which William B. is not one. Probate records show that this is not our family.

Quoting William B Jones's obituary: " Seventy six years ago he came from Warwick, Orange County, N.Y., his birthplace, to the town of Wayne. There he lived for about fifteen years and came to Bath about 1835." That means he came to Wayne about 1820, when he was about 17. There is a reference to a William B Jones who lived in Wayne about that time who delivered mail by horse and buggy. This man died in 1834 or 35. A William Jones is shown in Wayne in 1820. None is shown in 1830. A William B Jones is shown in both Addison (pg 361) and Bath (pg 274) in 1830. It is possible that these are father and son. Wayne was settled by Veterans who had been given property as bounty for their sevice in the Revolution and the War of 1812. I will do a search for any military records of a William B Jones from Warwick who was given property in Wayne.

I recently found records of a Hannah Jones b. July 30, 1763 whose parents were Cornelius and Abigail Jones of New York City. She may be William's sister. She married a John Vandegriff b. April 23, 1756 in New York City. Both died in Hamilton, Ohio. This could be the Hannah in our bible records and William B Jones's aunt. They had a son William Vandegriff b. March 25, 1795 in New York City. This could be the William Vandegriff on the inside cover of the first bible. The inscription appears to be "William Vandegriff, son of John".

Jones house in Bath, NY

The following letter was written by Mildred Dascomb to Noel Jones in 1973. She was the last surviving descendent of William B. Jones still living in Bath, New York at that time.

"This book belonged to my grand mother's father, William B. Jones. He evidently purchased it, He lived to be in his nineties - An old man with silver hair. I remember watching him eat, his hand shaking so hard I wondered if he could get it to his mouth. * (NOTE: this is a familial problem. It is not Parkenson's disease. My father had it and I have it, and obviously my great great grandfather had it, it is controlable with medication. -- Dale C. Jones)

My brother Forest used to sit on a blue stool in front of him and grandad would hand him a pipe (unused) and Forest would pretend smoking too.

In his young days he drove a mule along the canal they had no gasoline engines in those days. He owned a house just above the old Jonesville school house. It had a white picket fence around it and was a lovely place. - Now being torn down I believe. - His daughter, Aunt Sarah kept house for him.

This Bible must be at least 200 years old

Mildred Dascomb, 1973

William B's sister, Amelia as school teacher at Jonesville school

We know that William B. Jones was born in 1802 or 1803 because we have his death certificate. We also have his obituary. Unfortunately none of these records including land records show who his parents are.

MORE THAN FOUR SCORE AND TEN .......
Obituary of William B. Jones

One of the oldest residents of this town passed away when death claimed and took from this world, William B. Jones on Saturday morning, March 9th.

His death occurred at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. Clarence A McCartney, who resides at East Union; his end came calmly, and like a peaceful sleep was his transition from the mortal to the spiritual world. he had been ill but a week and died of old age.

Mr, Jones died aged 92 years, 4 months and 6 days, and most of that time has been passed in this county. Seventy six years ago he came from Warwick, Orange County, N.Y., his birthplace, to the town of Wayne. There he lived for about fifteen years and came to Bath about 1835. where he has since resided- most of the time on the same farm south of the village. He was thrice married, the last Mrs. Jones having died about sixteen years ago. One Sister, Mrs. Nancy Baily of Wayne, and four children survive him. They are Willaim C. Jones who lives in Montana, Mrs. Sarrah M. Carregan, Mrs Isabelle Emerson and Mrs C.A. McCartney, all of this town. Mr. Jones was a man well and favorably known; he had been a reader of the "Advocate" since he came to this county. and in politics was an unswerving Democrat of the Jacksonian type, having voted at every general election since his twenty first.

Map showing Jones farm in Unionville a few miles southwest of Bath, NY,
right above the number 27.

William B. Jones d. 9 Mar 1895 - Age 92y 4m 6d
Sarah Ann Jones d. 13 Apr 1879 - Age 59y 2nd
Wife of William B.
Elizabeth Jones d. 5 Apr 1852 - Age 54y
Wife of William B.
Alonzo Jones d. 20 Feb 1865 - Age 24y 5m 8d
Son of William B & Elizabeth
MARKER ONLY - Died in Confederate POW Stockade - Florence, SC Civil War
His body is buried in a common grave at Florence with approx 1800 other POWs.

Last Trench Marker at Florence National Cemetery
Alonzo is probably buried here

Burial of Union POWs at Andersonville


Florence Stockade

Andersonville Stockade

Alonzo had survived imprisonment in the worst confederate prison camps, Richmond, Andersonville, and Florence only to die when Sherman was some 80 miles away laying seige to Columbia, S.C. Unlike in Florence, Andersonville provided burial markers for dead POWS.

Family Civil War Soldiers Buried Elsewhere

George M Jones
Left 4 children - George, Stephen, Della, Mable

William C Jones, 1830 - 1900 Veterans Home Columbia Falls, Montana

Generation No. 1

1. CORNELIUS¹ JONES was born Abt. 1736. He married ABIGAIL VANDEGRIFF.

Children of CORNELIUS JONES and ABIGAIL VANDEGRIFF are:

2. i. WILLIAM² JONES, b. Abt. 1770.

3. ii. HANNAH JONES, b. Abt. 1754; d. October 04, 1827.

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM² JONES (CORNELIUS¹) was born Abt. 1770. He married ISABEL WHITMAN.

Children of WILLIAM JONES and ISABEL WHITMAN are:

i. SAM³ JONES, b. March 22, 1799.

ii. SARY JONES, b. March 22, 1799.

4. iii. ABIGAIL JONES, b. December 17, 1801.

5. iv. WILLIAM B. JONES, b. November 03, 1803, Warwick, New York; d. March 09, 1895.

v. MILIA JONES, b. September 28, 1808.

Notes for MILIA JONES:

Was school teacher at Jonesville school in Bath, adjacent to brother W B Jones's property

vi. SAMUEL JONES, b. July 27, 1810.

vii. THOMAS WHITMAN JONES, b. October 11, 1812.

viii. NANCY JONES, b. March 23, 1813, Warwick, New York; m. BALIY.

ix. HANNAH JONES, b. March 04, 1798.

 

3. HANNAH² JONES (CORNELIUS¹) was born Abt. 1754, and died October 04, 1827. She married JOHN VANDEGRIFF August 28, 1784 in New York City, NY.

Children of HANNAH JONES and JOHN VANDEGRIFF are:

i. WILLIAM³ VANDEGRIFF, b. March 25, 1794.

ii. J. GEORGE VANDEGRIFF, b. 1785.

iii. HANNAH VANDEGRIFF, b. 1787.

iv. JOHN VANDEGRIFF, b. 1790.

v. NICOLAS VANDEGRIFF, b. 1793.

vi. EASTER GALE VANDEGRIFF, b. 1797.

vii. SARAH PHOEBE VANDEGRIFF, b. 1800; m. (1) RILY; m. (2) HENRY WELCH, 1832, Dutch Reformed church, Warwick, Orange, N.Y..

viii. REBECCA VANDEGRIFF, b. 1802.

ix. REBECCA VANDEGRIFF, b. February 10, 1802.

x. SARAH VANDEGRIFF, b. February 14, 1800.

xi. EASTER GALE VANDEGRIFF, b. February 21, 1797.

xii. NICLOAS VANDEGRIFF, b. March 14, 1793.

xiii. HANNAH VANDEGRIFF, b. April 19, 1787.

xiv. GEORGE VANDEGRIFF, b. July 19, 1785.

xv. JOHN VANDEGRIFF, b. November 07, 1790.

Generation No. 3

4. ABIGAIL³ JONES (WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born December 17, 1801. She married ELIAS FRENCH.

Children of ABIGAIL JONES and ELIAS FRENCH are:

i. HANNAH⁴ FRENCH.

ii. ELIZA BUCK FRENCH.

5. WILLIAM B.³ JONES (WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born November 03, 1803 in Warwick, New York, and died March 09, 1895. He married (1) BYER (ABIAH) RAPLEE, daughter of STEPHEN RAPLEE and SARAH ADAMS. He married (2) ELIZABETH BAILEY. He married (3) SARAN ANNA FENTON DUNLOP.

Notes for WILLIAM B. JONES:

References are from family bibles in possession of C. Robert Jones and the Bath NY historical society. Also data from the 1790, 1800, 1840 & 1850 census.

Also burial records from family cemetary in Milo NY.

There is no hard data to provide further links. Cornelius Jones of Warwick where they lived before moving to Bath is definitely not his father. The census records and wills prove that.

A page from the oldest bible appears to have a name cut from the top. Right above the date "August the 26th" It looks like the beginning of a "W" remains at the top portion where the cut was made. . The name could be WIlliam Jones, who did live there and whose family composition on the 1800 and 1810 census pretty well match what the family was. See family composition on father's record.

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[Broderbund Family Archive #314, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, Date of Import: Apr 22, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3224.158]

Individual: Jones, William

County/State: Steuben Co., NY (probable)

Location: Wayne (obituary shows William B moving to Wayne about this time.)

Page #: 256

Year: 1820

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[Broderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Apr 22, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.4983.123]

Individual: Jones, William B.

County/State: Steuben Co., NY

Location: Bath

Page #: 274

Year: 1830

More About WILLIAM B. JONES:

Fact 1: County/State: Steuben Co., NY¹

Fact 2: Location: Bath¹

Fact 3: Page #: 274¹

Fact 4: Year: 1830¹

Children of WILLIAM JONES and BYER RAPLEE are:

i. ALONZO⁴ JONES, b. March 17, 1826; d. young

ii. CHARLOTTE L. JONES, b. July 24, 1828.

6. iii. WILLIAM C. JONES, b. September 25, 1830; d. September 1900, Died in Vet Home in Columbia Falls, Montana in 1900.

7. iv. STEPHEN R. JONES, b. October 15, 1826; d. May 02, 1893, Hersey, Michigan.

Children of WILLIAM JONES and ELIZABETH BAILEY are:

v. SARAH M. BAILEY⁴ JONES, b. March 17, 1823.

8. vi. GEORGE M JONES, b. July 27, 1832, Bath, NY; d. Bet. 1863 - 1882.

9. vii. ISABEL (BETH) JONES, b. August 08, 1837, Bath, NY; d. December 05, 1912, Bath, NY.

viii. ALONZO JONES, b. August 28, 1841, Bath NY; d. February 20, 1865, Florence SC.

More About ALONZO JONES:

Fact 1: February 20, 1865, Died as prisoner of Confederacy was in Florence SC. Had survived Andersonville.

Children of WILLIAM JONES and SARAN DUNLOP are:

ix. MARY ANN DUNLOP⁴ JONES, b. May 23, 1846.

More About MARY ANN DUNLOP JONES:

Fact 1: Adopted, father was Dunlop

10. x. ANNA LAURA JONES, b. November 12, 1857.

Generation No. 4

6. WILLIAM C.⁴ JONES (WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born September 25, 1830, and died September 1900 in Died in Vet Home in Columbia Falls, Montana in 1900. He married CATHERINE MARY HAYWARD October 13, 1852, daughter of DAVID HAYWARD and ELIZABETH HOYT.

References are from family bibles in possession of C. Robert Jones and the Bath NY historical society. Also data from the 1790, 1800, 1840 & 1850 census.

Also burial records from family cemetary in Milo NY.

Children of WILLIAM JONES and CATHERINE HAYWARD are:

11. i. MILO⁵ JONES, b. January 31, 1861, Bath, New York; d. Unknown.

12. ii. CHARLES EDWARD JONES, b. July 17, 1854, Bath, NY; d. 1906, Yountville VA Hosp, CA.

13. iii. KATTIE JONES "CATHERINE", b. September 08, 1864.

7. STEPHEN R.⁴ JONES (WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born October 15, 1826, and died May 02, 1893 in Hersey, Michigan. He married ALVIRA S MILLER.

Child of STEPHEN JONES and ALVIRA MILLER is:

i. MARY A⁵ JONES, b. February 18, 1855.

8. GEORGE M⁴ JONES (WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born July 27, 1832 in Bath, NY, and died Bet. 1863 - 1882. He married SARAH.

Notes for GEORGE M JONES:

[Broderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Apr 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.17200.24]

Individual: Jones, George

County/State: Yates Co., NY

Location: Milo

Page #: 224

Year: 1850

[Broderbund Family Archive #318, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860, Date of Import: Apr 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.318.1.19249.162]

Individual: Jones, George

County/State: Yates Co., NY

Location: Milo

Page #: 566

Year: 1860

More About GEORGE M JONES:

Fact 1: County/State: Yates Co., NY^5,6

Fact 2: Location: Milo^7,8

Fact 3: ⁹

Fact 4: Year: 1850 Page #: 224⁹

Fact 5: 1880, not shown in census in 1880

Children of GEORGE JONES and SARAH are:

i. GEORGE M⁵ JONES, b. 1875.

Notes for GEORGE M JONES:

Adopted by Lambs family in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska

Shown in Fort Scott, KA in William B Jones's will of 1895

ii. STEPHEN JONES, b. 1877.

Notes for STEPHEN JONES:

Adopted by Lambs family of Scotts Bluff, Nebraska after father's death in Civil War. Related?

Shown in Fort Scott, Ka in Wb Jones's 1895 will.

iii. DELLA JONES, b. November 06, 1880; d. April 1977, Tyro, Mongomery, KA.

Notes for DELLA JONES:

Adopted by Lamb family in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska after father's death in civil war.

Shown in Fort Scott, KA in William B Jones's 1895 will.

iv. MABLE JONES, b. 1882.

Notes for MABLE JONES:

Adopted by Lamb family of Scotts BLuff in Nebraska after father's death in Civil War

Shown in Fort Scott, KS in WIlliam B Jones's 1895 will

9. ISABEL (BETH)⁴ JONES (WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born August 08, 1837 in Bath, NY, and died December 05, 1912 in Bath, NY. She married OLIVER EMERSON, son of BENJAMIN EMERSON and ANISE CHASE.

Children of ISABEL JONES and OLIVER EMERSON are:

14. i. CHARLES P⁵ EMERSON, b. May 30, 1857.

ii. HENRY EMERSON, b. June 29, 1859; d. March 1950.

10. ANNA LAURA⁴ JONES (WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born November 12, 1857. She married CLARENCE MACARTNEY August 24, 1876.

Child of ANNA JONES and CLARENCE MACARTNEY is:

i. ANNA MAUD⁵ MACARTNEY, b. December 24, 1879, Waverly, Cemung co, NY.

Generation No. 5

11. MILO⁵ JONES (WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born January 31, 1861 in Bath, New York, and died Unknown. He married JANE ELIZABETH HILLS October 06, 1886 in Superior, Wisc, daughter of WILLIAM HILLS and JANE FIGGENS.

More About MILO JONES:

Fact 1: September 09, 1909, Disappeared from Superior Wisc.

Fact 2: Was coronet player in Duluth Sympjony and worked as a postman.

Children of MILO JONES and JANE HILLS are:

15. i. HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, b. September 09, 1887, Duluth, Minnesota.

16. ii. WILLIAM CORNELIUS JONES, b. July 18, 1889, Duluth, Minnesota; d. July 1965, Chicago Illinois.

17. iii. PERCY MILO JONES, b. July 04, 1894.

12. CHARLES EDWARD⁵ JONES (WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born July 17, 1854 in Bath, NY, and died 1906 in Yountville VA Hosp, CA. He married (1) HARRIET R. SHOEMAKER, daughter of BENJAMIN F GRUBBE. He married (2) ELLEN BANKS March 09, 1878 in Bismark, ND - Catholic Church.

Notes for CHARLES EDWARD JONES:

[Broderbund Family Archive #320, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1880, Date of Import: Apr 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.320.1.3255.111]

Individual: Jones, Charles E.

County/State: Hughes Co., SD

Page #: 076

Year: 1880

[Broderbund Family Archive #320, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1880, Date of Import: Apr 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.320.1.3255.109]

Individual: Jones, Charles E.

County/State: Summit Co., CO

Location: Breckenridge

Page #: 420

Year: 1880

 

More About CHARLES EDWARD JONES:

Fact 1: April 19, 1877, Enlisted as sgt of Indian Scouts

Fact 2: 1885, divorced

Fact 3: ¹⁰

Fact 4: 1880, census County/State: Hughes Co., SD ?^10,11

Fact 5: 1880, census County/State: Summit Co., CO ?

Child of CHARLES JONES and HARRIET SHOEMAKER is:

i. FRANCIS⁶ JONES.

Children of CHARLES JONES and ELLEN BANKS are:

ii. FRANKLIN A.⁶ JONES, b. 1880, Bismark ND?; d. 1952, Louisianna VA Home; m. ANNA TERESA DOYLE.

More About FRANKLIN A. JONES:

Last address: 1917, Cordova, Alaska

18. iii. JOSEPH ROSSLYN JONES, b. June 19, 1882, Miles City Mont; d. 1956, San Francisco.

13. KATTIE JONES⁵ "CATHERINE" (WILLIAM C.⁴ JONES, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born September 08, 1864. She married JOHN G. HOWARD, son of JOHN HOWARD and HANNAH S.

Children of KATTIE "CATHERINE" and JOHN HOWARD are:

i. JULIUS⁶ HOWARD.

ii. FLORENCE HELEN JONES, adopted - b. July 01, 1885; m. MCMARTIN.

Notes for FLORENCE HELEN JONES:

Florence Jones Howard is the daughter of Katherine Jones's brother Charles Edward. The Howards adopted Florence and the boys went to a Catholic orphanage in San Francisco.

14. CHARLES P⁵ EMERSON (ISABEL (BETH)⁴ JONES, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born May 30, 1857. He married ELIZA COOTE, daughter of HENRY COOTE and MARGARET GULLIVER.

Child of CHARLES EMERSON and ELIZA COOTE is:

19. i. MILDRED BELLE⁶ EMERSON, b. June 29, 1890.

Generation No. 6

15. HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES (MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born September 09, 1887 in Duluth, Minnesota. He married EVA MANDANA STOCKWELL.

Child of HOWARD JONES and EVA STOCKWELL is:

20. i. HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR., b. August 13, 1921, Duluth, Minnesota.

16. WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶ JONES (MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born July 18, 1889 in Duluth, Minnesota, and died July 1965 in Chicago Illinois. He married JULIA DOROTHY FINSTER July 01, 1937 in Hibbing, Mn, daughter of CHESTER FINSTER and MIRANDA ARMITAGE.

Notes for WILLIAM CORNELIUS JONES:

Written by his son, Dale Jones

I don't think that you could wish for a better father. Dad was 51 when I was born and I was the last of the three children. Mom was 19 years younger than Dad, and he exhibited unbelievable patience with all of us, including Mom.

Dad was born in 1889 and was the middle surviving child of four boys, Charles having died in infancy. In 1902, Milo, his father just left, never to be seen again. His mother did not work, instead she depended on the children to support the family. Dad and his brother Howard had to find work, Percy being too young.

So, at 13 Dad quit school and got a job as an elevator operator until a labor inspector had him fired for being under age. He then became a Western Union delivery boy, delivering messages on foot in the frigid winters of Duluth Minnesota. He taught himself telegraphy and at 14 got a job with the Great Northern RR as a telegrapher, by telling them that he was 16. Dad kept that job until he retired in 1959 as chief dispatcher at Kelly Lake. That made 56 years on the job with only two breaks, one for WW I, and the other for the great Eugene Debbs nationwide rail strike. Dad was hired back after the strike was broken, but the older workers were not.

He was making five dollars a week and working 12 hour shifts, six days a week. In spite of the hours, he continued with his education and not only got a high school diploma, as well as a 2 year degree from the Superior State Teachers college.

He saw a great expanse of history, from frontier horse and buggy days to landing a man on the moon. He owned some of the early classic cars including the Stanley Steamer and the Stutz Bearcat. He spoke of going down to the corner to get his father a bucket of beer and seeing gun fights on the streets. He used to laugh at the television westerns where the gunfights had them walking slowly towards each other and then drawing. He said they would spill out of a tavern onto the streets, trade a few blows with their fists, then put their hands on their holstered guns and start backing away from each other. When they got far enough away so that they thought the other guy couldn't hit them, they would draw their guns and fire.

They were the poor cousins of the Howard's who owned Howard Shipping Lines as well as a lot of real estate. There still is a Howard Bay on the Superior side of the bay, and a Howard Park in Duluth on land they donated. Howard Shipping moved most of the iron ore and other freight on their ships in the Great Lakes. I saw one of their old ore boats on the way to Montreal near Sorrel, Quebec, beached and rusting, abandoned after the collapse of the mines in Northern Minnesota. Dad remembered standing our in the freezing sleet watching his aunt Catherine Howard and her husband John arrive at the Duluth Opera in their carriage drawn by six white horses.

The family did not approve of his father's choice of a wife and so they received little if any help from the rest of the family. I guess that this is why Dad was always writing checks to anybody in the family that he felt was in need.

He was well read and had a wonderful collection of books that I was always raiding from the time I could first read. He was a true gentleman and an inspiration to all of us who were lucky enough to know him. He died in Chicago of a heart attack in July of 1965. Mom and Dad were on their way to a vacation in Mexico.

More About JULIA DOROTHY FINSTER:

Degree: MA in Art Education

Children of WILLIAM JONES and JULIA FINSTER are:

21. i. KAY JANET DOROTHY⁷ JONES, b. April 17, 1938, HIBBING, MINNESOTA, USA.

22. ii. DALE CHESTER WESTBROOK JONES, b. December 30, 1940.

23. iii. CORNEL ROBERT FINSTER JONES, b. June 13, 1939, HIBBING, MINNESOTA, USA.

17. PERCY MILO⁶ JONES (MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born July 04, 1894. He married DOROTHY PHILLIPS.

Notes for PERCY MILO JONES:

Percy was the kind of an uncle that most kids dreamed of. He owned a carnival in the Dakotas. Although he never brought it to Minnesota, just the mention of his name would give me the run of any carnival that came to Hibbing. I would have all the free rides I wanted and would be adopted by the carnival family while they were in town.

He was known and respected for runing a clean show and being honest and fair with the people in the show. The fact that he once pulverised the mayor of Bismark ND when ordered out of town, helped his reputation greatly among carnival folk. Whenever he came to town, he always had great gifts for us and interesting stories.

Dad, Percy's brother William C., said that Percy had been a baggy pants commedian in the Vaudeville circuit. Dad said that he was always wiring him money after a show closed on the road so he could get home. He was a professional gambler like his uncle Charles, and supposedly won the carnival in a card game. Dad was always giving Percy money for a new Merry go Round or other rides. The operation was marginal and Percy it seems was always one step ahead of the sheriff and seisures by his creditors.

Percy's first wife Dorothy Phillips had about as much use for him as he had for her. Percy didn't believe that Jane was his daughter and so divorced her. Years later I met Dorothy in New York CIty and she told my cousin Jane "He is just like his Uncle Percy, he will come to no good!" Maybe she was right.

Dale

More About DOROTHY PHILLIPS:

Fact 1: Divorced after birth of Jane

Child of PERCY JONES and DOROTHY PHILLIPS is:

24. i. JANE⁷ JONES.

18. JOSEPH ROSSLYN⁶ JONES (CHARLES EDWARD⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born June 19, 1882 in Miles City Mont, and died 1956 in San Francisco. He married GRACE IRENE MULLER April 29, 1907, daughter of CHRISTIAN MULLER and LUCY COOK.

More About GRACE IRENE MULLER:

Fact 1: red hair, Blue eyes

Children of JOSEPH JONES and GRACE MULLER are:

25. i. NOEL PAUL⁷ JONES, b. December 24, 1913, San Francisco; d. 2002.

26. ii. LUCIEN HENRY JONES, b. 1909; d. 1981.

iii. ROSALIND GRACE JONES, b. April 07, 1908; d. December 06, 1936, Kingston, Ont., Canada; m. CLIFFORD SCHARF.

19. MILDRED BELLE⁶ EMERSON (CHARLES P⁵, ISABEL (BETH)⁴ JONES, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born June 29, 1890. She married WILLIAM DASCOMB, son of WILLIAM DASCOMB and MARY STEWART.

Children of MILDRED EMERSON and WILLIAM DASCOMB are:

i. HARRY EMERSON⁷ DASCOMB, b. August 12, 1916; m. HELEN BOWYER, August 29, 1940.

ii. KATHARINE ELIZABETH DASCOMB, b. June 12, 1918; m. JOHN D BLUM, November 24, 1945.

iii. MARY JANE DASCOMB, b. December 25, 1920; m. CECIL R RHODES, June 15, 1946.

iv. DORIS LUCILE DASCOMB, b. January 28, 1922; m. RALPH E RHODES.

Generation No. 7

20. HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR. (HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born August 13, 1921 in Duluth, Minnesota. He married EUGENIA MAXINE JONES February 02, 1942.

Children of HOWARD JR. and EUGENIA JONES are:

27. i. PHILLIP CHARLES⁸ JONES, b. January 18, 1943.

28. ii. DAVID VINCENT JONES, b. May 06, 1948.

29. iii. DIANNE JEAN JONES, b. March 12, 1955.

21. KAY JANET DOROTHY⁷ JONES (WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born April 17, 1938 in HIBBING, MINNESOTA, USA. She married ROGER WAYNE THYR October 21, 1961 in Minneapolis, MN.

Children of KAY JONES and ROGER THYR are:

30. i. BRIAN DONALD⁸ THYR, b. 1965.

31. ii. LISA KAREN THYR, b. June 07, 1962.

22. DALE CHESTER WESTBROOK⁷ JONES (WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born December 30, 1940. He married JEANNE ADELLE FINKELSTEIN September 1970 in New York City.

Children of DALE JONES and JEANNE FINKELSTEIN are:

32. i. TERRENCE FLOM⁸ JONES, b. July 08, 1972, New York CIty.

ii. TOD SIMEON HAYWARD JONES, b. April 02, 1976.

23. CORNEL ROBERT FINSTER⁷ JONES (WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born June 13, 1939 in HIBBING, MINNESOTA, USA. He married MERRYALICE MAKI June 30, 1962 in HIBBING, MN, daughter of NICK MAKI and ALINA WILJANEN.

Children of CORNEL JONES and MERRYALICE MAKI are:

33. i. SARAH KAY LOUISE⁸ JONES, b. December 24, 1969; Adopted child.

34. ii. DAVID BRUCE WILLIAM JONES, b. January 11, 1964, St. Paul, MN.

35. iii. COREY ROBERT NICHOLAS JONES, b. September 24, 1966.

24. JANE⁷ JONES (PERCY MILO⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹). She married JACK QUIGLEY.

Children of JANE JONES and JACK QUIGLEY are:

i. JOHN⁸ QUIGLEY.

ii. DAVID QUIGLEY.

iii. FRANCIS QUIGLEY.

25. NOEL PAUL⁷ JONES (JOSEPH ROSSLYN⁶, CHARLES EDWARD⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM²,CORNELIUS¹) was born December 24, 1913 in San Francisco, and died 2002. He married DORIS ELLEN WISHART March 23, 1937, daughter of GEORGE WISHART and EDNA MALSON.

Children of NOEL JONES and DORIS WISHART are:

i. NOEL⁸ JONES, b. April 01, 1945, San Francisco.

36. ii. ROSSLYN W JONES, b. April 11, 1943, San Francisco.

iii. CHARLES JONES, b. February 11, 1949, Mateo co., CA.

26. LUCIEN HENRY⁷ JONES (JOSEPH ROSSLYN⁶, CHARLES EDWARD⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born 1909, and died 1981. He married KATHELEEN MURPHY.

Child of LUCIEN JONES and KATHELEEN MURPHY is:

37. i. MICHAEL ROSSLYN⁸ JONES, b. August 03, 1937.

Generation No. 8

27. PHILLIP CHARLES⁸ JONES (HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR., HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born January 18, 1943. He married LYNDA SANDS July 14, 1969.

Children of PHILLIP JONES and LYNDA SANDS are:

i. VINCENT JONES⁹ JONES, b. December 31, 1969.

ii. SHANNON MARIE JONES, b. September 19, 1972; m. JEFFREY PAUL NIBUR, October 05, 1996.

28. DAVID VINCENT⁸ JONES (HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR., HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born May 06, 1948. He married ALICE KATHLEEN HART March 02, 1974.

Children of DAVID JONES and ALICE HART are:

38. i. KENNETH⁹ JONES, b. April 30, 1965.

39. ii. DALE JONES, b. October 22, 1966.

40. iii. BARBARA JONES, b. February 04, 1969.

29. DIANNE JEAN⁸ JONES (HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR., HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born March 12, 1955. She married (1) ROBERT RUTH December 31, 1976. She married (2) GEORGE GEIGER 1998.

Children of DIANNE JONES and ROBERT RUTH are:

i. ROBERT VINCENT⁹ RUTH, b. October 11, 1979.

ii. ERIKA DIANA RUTH, b. August 31, 1981.

30. BRIAN DONALD⁸ THYR (KAY JANET DOROTHY⁷ JONES, WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born 1965. He married DANITA JO CARLSON April 1993.

Children of BRIAN THYR and DANITA CARLSON are:

i. NICHOLAS JAMES⁹ THYR, b. 1994.

ii. INGRID CAROLINE THYR, b. 1997.

31. LISA KAREN⁸ THYR (KAY JANET DOROTHY⁷ JONES, WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born June 07, 1962. She married SCOTT JAMES BARKER August 18, 1984.

Children of LISA THYR and SCOTT BARKER are:

i. CHARLES JAMES⁹ BARKER, b. November 1985.

ii. NATALIA LYNN BARKER, b. February 20, 1987.

32. TERRENCE FLOM⁸ JONES (DALE CHESTER WESTBROOK⁷, WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born July 08, 1972 in New York CIty. He married AUTUMN HICKENBOTHAM October 09, 1999 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Children of TERRENCE JONES and AUTUMN HICKENBOTHAM are:

i. AIKO⁹ JONES, b. February 12, 2003.

ii. ZAYDE TATANIA JONES, b. January 25, 2001.

iii. IRYCHE JONES, b. May 12, 1996.

33. SARAH KAY LOUISE⁸ JONES (CORNEL ROBERT FINSTER⁷, WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born December 24, 1969. She married JOHN WILLIAM CLAPP May 20, 1995.

Children of SARAH JONES and JOHN CLAPP are:

i. ASHLEY ELIZABETH⁹ CLAPP, b. April 09, 2000.

ii. MICHAEL JOHN CLAPP, b. September 28, 2003.

34. DAVID BRUCE WILLIAM⁸ JONES (CORNEL ROBERT FINSTER⁷, WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born January 11, 1964 in St. Paul, MN. He married ANN SUMMERVILLE KELLY April 29, 1989 in demoins, ia.

Children of DAVID JONES and ANN KELLY are:

i. ISOBEL ALINA KELLY⁹ JONES, b. May 26, 1998.

ii. SEAMUS DYLAN SUMMERVILLE JONES, b. April 18, 1995, Denver, Denver, CO, USA.

35. COREY ROBERT NICHOLAS⁸ JONES (CORNEL ROBERT FINSTER⁷, WILLIAM CORNELIUS⁶, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born September 24, 1966. He married VIRGINAIA TRICE.

Child of COREY JONES and VIRGINAIA TRICE is:

i. CONOR ROBERT TRICE⁹ JONES, b. February 02, 2002.

36. ROSSLYN W⁸ JONES (NOEL PAUL⁷, JOSEPH ROSSLYN⁶, CHARLES EDWARD⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born April 11, 1943 in San Francisco. He married (1) JOAN M BOWEN 1966. He married (2) VIRGINIA E MAZZARIELLO 1989.

Children of ROSSLYN JONES and JOAN BOWEN are:

i. LISA⁹ JONES, b. September 01, 1962, San Francisco, CA; Adopted child.

ii. PAUL JONES, b. 1964; Adopted child.

iii. KRISTAN JONES, b. April 20, 1965, San Jose, CA; Adopted child.

iv. NOELLEN JONES, b. August 12, 1968, Mountain View, CA.

v. MARGARET JONES, b. May 30, 1961, San Jose, CA.

37. MICHAEL ROSSLYN⁸ JONES (LUCIEN HENRY⁷, JOSEPH ROSSLYN⁶, CHARLES EDWARD⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born August 03, 1937. He married PATRICIA KAY HARRIS BEDFORD.

Child of MICHAEL JONES and PATRICIA BEDFORD is:

41. i. SHAUN MICHAEL⁹ JONES, b. 1965.

Generation No. 9

38. KENNETH⁹ JONES (DAVID VINCENT⁸, HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR., HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born April 30, 1965. He married SHARIE MOHN.

Children of KENNETH JONES and SHARIE MOHN are:

i. JENA¹⁰ JONES, b. June 30, 1984.

ii. KILE JONES, b. August 13, 1986.

iii. ANDREA JONES, b. February 02, 1988.

39. DALE⁹ JONES (DAVID VINCENT⁸, HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR., HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born October 22, 1966. He married KIM WHEELER.

Children of DALE JONES and KIM WHEELER are:

i. KELSIE¹⁰ JONES, b. May 13, 1991.

ii. SHELLIA JONES, b. January 06, 1993.

40. BARBARA⁹ JONES (DAVID VINCENT⁸, HOWARD VINCENT JONES⁷ JR., HOWARD VINCENT⁶ JONES, MILO⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born February 04, 1969. She married (1) EDDIE BASHAM. She married (2) STACY SMITH.

Child of BARBARA JONES and EDDIE BASHAM is:

i. JESSICA¹⁰ BASHAM, b. April 22, 1988.

Children of BARBARA JONES and STACY SMITH are:

ii. MORGAN LEE¹⁰ SMITH.

iii. ZACHARY DAL SMITH.

41. SHAUN MICHAEL⁹ JONES (MICHAEL ROSSLYN⁸, LUCIEN HENRY⁷, JOSEPH ROSSLYN⁶, CHARLES EDWARD⁵, WILLIAM C.⁴, WILLIAM B.³, WILLIAM², CORNELIUS¹) was born 1965. He married MICHELLE MARY VAN KIRK.

Children of SHAUN JONES and MICHELLE VAN KIRK are:

i. AMANDA MARY¹⁰ JONES, b. 1988.

ii. NICHOLE KAYLEEN JONES, b. 1991.

Endnotes

1. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #315, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.315.1.4983.123.

2. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #314, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3223.114.

3. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #314, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3224.158.

4. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #314, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, (Release date: November 11, 1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3223.114.

5. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #317, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, (Release date: November 11,1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.317.1.17200.24.

6. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #318, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860, (Release date: November 11,1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.318.1.19249.162.

7. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #317, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, (Release date: November 11,1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.317.1.17200.24.

8. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #318, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1860, (Release date: November 11,1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.318.1.19249.162.

9. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #317, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, (Release date: November 11,1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.317.1.17200.24.

10. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #320, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1880, (Release date: November 11,1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.320.1.3255.111.

11. Broderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #320, Census Index: U.S. Selected States/Counties, 1880, (Release date: November 11,1995), "CD-ROM," Internal Ref. #1.320.1.3255.109.

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