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Note for: Mary PEW, - Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller's notes: May have been named "Mary Patsy." From TN. According to Mary Hodge's notes, Mary died while attending a funeral and fell over the coffin.

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Note for: Mary TEMPLETON, - 8 FEB 1815 Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller's notes: Died in childbirth. Was called "Polly. "

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Note for: Joshua B. JONES, 1818 - 1898 Index

Burial:
Place: Marshfield, MO

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Note for: James B. JONES, 1820 - Index

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According to Lucy Miller Dodd's notes, he peddled clocks for 3 1/2 years in St. Louis with brother Benjamin G.W. All the boys moved to MO in 1849.

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Note for: Benjamin George Whitefield JONES, 26 FEB 1823 - 24 JUL 1898 Index

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According to Lucy Miller Dodd's notes, he peddled clocks for 3 1/2 years in St. Louis with brother Isaac. All the boys moved to MO in 1849. He was named for a preacher.
According to Mary Hodge's notes, Benjamin was raised on the farm in TN and was named after Ben Franklin and George Whitfield, a noted cleric of the day. He sold clocks and met his wife-to-be while staying at her father's inn. He also owned a farm, on which he settled later in life. During the Civil War, he moved to IL, returning to MO in 1865.

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Note for: Keturah COSSEY, 10 OCT 1832 - 4 MAR 1874 Index

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According to Lucy Miller Dodd's notes, she was called "Kitty."

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Note for: Isaac Newton JONES, 1825 - ABT 1883 Index

Burial:
Place: Brooklyn Cem, MO

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Note for: Henry Clay JONES, 6 AUG 1852 - 17 JUN 1945 Index

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According to Lucy Dodd Miller's notes: Called Clay, Mr. Jones spent part of his youth in Sangamon Co, IL during the Civil War. He communicated late in life with Lucy D. Miller and added much to the narrative parts of these documents.
According to Mary Hodge's notes, Henry bought a farm 5 miles north of Republic, MO, then moved to Carthage, MO and other farms and finally lived in California.

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Note for: Delila Edna JONES, 12 JUN 1854 - 1 MAR 1882 Index

Burial:
Place: Johns Chapel Cem, Ash Grove, MO

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Note for: William Cossey JONES, 19 MAY 1856 - 16 APR 1878 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Johns Chapel Cem, Ash Grove, MO

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     According to Lucy Miller Dodd's notes, never married.

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Note for: James Joshua (Jay) JONES, 9 OCT 1858 - 4 MAR 1942 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Johns Chapel Cem, Ash Grove, MO

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     According to an obituary from an undated paper from MO in possession of William G. Hall: "Jay," as he was known, was born in the log cabin home of his parents, 5 miles east of Ash Grove, Greene County, MO. His father and mother were pioneers of the county. As a lad, Jay helped his brothers drive the ox team for his father in breaking out the prairie farm of the "old homestead." In his youth, Mr. Jones had a strong interest in current events and read all the local papers, despite caring little for the routine of school life. He was a house carpenter, cabinet-maker and typesetter at various times in his career.
At the time of his first marriage, in about 1881, he moved his family to Republic, MO, where he built a cottage home. In 1894, he and brother I. S. Jones began publishing "The Monitor," a newspaper they were involved with for more than 10 years. It was known as a Republican paper with an independent spirit. The paper never missed an issue till at least Jay's death. He was a member of the Hood M. E. Church in Republic.

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Note for: Martha Evaline JONES, 9 AUG 1862 - JAN 1943 Index

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According to an obituary from an undated paper from MO in possession of William G. Hall, Mrs. Mattie Murray.

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Note for: Isaac Sheriden JONES, 1871 - Index

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According to Lucy Miller Dodd's notes, a twin to Benjamin S. According to an obituary from an undated paper from MO in possession of William G. Hall, lived in Carthage, MO.