Jul-28-2018
Husband: Samuel R. Jones
Born: 1796 in Hampshire Co, VA Died: Jan-31-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 1,2 Father: James Jones (1762 - 1850) Mother: Sarah Ravenscraft (1776 - 1860)
Wife: Ruth Anderson 3,4,5 Also known as: Ruthie Anderson 5
Born: ca 1810 Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Mahala Jones Born: ca 1825 1 Died: Jun- -1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 6 Cause of death: consumption 6 Census: 1870 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Nelson Judge Richards b. 1814 d. 1880 Census name: Nelson Richards Married: Aug-20-1843 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 2: Keener B. Jones Born: ca 1829 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Buried: (no dates) in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Military: WPA - CSA, Civil War 8 Wife: Mary B. Richards b. ca 1828
M Child 3: William Jones Born: ca 1835 1 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1860 farm hand
F Child 4: Ruth Jones Born: ca 1838 1 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
M Child 5: Robert A. Jones Born: ca 1840 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,2,9 (see note 2) Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Samilda Hamrick b. Jan- -1853 Census name: Amilda 10 Married: Mar-12-1871 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
M Child 6: James M. S. Jones Born: ca 1842 1 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
F Child 7: Sarah J. Jones Born: ca 1845 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 1,12 (see note 3) Census: 1920 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: John Cross b. 1808 d. Jul-15-1886 Married: Mar-26-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Husband: S. R. Clayton b. ca 1865 Married: Mar-26-1890 in Calhoun Co, WV 13
M Child 8: Judge Judson Nelson Jones Also known as: Judge Nelson Jones 14 Born: Aug- -1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 14 Died: Jan-11-1937 in Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 15,16 (see note 4) Buried: in County Poor Farm Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Resided: 1925 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Occupation: 1910, 1920 farmer (working out) 18 Occupation: 1900 farmer 19 Wife: Nancy Ellen "Nanny" Stewart b. Sep-18-1851 d. Jan-27-1925 Also known as: Nancy Ellen Stuart 20 Married: Sep-10-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 21 No children: 18
M Child 9: Lafayette Marion Jones Also known as: Marion L. Jones 22 Born: Nov-25-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 23,12 Died: Mar-14-1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 24,23 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 23 Census: 1920 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Frances R. Stewart b. ca 1848 Married: Jan- 2-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 25 Wife: Louisa Jane Richards b. May-19-1858 d. Dec-23-1952 Also known as: Adaline 26 Married: Nov-11-1879 in Calhoun Co, WV 27
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (3) Marriage record of son. (4) Marriage record of daughter. (5) Death record of son. (6) U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11535954&Type=Marriage. (8) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Robert A. Jones, widower, 30, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Samuel R. & Ruth; and Samilda Hamrick, single, 18, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Joseph & Margaret. Married Mar 12 1871 in Ritchie County. MR p. 24 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538552&Type=Marriage. (12) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) (13) Calhoun County Marriage Records, Grantsville, WV, Identified as R. Clayton, widowed, age 35, b. Ritchie Co, res. Calhoun Co, son of Stephen & Catharine Clayton; and Sarah J. Cross, widowed, age 44, b. Ritchie Co, res. Calhoun Co, dau of Samuel & Ruth Jones. Married Mar 26 1890. MR p. 122 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4479&Type=Marriage. (14) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 18, Line 45 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538314&Type=Marriage. (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1981405&Type=Death. (16) Obituary. (17) Death record of wife. (18) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (19) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) (20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=426142&Type=Death. (21) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Judge Nelson Jones, 21, farmer, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Samuel R. & Ruth; and Nancy Ellen Stewart, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of George & Hannah. Married Sep 10 1868 in Ritchie County, officiated by Eli Riddle. MR p. 18, Line 45 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538314&Type=Marriage. (22) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (23) Headstone. (24) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Marion L. Jones, d. Mar 14 1935, son of Samuel Jones & Ruthie Anderson. (25) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (26) Birth record of daughter. (27) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Participants identified as Lafayette Jones, widowed, age 29, b. Ritchie Co, son of Samuel R. & Ruth A. Jones; and Louisa Richards, age 19, dau of Michael & Caroline Richards. Ceremony held Nov 11 1879. Wife's obituary in 1952 incorrectly stated marriage date as 1877. Event Notes Note (1) in household of son Lafayette Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as July 1842. But age 10 in the 1850 Census, and age 20 in the 1860 Census, put it in about 1840. Note (3) Birthplace given as Tyler County in 1865 marriage record, but as Ritchie County in 1890 marriage record. Ritchie County is the more likely. Note (4) At the County Infirmary (Poor Farm).Name Index