Husband: Sylvester E. "Festus" Jones Also known as: Festus Jones 1,2
Born: ca 1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Keener B. Jones (1829 - ) Mother: Mary B. Richards (1828 - )
Wife: Fannie N. Jeffries 1
Married: Jun-26-1890 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
Born: May- -1873 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Apr- 3-1947 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Buried: in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: George W. Jeffries (1849 - 1936)
Mother: Nancy Cross (1845 - 1936)
Notes
F Child 1: Fay Jones Also known as: L. Fay Jones 6 Born: Oct- -1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,8,2,9 (see note 2) Died: Sep-16-1967 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8,7,9 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 10,8 Resided: in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 7,11,8 Census: 1900 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Claude Elmer Freeland b. Jul- -1885 d. 1960 Census name: Claudie E. Freeland Married: Mar-14-1914 in Ritchie Co, WV 12
M Child 2: Manuel F. Jones Also known as: Emanuel Jones Born: Nov-13-1897 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 (see note 3) Died: Mar-27-1989 6 Buried: in Ellenboro Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Wife: Elsie Fay Mason b. Apr- 9-1908 d. Jul-22-1990 Married: Dec-11-1926 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) Death record of daughter. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) (3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (4) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Sylvester E. Jones, 22, b. & res. in Ritchie Co; and Fannie A. Jeffries, 18, b. & res. in Ritchie Co. Married Jun 26 1890. MR p. 71. (5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (6) Headstone. (7) Social Security Death Index. (8) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (9) Headstone (year only) (10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (11) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). (12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Claud Freeland, widowed, 28, b. Tyler Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Fay Jones, 22, of Ritchie Co. Married Mar 14 1914. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Findagrave.com. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record as May 3 1869. But she did not appear in the 1870 Census, and the 1900 Census shows birth date as May 1873. Note (2) Death record states birth date as Oct 1 1892, but SSDI shows it as Oct 2 1892. Note (3) Birth date on headstone is Nov 11 1897.