Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Rush Jones    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth Collins   1,2  
                Born: ca 1803              in Pennsylvania  3,4
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Jacob Collins   (1777 - 1847) 
              Mother: Phebe Stuthard   (1777 - 1859) 
           F Child 1: Amanda Louise Jones      
                Born: ca 1839              in Washington Co, OH  
             Husband: Hiram Stull  
           M Child 2: Richard Rush Jones      
                Born: May-13-1842          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5,6,7
                Died: Dec-26-1920          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1900, 1920           in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6
            Military: (enlisted 7/11/1863) Pvt, Co A, 26th Va Cavalry Regt, CSA  5,8
                Wife: Martha Virginia Dawson  b. May-  -1843  
             Married: ca 1863               7
           M Child 3: William Wesley Jones      
                Born: Jun-  -1844           9,10
              Census: 1870, 80, 1900       in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  3
                Wife: Melissa Greathouse  b. ca 1849  d. bef Jun 1900  
             Married: Feb-24-1870          in Ritchie Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) Death record of son. 
(3) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) 
(4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(5) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(8) American Civil War Soldiers [database online], Ancestry.com. 
(9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
William W. Jones, 25, of Ritchie Co, son of James & Elizabeth; and Melissa M. Greathouse, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. 
Ritchie Co, dau of Augustine & Margaret.  Married Feb 24 1870. 







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