Family: Thomas Anderson JONES / Catherine Luella SMITH (F23416) [1, 2]
m. 28 Oct 1818
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Thomas Anderson JONES
Birth 26 Jul 1797 Maryland 
Death 19 Feb 1883 Doddridge Co, WV Burial Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Marriage 28 Oct 1818 [3] Baltimore County, MD [3] Father Benjamin F. JONES | F47996 Group Sheet Mother Providence Jane O'DELL | F47996 Group Sheet
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Catherine Luella SMITH
Birth 21 Feb 1799 Maryland Death 21 Jan 1875 Doddridge Co, WV Burial Father Mother
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George Smith JONES
Birth 10 Oct 1819 Baltimore, MD Death 12 Dec 1900 Burial Spouse Julia M. BOOTH | F48058 Marriage 9 Mar 1848 Washington Co, OH
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+ Benjamin Franklin JONES
Birth 11 Sep 1821 Baltimore, MD Death 4 Oct 1895 Doddridge Co, WV Burial Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Lucy Ann BURTON | F17558 Marriage 15 Sep 1844
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William Playford JONES
Birth 12 Dec 1822 Baltimore, MD Death 27 Jul 1892 Meigs Co, OH Burial McGhee Cemetery, Vinton, Gallia Co, OH Spouse Frances Christine KERR | F48059 Marriage 3 Oct 1854 Gallia Co, OH
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+ Thomas Anderson JONES, Jr.
Birth 6 Jun 1825 Baltimore, MD Death 16 Jan 1894 Burial Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Melissa Ann WILLIAMS | F39982 Marriage 19 Nov 1846 Harrison Co, (W)VA Spouse Magy M. JARVIS | F39983 Marriage 14 Jun 1881 Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV
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Mary Salome JONES
Birth 1826 Harrison Co, (W)VA Death 1917 Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, PA Burial Spouse Matthias Myers EATON | F19054 Marriage
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+ Providence Odell JONES
Birth Oct 1829 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Death 22 May 1909 Gallia Co, OH Burial Spouse William Henry SHANNON | F35024 Marriage 1 May 1845 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Spouse Henry S. EATON | F48061 Marriage 17 Feb 1859 Gallia Co, OH
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+ Lewis Edwin "Ned" JONES
Birth 2 Feb 1834 Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Death 13 Apr 1913 Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Burial Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Mary Rebecca LONGACRE | F18970 Marriage 19 Oct 1865
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+ John Henry JONES
Birth CA 1836 Death 9 May 1915 Pasadena, Los Angeles Co, CA Burial Spouse Ann M. HENDERSON | F18986 Marriage 14 Sep 1854 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
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+ Silas Ogden JONES
Birth 11 Jun 1841 Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Death 26 Aug 1929 Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Burial Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Hannah Synix "Hattie" ARMSTRONG | F23398 Marriage 22 Oct 1868 Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV Spouse Catherine B. "Kate" ARMSTRONG | F23418 Marriage 29 Jan 1916 Doddridge Co, WV
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Notes - According to the obituary of his son Silas, Thomas Anderson Jones was Doddridge County's first superintendent of schools. At that time, however, there was not a county-wide school district. Until the early 1930s, each magisterial district had its own Board of Education.
1840 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), in a district determined to be present-day Doddridge County:
Name Thomas A Jones
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 3
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture 5
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write 3
Free White Persons - Under 20 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 3
Total Free White Persons 12
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 12
1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 23 1850:
Thomas A. Jones Sen., 55, b. Md, farmer, value of real estate $5000; Elizabeth, 19, b. Va; Lewis E, 16, b. Va; John H, 13, b. Va; Silas O, 8, b. Va; Rachel Clark, 19, b. Va; Catharine Jones, 48, b. Md.
In the next household:
Thomas A. Jones Jr., 24, b. Md, farmer; Malissa, 24, b. Va; Mary I, 1, b. Va.
1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 29 1860:
Thos. A. Jones, 64, b. Md, farmer, value of real estate $5000; Catherine Jones, 58, b. Md, value of real estate $1000; S. O. Jones (male), 18, b. Va, farm laborer; John Henderson, 24, b. Va, farm laborer; Racheal Clark, 20, b. Va, domestic; John H. Jones, 24, b. Va, farmer; A. M. Jones (female), 22, b. Va; A. H. Jones (female), 4, b. Va; M. A. Jones (female), 2, b. Va.
(Note: A. M. Jones is Ann M. (Henderson) Jones, wife of John H. Jones. The two youngest girls are their daughters. It is likely that John Henderson is Ann's brother or other close relative.)
The next household was that of their son Benjamin Franklin Jones:
H. F. (should be B. F.) Jones, 39, b. Md, farmer, value of real estate $1800, value of personal estate $500; L. A (female), 36, b. Va; G. L. (female), 15; C. A. (male), 13; E. B. (male), 11; W. C. (male), 5 (this is almost certainly intended to be W. H. Jones, age 9); C. J. (female), 7; L. H. (male), 5; B. F. (male), 1; Mary Bland, 18, domestic.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 17 1870:
Thos. A. Jones Sr, 73, b. Md, retired merchant, value of real estate $8000, value of personal estate $900; Catharine, 70, b. Md; son Silas O, 29, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $2200; Hattie S, 22, b. Md; Nancy Sheets, 20, domestic servant.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
Silas O. Jones, 39, b. Va. (both parents b. Md), farmer; wife H. S. Jones, 32, b. Md. (both parents b. Md); son Charles H. Jones, 9, b. WVa; dau Mary F. Jones, 6, b. WVa; dau Ada M. Jones, 2, b. WVa; father Thomas A. Jones Sr, 83, b. Maryland, both parents b. Md.
- According to the obituary of his son Silas, Thomas Anderson Jones was Doddridge County's first superintendent of schools. At that time, however, there was not a county-wide school district. Until the early 1930s, each magisterial district had its own Board of Education.
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