Theodore John Jones

Theodore John Jones[1, 2]

Male Abt 1859 - 1928  (~ 69 years)

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  • Name Theodore John Jones 
    Born Abt 1859  Rockford Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Died 1928  [12, 13, 14
    Buried Gentry Cemetery, Gentry, Benton, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Notes 
    • 1860 census: found
      1870 census: found
      1880 census: found
      1900 census: found
      1910 census: found
      1920 census: found
      1930 census: NF

      On 9 July 1860, John G. (26) and Mary A. (26) Jones lived in Rockford Twp. (Pottawattamie) IA, with their children Nelson (4) and Theodore (2). John G. was a farmer and had a $600 personal estate. Mary A. kept house. Their immediate neighbors were John G.’s sister Mary J. and her family; next to them were John G.’s father Hardin and John G.’s grandmother Elizabeth Jones.

      On 12 June 1870, J. G. (35, farmer) and M. A. (35, keeping house) Jones lived in Rockford Twp. (Pottawattamie) IA, with their children Nelson (14), Theodore (12), Parks (10), Elias (8), and John (6). All the children attended school within the yera. J.G.’s father Hardin lived next door.

      On 25 June 1880, Theodore (21, farmer) and Mary (20, keeping house) Jones lived in Rockford (Pottawattamie) IA, with their 1-month-old daughter Nillie (1 mo.) and a boarder, John Fragin (25, school teacher, from Delaware). Theodore’s parents John G. and Mary A. Jones, and grandfather Hardin were neighbors.

      1891 resident of (Pottawattamie) IA.

      On 6 July 1900, Theodore (41) and Martha A. (33) Jones lived with their children and step-children on a farm they owned free in Cleveland Twp. (Dewey) OK. Archie R. was about 18 (illegibile), Vangie(?) was 15, Flossie was 11, Parks was 8, Foster was 5, Deal (stepson) was 9, and Clark (stepson) was 7. All could read and write except for the youngest, Foster. Theodore was a farmer, Archie R. was a farm worker, and Vangie, Flossie, Parks, Deal, and Clark were at school 5 months during the past year. Martha A.’s brother Eli Deal and his family lived immediately adjacent.

      On 16 Apr 1910, Theodore (51) and Martha A. (43) Jones lived with their children and step-children in Clark Twp., Dewey Co., OK. Flossie was 20, Deal was 19, Parks and Clark were both 17, and Foster was 14. Martha A. is listed as the mother of 2 children, 2 of whom were alive in 1910. Theodore was a farmer and owned his farm, which was mortgaged. Flossie was a teacher at the common school, unemployed on 15 Apr 1910 and for 15 weeks of the preceeding year. Deal and Parks were laborers on the home farm, and Clark was a farm laborer working on another farm. All were literate; Flossie, Clark, and Foster attended school during the past year.

      1915: of Aledo OK

      On 23 Jan 1920, Theodore (62) and Martha A. (52) Jones lived with their granddaughter Sibyl L. Jones (6) in a rental house in Putnam, Harrison Twp. (Dewey) OK. All could read and write, and Sibyl attended school during the past fall. Theodore worked for wages as a hardware salesman.
    Person ID I13375  Complete
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2006 

    Father John Green JONES, Sr.,   b. 28 Mar 1834, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1901, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann MACE,   b. 12 Nov 1833, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1891, Rockford Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 7 Dec 1854  Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Family ID F6989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary L. WEST,   b. 15 Nov 1859, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1895, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1879  Pottawattamie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Children 
     1. Nillie JONES,   b. May 1880, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Archie R. JONES,   b. Feb 1882, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Vangie (sp?) JONES,   b. Aug 1884, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Flossie L. JONES,   b. May 1890, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Parks E. JONES,   b. 18 Apr 1892, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1969, Thousand Oaks (Ventura) CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. Foster J. JONES,   b. 25 May 1895, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1961  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F7013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Martha Alvarett Deal,   b. 28 Mar 1863, Harrison, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1930, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 68 years) 
    Married 17 Nov 1889  [18, 19
    Family ID F5915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1859 - Rockford Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Oct 1879 - Pottawattamie County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Gentry Cemetery, Gentry, Benton, Arkansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA, child of John Green Jones and Mary Ann Mace.

    2. [S108] Letter from Sibyl, son of John Green Jones and Mary Ann Mace.

    3. [S109] U.S Census Records, b. 1859 IA.

    4. [S127] 1920 Federal Census, Oklahoma, Dewey Co., Harrison Twp., Putnam, ED 203, Sheet 6B., b. IA abt 1858.

    5. [S130] 1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma, Dewey Co., Cleveland, ED 43, Sheet 16B., b. Sep 1858 IA.

    6. [S134] 1860 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., p. 104., b. abt 1858 IA.

    7. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA, b. 1 Sep 1859 Rockford Twp. (Pottawattamie) IA.

    8. [S139] Benton County, Arkansas Cemetery Index: http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/bccpg/bentc079.htm, b. 1859.

    9. [S149] 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., p. 3-4., b. abt 1858 IA.

    10. [S150] 1880 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford, ED 248, p. 16., b. abt 1859 IA.

    11. [S218] 1930 Federal Census, Nebraska, Buffalo County, Kearney City, Sheet 7B., b. IA.

    12. [S127] 1920 Federal Census, Oklahoma, Dewey Co., Harrison Twp., Putnam, ED 203, Sheet 6B., alive in 1920, NF in 1930 (but wife still found in 1930).

    13. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA, alive at time of writing.

    14. [S139] Benton County, Arkansas Cemetery Index: http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/bccpg/bentc079.htm, d. 1928.

    15. [S139] Benton County, Arkansas Cemetery Index: http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/bccpg/bentc079.htm.

    16. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA, m. 7 Dec 1854.

    17. [S130] 1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma, Dewey Co., Cleveland, ED 43, Sheet 16B., inferred m. 1879 from 21 crossed out for # of years married.

    18. [S128] 1910 Federal Census, Oklahoma, Dewey Co., Clark Twp., ED 130, Sheet 2B., m. for 12 years; m2 for both parties.

    19. [S130] 1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma, Dewey Co., Cleveland, ED 43, Sheet 16B., m. for 10 years in 1900 (disagrees w/ 1910 data and childrens’ birth dates).