Person:Caleb Jones (11)

CALEB JONES, farmer, P. O. Dundee, was born in Austintown, Trumbull Co., O hio, July 26, 1817. He is a son of Caleb and Nancy (Barkhammer) Jones, na tives of Pennsylvania, who came to Trumbull County, Ohio, thence mov ed to Holmes County, where they died. Caleb Jones, Sr., was a farmer by o ccupation. Of the large family of twelve children, two have survived, Cal eb and Nathan, the latter of whom lives in Kansas. Caleb received his edu cation from the common schools of this vicinity, and in 1850 was marri ed to Rebecca Lonnon; she is a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Ammon) Lonn on. Of the family of eight children born to this union, five are livin g, viz., Beriah, Edward John, Mary Vietta (wife of Clinton L. Sliffe), Nat han, Kettis. The deceased are Sarah (wife of William Burkholder), La Faye tte and Thomas Elmer. The family are members of the Christian Church. M r. Jones owns a fine farm, consisting of 500 acres, all well-improved la nd with good farm buildings erected thereon. [History of Tuscarawas Count y, Ohio, 1884]

1. ↑ I. Walter. Jones Family Data. (Manuscript).
2. ↑ Holmes, Ohio, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Paint Twp., Holmes Co., Ohio, p. 323. (Clipe Jones)

3. ↑ Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Eighth Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication M693. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

   Wayne Twp., Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, p. 408.