Person:Seth Jones (13)

All of his children except the oldest, Asa, were born in ID.

Craig Snyder, coopsnyder@hotmail.com has a website at RootsWeb where he has posted stories and information about Seth and his family. I have added it below.

SETH JONES has the distinction of being a leader in many lines in this section and he is, without doubt, one of the first and most stanch pioneers of Idaho County. He was born in Allegany County, New York, on April 6, 1833, the son of Stephen an d Lydia (Lampheer) Jones, natives of New York. The father died in 1842 and was one of the first settlers in Illinois, coming thither in 1838. The mother died in 1843. Being thus left an orphan early; our subject went to live with his brothers, Phe nis and Conley. When sixteen he started in to do battle with the world for himself, and was engaged at various employments until 1853 when on April 3, he started across the plains. Portland was reached on August 19, and he wintered at Jacksonvill e; the next spring was in Siskiyou County, where he mined for four years and then returned home. He married and two years later started across the plains again. On Goose creek, Utah, Indians stole their fine horses, taking fifty out of seventy-fi ve. Five days were spent in following the savages, but no horses were recovered and they then made arrangements with another train to have their wagons pulled at twelve dollars per day. Settlement was made in Scott's valley, California, and two y ears they dwelt there. On June 1, 1862, they arrived at Florence and came out over the Morse Milner trail. Mrs. Jones was the first white woman over the trail and the gallant Millner would take no fees from the entire train when he knew of her pre sence. In March 1863, Mr. Jones settled on Camas prairie; the first logs sawed at the Pete Walters mill made the lumber which Mr. Jones used to build the first settlers cabin on the prairie. Mr. Jones went to general farming and stockraising an d has prospered steadily up to the present. At one time he sold six hundred and fifty head of stock for the Montana market and has always had large bands of cattle and horses. He owns nearly thirteen hundred acres of fine agricultural land, ha s a splendid residence and seven acres in Grangeville, which is the family home, owns excellent stock, having one horse that cost three thousand dollars, and other property in proportion. Mr. Jones is one of the most substantial men of the count y and may be rightly classed as one of the real builders. He refused to sign the petition to have the Indians set onto the reservation and so was unmolested. He passed through two large hands of the savages in full war paint on June 13th and wa s unmolested. Charley Horton was with him and the next day that unfortunate man was slain by the savages about two miles west from Grangeville. Mr. Jones says the war started on June 13th by the killing of Dick Divine, Henry Elfers, John Beckridg e, Benedict, Baker, William Osborne, Henry Mason, and Francois, the last three being mining men. Mr. Jones took his family to Mt. Idaho for two months during this trouble.

an this also: On December 13, 1858, in Illinois, Mr. Jones married Miss Jane F., daughter of Samuel and Jane (Eddy) Castle, natives of Canada and New York, respectively. Her father was in the Civil war and her grandfather was a patriot under George Washingto n during the Revolution. Mrs. Jones' father died in 1877. She was born in New York in 1837 and has the following brothers and sisters: Orville, Samuel. Louise. Victoria, and Melissa. Mr. Jones has the following brothers and sisters: Albert, Samue l, Hannah, and Caroline. To this worthy couple and stanch pioneers have been born the following named children, all solid Republicans in good standing: Asa, Ella, Bell, wife of Charles Cone, and the first white child born on Camas prairie, Samuel . Seth, Rhoda, Robert, William, Jennie Martin, adopted. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Baptist church Byway of reminiscence it is interesting to note that in early days Mr. Jones had to go to Walla Walla for all supplies and the distance being o ne hundred and fifty miles it was a hard and tiresome undertaking. Also we wish to note that Mr. Jones was with the party that met the soldiers at the Manuel place after the house was burned.

The apparent source for the above is: Author: Various sources Title: Idaho County Biographical Index URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ididaho/idahobios/idahobio.html Text: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NORTH IDAHO EMBRACING NEZ PERCES, IDAHO, LATAH, KOOTENAI, AND SHOSHONE COUNTIES STATE OF IDAHO; WESTERN HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1903

1. ↑ Knox Co., IL, U.S. Fed. Census, 1850.
2. ↑ My Snyder Family Page at worldconnect.rootsweb.com & Craig Snyder @hotmail.com
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