Person:Horace Jones (8)

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Horace Jones
b.Abt 1826 Allengany, NY
d.8 Feb 1896 Los Angeles, CA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1823
  1. Sarah Jane Jones
  2. Horace Jones
  3. Horace JonesAbt 1826 - 1896
  4. John Jones1828 - 1912
  5. Josiah E. Jones1829 - 1878
  6. Elizabeth Jones1832 - 1922
  7. Walter Jones1834 - 1909
  8. Catherine JonesAbt 1838 - 1914
  9. Mary Ann JonesAbt 1842 -
  10. Warren Jones1844 - 1915
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Dec 1844
  1. Melcena JonesAbt 1847 -
  2. Nelson JonesAbt 1852 - 1853
  3. Clara JonesAbt 1854 - 1856
  4. Adelbert Fairfax Jones1859 - 1938
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Facts and Events
Name Horace Jones
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1826 Allengany, NY
Marriage 23 Dec 1844 Knox, Illinois, USAto Sarah Ann Barbero
Other[1][2] 1857 Member of first Board of Trustees, MaquonFact 1 (2)
Residence[3] 1860 Maquon, Knox, Illinois, USA
Residence[4] 1870 Omaha, Douglas, NE
Death? 8 Feb 1896 Los Angeles, CA

Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant on 21 August 1862. Commissioned in Company G, 83rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 21 Aug 1862. Resigned - Discharged disability Company G, 83rd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 Nov 1863.

OBITUARY: A telegram reached Maquon of his death of paralysis which occured at his home in Los Angelos, California on the 8th February. There survive him, the widow, three brother, John of Maquon, Walter of Kansas, and Warren. A sister, the widow of Thad C. Olmstead of Nebraska. The deceased was born in the state New York and came to Maquon with parents in 18-- where he resided until about 26 years ago when removed to Omaha, Nebraska and from there to California. Horace Jones was a broad, liberal-minded, whole-hearted gentleman and no one was more popular in Maquon and more dearly respected. Wednesday, February 17, 1897. Galesburg Daily-Mail (comment: found on page 218 of "Obituaries, volume 1, Knox County, Galesburg, Illinois 1853-1897. It was in the 1896 section, so I believe the date should be 1896, not 97.)

References
  1. ↑ History of Knox County, Illinois, pub. 1912.
  2. ↑ HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY ILLINOIS, 1878, Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Illus
    641.
  3. ↑ 1860 U. S. Federal Census.
  4. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census.
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