Person:John Jones (358)

In U.S. Census of Knox Co., IL of 1880, I.D. no. 247-250, John, Laborer, age 51, M, b. NY; Mary R., Keeps house, 42, F. IL, Huldah C., At home, 21, F. IL, Mary W., At school, 15, F., IL; Kate, AT school 10, F, IL; Emma, age 4, F. IL; Robert C., age 1, M, IL.

In the 1899 Knox Co. History, page 950,Chicago, Munsell Pub. Co. is the following: "He served three years and came home as First Lieutenant. He helped organize a colored regiment at Fort Donelson, and was offered the position of Lieutenant-Colonel but declined. At Fort Donelson he acted as Adjutant General for four months and was then made Quartermaster of the Post. He was a strong abolitionist, and spoke his views fearlessly. After the war he farmed until 1876, when he located in Maquon, where he has been Postmaster for fifteen years. He spent four years in California as a miner and merchant. Mr. Jones is a Liberal in religion. In politics, he is a republican." It also says that he spent four years in California as a miner and merchant, but does not say precisely when he went, but presumably around 1849-50. Also, it states that his father was Peter Jones and his paternal grandparents were Phineas and Hannah (Harris) Jones who were natives of VT. It says he came to IL in 1835 with his parents.

From the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors website of the National Park Service:

John Jones (First_Last) Regiment Name 83 Illinois Infantry Side Union Company G Soldier's Rank_In 2 Lt. Soldier's Rank_Out 1 Lt. Alternate Name Notes Film Number M539 roll 46

See below the obit. of Fred Barbero for relationship, etc. to John: Galesburg Weekly Mail

October 12, 1899

Maquon - Just as the sun went down beneath the western horizon Sunday evening, Oct. 1, the spirit of Fred Barbero took it's flight to the heavenly home. He had trod life's pathway for four score and eleven years, faced the hardships of frontier life in the early days of the settlement of this country; yet he was always patient, gentle and forbearing. He was born in New York state July 4, 1808, and departed this life Oct. 1, 1899, at the home of his daughter, Sarah E. Selby. He was united in marriage to Balinda Bartlett Sept. 24, 1842. To this union were born five children, two boys and three girls. They are Sarah Selby, wife of Elisha B. Selby; Harriet, wife of John McWilliams, of Pleasanton, Iowa; Amelia, wife of Charles Henderson, of Pleasanton, Iowa; Henry and David of this place. All, with his wife, survive him. For fifty-seven years Uncle Freddy and Aunt Malinda, as they were familiarly called, walked lifes pathway side by side, and hand in hand. They shared each other'! s sorrows, helped bear each other's burdens; always content when together. In the fall of 1851 Mr. and Mrs. Barbero moved from Syracuse, N.Y. to Maquon, Knox county, Ill. They traveled from Syracuse to Buffalo by railroad, from Buffalo to Toledo by steamer, continued their trip to New Buffalo by rail, thence to Chicago by steamer. From Chicago they journeyed with a team to LaSalle, where they again took a steamer to Peoria, and rode from Peoria to Maquon in the wagon of Uncle John White, the father-in-law of * John Jones,* the present postmaster of Maquon. This narrative of the trip Uncle Fred gave at the gathering of many of his friends who met with him to celebrate his ninetieth anniversary. Since 1851 his home has always been in and near Maquon. Uncle Fred had many friends and few or no enemies. When quite young he was baptized in a Dutch Reformed church, the faith and doctrine of that branch of the Great Christian church being his choice. He lived and died in the faith of his early choice. He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him.

Burial: His gravestone in the Maquon Cemetery has his birth and death dates. Next to it is another stone that says "John Jones, 1 Lieut. Co. G 83 Ill. Inf."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Comp. by Knox Co. Genealogical Society, Galesburg, IL. Cemetery Records, Knox County, IL,, Haw Creek Twp
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2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Newton Bateman, Editor -in-Chief. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Knox County, 1899. (Name: Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago;)
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3. ↑ Comp. by Knox Co. Genealogical Society, Galesburg, IL. Cemetery Records, Knox County, IL,, Haw Creek Twp.