Person:Joseph Jones (12)

!MARRIAGE:

*Marriages of Pottawattamie Co, IA; Bk A (Council Bluffs); applied 4 Sep 1872

!RESIDENCES:

*1840 - Bedford Co, VA
*1842 - to Ohio
*1848 - to Davis Co, IA
*1862 - to CO
*1862-1868 - in CO mining
*1869/1870 - to Macedonia Twp, Pottawattamie Co, IA
*1885 - Macedonia Twp, Pottawattamie Co, IA (Wư, NE ơ of Twp 74, Range 40,

Section 19)

!BIOGRAPHY:

*from obit in "Nonpareil": "Besides his wife, deceased leaves six brothers and

two children, a son and a daughter."

*from obit in "Nonpareil": "He changed his residence but once, when he moved t

Harlan, IA, for two years. After this he returned to the farm and then took up his residence in Macedonia, where he has lived ever since, although he directed all the work on the farm."

*from obit in "Nonpareil": "Mr and Mrs Ohio Knox [who are these folks? friends

or family?] of this city went to Macedonia yesterday and will attend the funeral. Mr and Mrs Grass have been there several days."

!CHRONOLOGY:

*1840 (18 Jan) - VA, Bedford Co, born
*1842 - OH, Ross Co, moved to with parents
*1848 - IA, Davis Co, moved to with parents
*1862 - CO, moved to
*1862-1868 - CO, mining [per obit]
*1869/1870 - IA, Pottawattamie Co, Macedonia Twp, moved to [per History of

Pottawattamie County, Iowa (1907)]

*1872 (Sep) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, married Mary E Bryan
*1874 (21 Oct) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, daughter, Flora May, born
*1875 (3 Jan) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, daughter, Flora May, died
*1876 (18 Feb) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, son, Charles M, born
*1877 (26 Nov) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, son, Charles M, died
*1878 (15 Nov) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, son, Ernest E, born
*1883 (Jun) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, daughter, Minnie J, born
*1884 (20 Jun) - IA, [Davis Co], mother died
*1885 - IA, Pottawattamie Co, Macedonia Twp, owned W 1/2, NE 1/4 of Twp 74,

Range 40, Section 19 [also owned 240 acres in sections 8 & 9 of Carson Twp and 80 acres in section 16 [could be 19] of Macedonia Twp which was sold to son, Ernest]

*1892 (8 Jul) - IA, [Davis Co], father died
*1893 (ca.) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, Macedonia village, moved to [per History o

Pottawattamie County, Iowa (1907)]

*1908 (9 Aug, Sunday, 7:00 a.m.) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, Macedonia, died
*1908 (11 Aug) - IA, Pottawattamie Co, Macedonia - funeral at the Presbyterian

church

1. ↑ .

   
   *Census: 1850, IA, Davis Co, Marion Twp, page 274, family #40 (indicates abt
   1840)
   *Census: 1860, IA, Appanoose Co, Union Twp, page 572, family #190 (indicates
   abt 1840)
   *Census: 1880, IA, Pottawattamie Co, Macedonia Twp, E.D. 262 sheet 8, page 420
   family #69 (indicates abt 1850 or 1844)
   *Census: 1900, IA, Pottawattamie Co, Macedonia Twp, E.D. ?? sheet ??, page ??,
   family #107 (indicates Jan 1840)
   *Obituary of Joseph Jones; (photocopy of clipping with Gary Treat from
   scrapbook with Carl Jones); says 18 Jan 1840 in Bedford Co, VA

2. ↑ .

   
   *Obituary of Mary E Jones; (photocopy of clipping with Gary Treat from
   scrapbook with Carl Jones); says 8 Aug 1908
   *Obituary of Joseph Jones; (photocopy of clipping with Gary Treat from
   scrapbook with Carl Jones); says "Sunday morning" which would be 9 Aug 1908
   *Obituary of Joseph Jones. "Council Bluffs Nonpareil", Council Bluffs, IA,
   Monday, 10 Aug 1908, pg 3 (copy from microfilm at the State Historical Society
   of Iowa Library (4/98), Des Moines, IA); says "Joseph Jones of Macedonia, Ia,
   aged 68 years, died at his home in that city at 10 o'clock Sunday morning of
   cancer of the stomach."

3. ↑ .

   
   *Obituary of Joseph Jones; (photocopy of clipping with Gary Treat from
   scrapbook with Carl Jones); funeral at the Presbyterian Church in Macedonia at
   2:30 p.m.
   *Obituary of Joseph Jones. "Council Bluffs Nonpareil", Council Bluffs, IA,
   Monday, 10 Aug 1908, pg 3 (copy from microfilm at the State Historical Society
   of Iowa Library (4/98), Des Moines, IA); listed as "Ernest Jones," son of the
   deceased