Person:Levi Jones (5)

1850 Fountain Co., IN, census, p.89B, Shawnee Twp., July 29, 1850, John M. Hall: 46/46 LEVI G. JONES, 28 M, blacksmith, $700 real, IN[OH]; with his uncle, JOEL L. JONES, a blacksmith.

1851 March 20, LEVI G. JONES md. Mary J. FLOREY, Fountain Co., IN (Book 3, p.236).

1860 Fountain Co., IN, census, p.801, Richland Twp., July 10, 1860, Stephen Voorhees: 576/486 LEVI JONES, 38 M, farmer, blacksmith, $1500 real, $900 personal, OH; Mary J., 26 F, PA; Newman, 7 M, IN; Alonzo, 4 M, IN; Andrew J. CLOUSE, 23 M, farm laborer, IN.

1932 DAR transcription, Old Baptist Cemetery, courtesy Diana Lewis, Dec. 1999:

 JONES, Inf. dau. of Levi & M.J. ~ b. & d. Dec. 18, 1862
 JONES, Mary Jane, wf. of Levi ~ Sept. 13, 1831 - June 2, 1867

1868 Sept. 3, L.G. JONES md. Harriet POGUE, Fountain Co., IN (Book 6, p.101).

1870 Fountain Co., IN, census

1880 Fountain Co., IN, census, p.63C, Richland Twp., June 19, 1880, Horace Grey: 29/29 LEVI G. JONES, W M 60, blacksmith, OH OH OH; Hariet, W F 38, wife, keeping house, OH OH OH; Alonzo, W M 24, son, single, farm laborer, IN OH PA; Mary N., W F 13, dau, at home, IN OH Via; Berty, W M 8, son, IN OH OH; Wm. POGUE, W M 24, step-son, single, farm laborer, IN IN OH; Sarah E., W F 22, step-dau, single, IN IN OH; Frank, W M 19, step-son, farm laborer, IN IN OH.

"Levi G. JONES, farmer and blacksmith, Newtown, born in Hamilton county, Ohio, July 12, 1821, was the son of Jonathan and Nancy (CAUGHRON) JONES. In 1839 Mr. JONES, in company with his cousin, Griffin JONES [son of Isaiah JONES], walked from Cincinnati to this county, a distance of 200 miles, in four days, arriving at Rob Roy October 20. Again, in 1844, he traveled over the same ground, consuming five days in the journey. As soon as he arrived in Rob Roy he set about learning the blacksmith's trade [from his uncle, Joel L. JONES, a blacksmith]. He was in the place fourteen years, and all this time lived with his uncle [Joel L. JONES; see 1850 census]. He worked eighteen months making carding-machine irons and doing mill work. In 1851 (March 20) he married [Mary] Jane FLOREY. Two years after this he moved out on Shawnee prairie, and lived where Joseph FLOREY resides. From this time until 1862 he was associated with Nicholas WHITEHALL in the manufacture of plows [see his bio, pp.__]. They made and sold the first patented straddle-row cultivator in the United States, of which Mr. WHITEHALL was the patentee. Mr. JONES' wife died June 2, 1867. They had three children: Newman, born December 23, 1853; Alonzo, March 4, 1857, and Marian Etta, December 12, 1863. His second marriage took place September 2, 1868, with the widow of Lewis H. POGUE, whose maiden name was Harriet SLUSSER. Her parents came from Miami county, Ohio, in 1850. Before her marriage to Mr. JONES she had four children: Laura, born December 12, 1854; William H., October 24, 1856; Sarah E., May 3, 1859, and Albert F[rank]., February 27, 1861. The issue of the last marriage is one child, James Bertie, born November 9, 1871. In 1863 Mr. JONES was drafted for the army, but sent a substitute at a cost of $700. He has been a healthy, hard-working, industrious man, and has not been confined to his bed two days at a time for forty years. He is a democrat." --Beckwith, History of Fountain Co. (1881), pp.267-68.

Death of LEVI JONES. / LEVI JONES died at his home near Newtown Monday morning, Dec. 6, 1897 aged 77 years. He was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, and came to this county at the age of 28, arriving at Rob Roy October 20. / In 1851 he was united in marriage with MARY J. FLORY. To them were born four children, three of whom survive. His wife died June 2, 1867. His second marriage took place with the widow of LOUIS POUGE September 2, 1868. / He was a loving husband, kind father and a good neighbor to all, and leaves to mourn his loss a wife, four sons, one daughter and four grandchildren, also two sisters and one brother. / The funeral services were held at the Baptist church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Interment at the Baptist cemetery. --Attica (IN) Democrat, Thursday, December 16, 1897, p.2, column 5.

Card of Thanks. / We desire to express our sincere thanks to the many kind friends who rendered so much assistance during the sickness and death of our father. / LULU JONES [dau. of Newman and Sophia]. --Attica (IN) Democrat, Thursday, December 16, 1897, p.3, column 5.

1897 Dec. 23, Mason, Warren Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Lillice Jones Harper: "Have they written to you that Levi [son of Jonathan C. Jones] is dead. I had a letter from Nancy [Nancy Jones Thompson] / I think she said he was buried the 14th of this month. So they do leave us one by one." Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

1932 DAR transcription, Old Baptist Cemetery, courtesy Diana Lewis, Dec. 1999:

 JONES, Levi ~ July 12, 1821 - Dec. 6, 1897

1. ↑ H.W. Beckwith. History of Fountain County. (Chicago: H.H. Hill and N. Iddings, 1881)
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