... Thomas M. and Lavenia A. (McFarland) Jones. The father was born near the present Hamblen County line, in Cocke County, Tenn., in 1816, and was the son of Daniel Jones, ... Thomas M., the father, is a farmer by vocation, and removed to Jefferson County in about 1845. He followed farming in Hamblen County for a number of years, and then removed to Cocke County. He moved from one place to another until 1884, and then took up his home with his son, our subject. ...