Nelson JONES

Nelson JONES[1]

Male 1856 - Aft 1900  (> 45 years)

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  • Name Nelson JONES 
    Born 17 Feb 1856  IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 1900  [7, 8
    Notes 
    • 1856 IA census: found
      1860 census: found
      1870 census: found
      1900 census: found

      In 1856, J. G. (22, farmer) and M. A. (22) Jones lived in Rockford Twp. (Pottawattamie) IA with their son Nelson (0). They had been residents there for 0 years. John Green Jones’s father Hardin and sister M. J. Jones lived adjacent with their families.

      On 9 July 1860, John G. (26) and Mary A. (26) Jones lived in Rockford Twp. (Pottawattamie) IA, with their children Nelson (4) and Theodore (2). John G. was a farmer and had a $600 personal estate. Mary A. kept house. Their immediate neighbors were John G.’s sister Mary J. and her family; next to them were John G.’s father Hardin and John G.’s grandmother Elizabeth Jones.

      On 12 June 1870, J. G. (35, farmer) and M. A. (35, keeping house) Jones lived in Rockford Twp. (Pottawattamie) IA, with their children Nelson (14), Theodore (12), Parks (10), Elias (8), and John (6). All the children attended school within the yera. J.G.’s father Hardin lived next door.

      On 11 June 1900, Nelson (44) and Martha A. (41) Jones lived on a farm that Nelson owned and was mortgaged. Nelson was a farmer. They lived with their children Garland (female, 17), Elias (14), Mabel E. (11), Elmer (9), Maud D. (6), Mattie (4), and Mary R. (2), as well as Martha A.’s widowed father Alexander R. Mattox (86). Alexander Mattox was able to read but not write. Nelson, Martha, Garland, Elias, and Mabel were fully literate. Garland, Elias, Mabel, Elmer, and Maud attended school for 9 months in the past year. Nelson’s father John Green Jones and stepmother Jane Jones were this family’s immediate neighbors. James E. and Suzannie Deal were other neighbors.
    Person ID I17264  Complete
    Last Modified 6 May 2008 

    Father John Green JONES, Sr.,   b. 28 Mar 1834, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1901, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann MACE,   b. 12 Nov 1833, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1891, Rockford Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 7 Dec 1854  Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Family ID F6989  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Ann MATTOX,   b. 22 Jul 1858, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Feb 1878  [10
    Children 
     1. Alfred N. JONES,   b. 27 Aug 1878,   d. May 1953  (Age 74 years)
     2. Myrtle May JONES,   b. 19 Jan, but Bef 1881
     3. Gracie JONES,   b. 20 Feb 1881,   d. 29 Jan 1885  (Age 3 years)
    +4. Garland JONES,   b. 6 Apr 1883, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1948  (Age 65 years)
     5. Elias M. JONES,   b. 3 Mar 1886, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1949  (Age 63 years)
     6. Mabel E. JONES,   b. 2 Aug 1888, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1957  (Age 69 years)
     7. Elmer JONES,   b. 9 Oct/Nov 1890, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1957  (Age 66 years)
     8. Maud D. JONES,   b. 19 Dec 1893, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Mattie Martha JONES,   b. 2 Apr 1896/1895, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Mary Rebecca JONES,   b. 9 Mar 1898, IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1959  (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F7012  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA, child of John Green Jones and Mary Ann Mace.

    2. [S129] 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., ED 126, Sheet 5., b. Feb 1856, IA.

    3. [S134] 1860 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., p. 104., b. abt 1856 IA.

    4. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA.

    5. [S149] 1870 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., p. 3-4., b. abt 1856 IA.

    6. [S176] 1856 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., p. 870., b. abt 1856 IA.

    7. [S129] 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., ED 126, Sheet 5., alive at time of census.

    8. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA, alive at time of writing.

    9. [S112] 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co. IA, m. 7 Dec 1854.

    10. [S129] 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Pottawattamie Co., Rockford Twp., ED 126, Sheet 5., m. abt 1878.