This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JONES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/1706 Message Board Post: Looking for info on WILLIAM L JONES b 1862 Illinois d 1925 Illinois Interstate ?? wife named: Lillian b 1868 Indiana William was a MINISTER in Merced County somewhere in SPRINGVILLE , CA Possibly Baptist or Methodist. He died c 1925 and is supposed to be buried in Saline County Illinois. He was supposed to have been a traveling preacher until he got to Ca and he settled down. A copy of a letter was given to me where he congratulates my grandparents on the birth of their daughter, my mother and is dated 9/1/1924. In it he mentions retiring and returning to Illinois for a visit. He is listed in the 1920 census for Merced Co Ca ANYTHING would help ! ! ! Thanks Steve sspunk@aol.com