Hello all, My Jackson County Connection is actually through my grandmother, Hazel Lorine VanZandt born DEC 4, 1919 in Herrin. And my her mother, Delphia "Dolly" Jones born in Murphysboro -- 16 May 1890. My grandmother I got to know really well, but her mother I met only once or twice and was very small at those times. I didn't know to ask the questions then that I would if I could today. I have two photos of Delphia and just want to know more about her and her family more. Delphia's parents were Jesse Franklin Jones and Susan Ann Aiken. Both of them died in Jackson County. I am looking for obits, or any ... ANY tidbits on the family that will help me get to know them better. Jesse supposedly died in a coal mine accident, but I don't know which one. A son, Jesse Jr. also died in a coal mine accident. I've heard a hero, in that he was trying to save someone else. Again, I have no idea which mine. Delphia was involved with some activities that might not have been considered on the up and up. I was told by a family member, that she killed someone defending my grandmother's honor. I'd think it would be in the newspapers there somewhere. There was also some sort of feud she managed to get in the middle of where people on both sides died. Well, for now, that is my connections!! Thanks for the time, Peggy A. Rowe-Snyder