according to rootsweb worldconnect that would be samuel jones married to lucinda fields... he was born 1780 in south carolina i don't think this is my jones but this wiley jones belongs to someone out there... once i find them i can send them all the newspaper articles on that family On 10/5/07, susi c pentico <susicp@cox.net> wrote: > > Who was this Samuel JONES listed as his grandfather, does any one > have more data? Please Thanks SusiCP > > On Oct 5, 2007, at 6:20 AM, Mary Moeller wrote: > > > Date: 1902-3-12 Paper: Dallas Morning News > > > > DEATH OF MAJOR WILEY JONES > > Texas Pioneer Dropped Dead at Waco > > Yesterday While Walking on > > the streets. > > > > Special to the News: > > Waco, Tex., March 11--Major wiley Jones, the pioneer turfman > > of Texas, fell dead this morning while taking his customary > > forenoon walk. > > He settled in Texas in 1848, and moved from Milam County to > > McLennan in 1851. His father, Col. Aguilla Jones, a distinguished > > Tennesseean, was a lover of fine horses and when Major Wiley > > Jones left Tennessee to settle in Texas his father gave him part of > > his fine stable. Those were among the first fast runners, trotters, > > and pacers ever seen in the Lone Star State. On coming to McLennan > > County he started an improved stock farm on the Bosque twelve > > miles from this city and bred fancy stock at so early a period that > > some of his valuable animals were stolen by the Indians. Among > > his early experiences was a period of service under Capt. Jack > > Conner in the Texas Rangers, during which he fought Comanches > > and Lipans with distinguished gallantry. During the Civil War he > > served in the Fifth Texas cavalry and later in the war was appointed > > agent for the commissary department west of the Mississippi, and > > in that capacity supplied by purchase and capture 15000 head of > > beef cattle to the armies of the Southern Confederacy. In 1866 he > > was elected chief of the Waco fire department and president of the > > Waco and McLennan County Turf Association. He built two of the > > leading hotels in Waco and one of them he owned up to his death. > > Through the right of his grandfather, Capt. Sam Jones, who > > obtained a league of land by concession, in 1836, Major Wiley > > Jones became owner of valuable property which he improved. He > > married Miss Margaret Ellison, daughter of Joe Ellison, a famous > > pioneer. The surviving children are Thomas F. Jones of New Mexico, > > W. H. Jones of Waco, Mrs. J. E. Eagan of Waco and Mrs. W. H. > > Gibson of Marlin. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **********If this is useful let me know. Thanks > > > > -- > > http://www.genealogy4free.myfamily.com (tons of free stuff) by > > invitation > > only-- > > --------------------- > > Ask me about free ebooks dealing with genealogy such as: KENTUCKY > > PIONEER > > COURT RECORDS, HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY ILLINOIS, VITAL RECORDS OF > > TAUNTON > > MASSACHUSETTS to name a few. Its a private site and you have to be > > invited > > to get these free ebooks. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JONES- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JONES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- http://www.genealogy4free.myfamily.com (tons of free stuff) by invitation only-- --------------------- Ask me about free ebooks dealing with genealogy such as: KENTUCKY PIONEER COURT RECORDS, HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY ILLINOIS, VITAL RECORDS OF TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS to name a few. Its a private site and you have to be invited to get these free ebooks.

Thank you for the prompt response. I was not following post but read the obit. Some interesting things talked of in it. I will keep following in case this is the same JONES I am hunting. Thanks, Susi On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Mary Moeller wrote: > according to rootsweb worldconnect that would be samuel jones > married to > lucinda fields... he was born 1780 in south carolina > i don't think this is my jones but this wiley jones belongs to > someone out > there... once i find them i can send them all the newspaper > articles on that > family > > > On 10/5/07, susi c pentico <susicp@cox.net> wrote: >> >> Who was this Samuel JONES listed as his grandfather, does any one >> have more data? Please Thanks SusiCP >> >> On Oct 5, 2007, at 6:20 AM, Mary Moeller wrote: >> >>> Date: 1902-3-12 Paper: Dallas Morning News >>> >>> DEATH OF MAJOR WILEY JONES >>> Texas Pioneer Dropped Dead at Waco >>> Yesterday While Walking on >>> the streets. >>> >>> Special to the News: >>> Waco, Tex., March 11--Major wiley Jones, the pioneer turfman >>> of Texas, fell dead this morning while taking his customary >>> forenoon walk. >>> He settled in Texas in 1848, and moved from Milam County to >>> McLennan in 1851. His father, Col. Aguilla Jones, a distinguished >>> Tennesseean, was a lover of fine horses and when Major Wiley >>> Jones left Tennessee to settle in Texas his father gave him part of >>> his fine stable. Those were among the first fast runners, trotters, >>> and pacers ever seen in the Lone Star State. On coming to McLennan >>> County he started an improved stock farm on the Bosque twelve >>> miles from this city and bred fancy stock at so early a period that >>> some of his valuable animals were stolen by the Indians. Among >>> his early experiences was a period of service under Capt. Jack >>> Conner in the Texas Rangers, during which he fought Comanches >>> and Lipans with distinguished gallantry. During the Civil War he >>> served in the Fifth Texas cavalry and later in the war was appointed >>> agent for the commissary department west of the Mississippi, and >>> in that capacity supplied by purchase and capture 15000 head of >>> beef cattle to the armies of the Southern Confederacy. In 1866 he >>> was elected chief of the Waco fire department and president of the >>> Waco and McLennan County Turf Association. He built two of the >>> leading hotels in Waco and one of them he owned up to his death. >>> Through the right of his grandfather, Capt. Sam Jones, who >>> obtained a league of land by concession, in 1836, Major Wiley >>> Jones became owner of valuable property which he improved. He >>> married Miss Margaret Ellison, daughter of Joe Ellison, a famous >>> pioneer. The surviving children are Thomas F. Jones of New Mexico, >>> W. H. Jones of Waco, Mrs. J. E. Eagan of Waco and Mrs. W. H. >>> Gibson of Marlin. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **********If this is useful let me know. Thanks >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.genealogy4free.myfamily.com (tons of free stuff) by >>> invitation >>> only-- >>> --------------------- >>> Ask me about free ebooks dealing with genealogy such as: KENTUCKY >>> PIONEER >>> COURT RECORDS, HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY ILLINOIS, VITAL RECORDS OF >>> TAUNTON >>> MASSACHUSETTS to name a few. Its a private site and you have to be >>> invited >>> to get these free ebooks. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JONES- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> JONES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > http://www.genealogy4free.myfamily.com (tons of free stuff) by > invitation > only-- > --------------------- > Ask me about free ebooks dealing with genealogy such as: KENTUCKY > PIONEER > COURT RECORDS, HISTORY OF KNOX COUNTY ILLINOIS, VITAL RECORDS OF > TAUNTON > MASSACHUSETTS to name a few. Its a private site and you have to be > invited > to get these free ebooks. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JONES- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message