David, I found this in census reports on ancestry.com Tom Clements (researching CLEMENTS, LANGSTON, BYRD, STEELE, JONES, FIRESTONE, DOUGAN, ALLEN, MARSH, KOKO, KEPANI) 1870, Indiana, Marion County, Perry township, Southpark P.O., pg 24 182 184 Jones, John H 30 m w farm hand Kentucky Jennie A 28 f w housekeeper Virginia Ida M 3 f w at home Indiana ?Story? B 5 f w at home Indiana ?Frances? E 1 m w at home Indiana 1910, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis ward 12, district 219, Center township, #215 ??? 28 28 Oliver, Earnest head m w 44 m1 21 Missouri U.S. Washington DC laborer Factory ??? Ida wife f w 43 m1 21 Indiana Kentucky Virginia Flossie dau f w 18 s Indiana Missouri Indiana laborer ???? Roy son m w 16 s Indiana Missouri Indiana laborer bedspring factory Harry son m w 11 s Indiana Missouri Indiana Muriel dau f w 8 s Indiana Missouri Indiana Frank son m w 2 s Indiana Missouri Indiana ((next is indexed "Bliver" family)) 1920, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis ward 11, district 209, sheet 1a, 240 Prospect St 4 4 Oliver, Earnest head m w 54 m Missouri Illinois Washington DC laborer packing ?? Ida wife f w 52 m Indiana Illinois Kentucky Roy son m w 26 s Indiana Missouri Indiana Harry son m w 21 m Indiana Missouri Indiana machinist machine shop Flossie dau f w 28 m Indiana Missouri Indiana Muriel dau f w 18 s Indiana Missouri Indiana Frank son m w 11 s Indiana Missouri Indiana 1930, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, district 174, center township, sheet 13b, #738 prospect lane 256 286 Oliver, Earnest head m w 64 m 25 Missouri US District of Columbia foreman meat packing Ida wife f w 63 m 22 Indiana Kentucky Virginia Leonard, William son-law m w 28 m 24 Indiana Illinois Indiana photographer commercial Muriel dau f w 28 m 24 Indiana Missouri Indiana Oliver W g'son m w 9/12 s Indiana Indiana Indiana Oliver, Dorothy g'dau f w 8 s Indiana Indiana Indiana 1860, Missouri, Lacieda County, Lebanon city, pg 4 20 1 Reason Oliver 29 m w smith Indiana Mary 26 f w house work DC Charles 8 m w Ohio Alice 7 f w ditto Sarah B 5 f w ditto Martha 3 f w Arkansas Samuel 2 m w Missouri Cornelia 2/12 f w Missouri 1870, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville ward 4, pg 9 58 68 Oliver, Rezen 46 m w blacksmith Indiana Mary 37 f w keeping house District of Columbia Charles 18 m w painter Ohio Alice 17 f w house Ohio Sarah 16 f w house Ohio Martha 12 f w house Arkansas Sam'l 10 m w house Missouri Elizabeth C 8 f w house Missouri Jennie 6 f w house Missouri Ernest 4 m w house Missouri Emmet 2 m w house Indiana Nettie 1/12 f w house Indiana 1880, Indiana, Marion, Indianapolis, district 130, pg 14b, #572 137 145 Oliver, R.R. w m 60 (head) blacksmith (blank) Indiana Indiana Mary w f 49 wife DC DC DC Charles w m 30 son painter Ohio Indiana DC Nettie w f 19 dau Missouri Ind DC Jennie w f 17 dau Mo Ind DC Ernest w m 14 son student Mo Ind DC Emmit w m 12 son student Ind Ind DC Minnie w f 10 dau Ind Ind DC Rosa w f 8 dau Ind Ind DC John w m 3/12 son Ind Ind DC ((the rest could possibly be Ida or her father, but can't be sure)) 1880, Indiana, Vigo County, Terre Haute city, district 216, 21a, 914 First Street/East side 188 205 Singhurse, James w m 57 (head) laborer Indiana Pennsylvania Delaware Ellen w f 55 wife keeping house Indiana Delaware Tennessee Jones, Ida M w f 13 niece at school Indiana Pennsylvania Maryland 1850, Kentucky, Fleming county, District 1 975 1011 Henry ?Heste? 55 m w farmer Md Sarah 57 f w Va Fanny 25 f w Va William 30 m w farmer Va John H Jones 10 m w Ky Sarah C Jones 16 f w Ky 1850, Kentucky, Daviess County, district 1 352 362 George Jones 38 m w farmer Ky Mary J 35 f w Ky Mary E 12 f w Ky John H 10 m w Ky James 5 m w Ky George R 2 m w Ky Oliver Norris 32 m w farmer Ky 1850, Indiana, Montgomery County, Clark township, pg 513 545 558 James Manners 57 m w farmer ?M?a Leticia 52 f w Ky Nancy Husiter 25 f w Ia john Jones 11 m w Ky 1860, Indiana, Posey County, Black township, Mount Vernon P.O., pg 94 692 692 ?Daniel? Jones 62 m w farmer Kentucky Margret 63 f w - ditto Henry 19 m w farmer ditto 1880, Indiana, Shelby County, Marion township, district 204, pg 22b 182 185 Houry George H w m 31 farmer Indiana Clara A w f 28 Indiana Albert w m 9 Indiana Alonzo w m 4 Indiana Ottis w m 3 Indiana Jones, Henry w m 40 hand laborer Kentucky 2. E-book request (David E. Cann) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:47:20 -0400 From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> Subject: [JONES] E-book request To: "Jones List Posting" <jones@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000301c80912$815df960$6401a8c0@decann> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I would also appreciate receiving a copy of the Jones "e-book" when it is available. Please send it to the address in my sigline below. Strangely enough, my Jones ancestor was not only living during my lifetime, but is one of my major 17-year "brick walls." Following is her basic information: Name - Ida M. Jones (no idea what the "M." stands for) Birth - 19 Jan 1867 in Indiana Married - James Ernest Oliver in Marion County, Indiana Died - 1 Nov 1966 in Miami, Dade County, Florida I very recently discovered her parents' names, Henry Jones & Jennie Russell but I know absolutely nothing more about them than just that, no details whatsoever. I am hoping maybe this "Jones e-book" may shed some light on what has been a very frustrating search, but in the meantime if anyone else has even a small fragment of information on her or her parents, I would very much welcome hearing from you. Ida M. Jones was my g-grandmother, but my immediate family lost contact with her for a great many years. When I started working on the family genealogy 17 or 18 years ago I tried to find something on "my Jones line" at a time when I did not even know a birth surname for her. My wife and I still laugh about the time I discovered her maiden surname about two years ago, and the "shriek" I let out when I found it! Unfortunately, when I found it after all those years it was Jones, and given the number of Joneses in the world to look through, it only confirmed that "were it not for my bad luck I would not have any luck at all." And the search goes on. . . . . David E. Cann decann@infionline.net