> --- Patricia Beer <mamabear@uslink.net> wrote: > > My great grandfather Ephriam Peter Jones was born in > > New York July 1827 or July 1828. It is said his > > mother gave birth to him when she stepped of the > > ship. > > He married a lady named Testimony from canada their > > first child Vienna was born in Pennsylvania in 1852. > > I find them in Iowa census in 1860. they also have > > a son named Orley and a son named John. In 1870 > > Testimony is not listed. Ephriam married a mary Van > > Egle and they have 3 more children, Adeline and > > Susan and Eliza or Elizabeth who is very young when > > something happened to Mary Ephriam's 2nd wife. > > Ephriam married my g grandmother Eliza Jane Holden > > in Cedar Rapids Iowa at the Sherman House hotel. > > they migrated to Nebraska I find them in Silver > > Lake, Adams County Nebraska in the 1880 census and > > their son John is listed living with them (his age > > is wrong in the census transcript it says he is 8 > > and I think perhaps he is 18) Ephriam and Eliza had > > 7 children some born in Adams County and the rest in > > Ericson, Wheeler Co. Ne. > > Ephriam died in 1901. Do not know where. His > > oldest daughter Vienna married a mr Cookus and I > > found her in California in 1910 census. I am trying > > to find where Vienna was born to obtain her mother's > > maiden name. Also hope to find Ephriam's parents > > names. I beleave the courthouse in Wheeler County > > burned down and Ephriam's death record was lost in > > that fire. Eliza Jane remarried a Lewis Roblyer > > after Ephriam died. they both died in May 1929. > > Ephriam and Eliza were burried next to each other in > > the Pible Cemetery. this is information from their > > original obituary. Any other decendants of this > > Jones family? It is beleaved Ephriam had a brother > > named Charles who settled by the Blue River in > > Nebraska. Orlie Jones his son was killed in the > > Johnson County War in Wyoming he had homesteaded > > there with his brother John. John married and had > > one son whom he named Orley that son died unmarried. > > The movie Shane was written by John's wife's aunt > > and is about the Johnson County War. Thanks in > > advance. > > Oh yes the children of Ephriam and Eliza are: > > Stella who married a Kellogg, James, Jessee who > > died in infancy, Charles, Burt, my Grandfather, and > > 2 others. who's name I will have to look up. I > > have no idea what happened to Testamony or Mary or > > Adeline, Susan or Elizabeth who was 2 in the 1870 > > census. contact me at mamabear@uslink.net > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >