.... ^--^ ..... NANCY in CA. nwalchli@earthlink.net Subject: Re: SMITH and JONES OBITS > Almost forgot this one.... > > CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED LAST SATURDAY AT DRYNOB (1928) > Samuel A. Jones, a Civil War veteran, died last Saturday at his home near > Drynob, > aged nearly eighty -five years. > Funeral services were held Monday at the church at White Oak Pond , > conducted > by Rev. Charles McCallister, and the body was laid to rest in the cemetery > there. > Samuel A. Jones was born in White County, Tennessee. When nine years old he > came to Missouri > and lived the remainder of his life here. > He served his country during the Civil War and soon after its close was > married to > Miss Ellen Caroline Whitson. They became the parents of fifteen children, > ten of whom > are living and all but one of them, Vance Jones, attended the funeral of > their father. > Thee are fifty -seven grand children, and sixty four great-grandchildren. > The children are Mrs. Mary Ellen Long of Oakland, Mrs. Jane Renner of > Lebanon, > Mrs. Ada Murphy of Drynob, Mrs. Della Lewis of Drynob, Mrs. Ona Hemphill of > Lebanon, > Charley Jones and Lannie Jones of Drynob, Harrison Jones and Manuel Jones of > Russ, and Vance Jones of Park Hill, Oklahoma. > > Hope it helps > NANCY > .... ^--^ ..... > NANCY in CA. > nwalchli@earthlink.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mac Hayes <mach37@ptw.com> > To: Nancy Walchli <nwalchli@earthlink.net> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: SMITH and JONES OBITS > > > > Nancy Walchli wrote: > > > > > > Did you see any names of interest?!?!? > > > > > > The closest possibility I could find to Albert JONES was in the > > 1900-1929 group - Samuel A. JONES. Not too likely. I suspect my Albert > > JONES lived into the 60s or 70s. I tried the SSI death index several > > years ago, with no luck; maybe I should try it again, now that I have > > learned a bit more about searching there. > > > > I tried browsing the Ancestry.com census images for 1910, but that is > > very slow, especially since I don't really know what district to look > > in; the districts do not use the usual names I am familiar with. I > > should probably wait until I can find a census index. > > > > Mac Hayes > > >