Thank you so much for sharing your findings with us Jones researchers!! I really appreciate it!! Robin -----Original Message----- From: Kinklector@aol.com <Kinklector@aol.com> To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:12 PM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] Hezekiah Jones' family & wife #1 PINKLEY? (1850's - on) >Dear List, > >Finally had success today from the MO Bureau of Vital Statistics. I did what >you folks recommended....I said I was his great-granddaughter (a bit of a >fib) and I enclosed the original statement saying I paid the $10. That did >the trick as they sent me the death certificate. > >Allen JONES was b. 10 Sep 1837 in IN (according to the death certificate) and >d. 3 Feb 1913 in Christian Co, MO. It lists his father as Hesekiah JONES, b. >IN and Syntha PINKLY (actually, it looks like Pwkly with a dot above the >first part of the w). I realize the names are spelled wrong; this is how >they appear on the death certif. > >Here is Hezekiah's complete family: >Hezekiah JONES b. 1812/3/5 (depends on which census you read) probably in NC >marries #1 Cynthia PINKLEY? c. 1835 unknown place). They had 3 kids: > >Allen JONES b. 10 Sep 1837 m. Mary Ellen CARTER (probably in Christian Co, >MO) and d. 3 Feb 1913 in Christian Co. > >Nancy Ann JONES b. 17 Aug 1839 m. William "Bill" HEMBREE 30 Aug 1857 in Stone >Co, she d. 8 Oct 1917 in Stone Co. > >Lewis S. JONES b. c. 1844 m. 22 Sep 1863 Stone Co, MO to Matilda Adaline >SULLIVAN. I don't have Lewis' death date. > >By 1850, Hezekiah has no wife. I'm guessing that she died in childbirth or >shortly after having Lewis. > >I did not list birth locations for Allen, Nancy, or Lewis. In 1850, their >father says they were b. in MO, yet, when the children are older, they say IN >(as Nancy's and Allen's death certificates indicate and various censuses). >Nancy & Allen are listed twice in 1850 (Taney Co). They appear once with >their father and are also listed with the PINKNEY family (info courtsey of Jo >:) My comments are in CAPS). > >1850 Newton Township > >House number 174 >PINKNEY, A. (Allen) age 26, male IN >PINKNEY, R.A. (Rachel Merit), age 22, female IN >PINKNEY, L.A., age 4, female MO >JONES, A. age 13, male, IN (THIS IS ALLEN, Hez's SON). >JONES N.A. age 11, female IN (THIS IS NANCY ANN, Hez's DAUGHTER) >Allen d-Jun 1856 Stone Co. (I THINK THIS REFERS TO ALLEN PINKNEY). > >Swan Township >House number 116 >Jones, H., (Hezekiah) age 38 male NC > A., age 13, male MO (THIS IS ALLEN) > N., age 11, female MO (THIS IS NANCY ANN) > L.S., (Lewis S.) age 6, male MO (IT ALREADY SAYS LEWIS). > >I'm guessing that the kids really weren't living with Hez. I'm hoping that >the Pinkley's were his first wife's relatives. I don't know where Lewis S. >was really living in 1850. > >Why would dad say his children born in MO and others and the kids later say >IN? I need to find Hez & Cyn's marriage....I'm not too sure if it would be >in MO or IN. > >Jo made the following note to me. I may have to poke around here: > ><<There were Taney County Jones who migrated from NC to Morgan County Indiana. >It was a popular migration route. So if Hezekiah was born in NC perhaps his >family took that route.>> > >Hezekiah married a 2nd time to Nancy Parril(l)a/Paralee MATHES on 16 Jun 1854 >in Stone Co MO. They have 3 more kids: > >William Riley JONES b. 16 Feb 1855 (tombstone...hey MaryAnn, that means this >was an 8-month pregnancy in the 1850's?) m. 1886 Christian Co MO to Sarah >Ellen McELHANEY, he d. 25 Feb 1910 in Stone Co, MO > >Asa G. JONES b. 6 Mar 1858 Stone Co MO, m. 18 Aug 1878 Stone Co MO to Mary >Jane YOUNGBLOOD, he d. 7 Jan 1940. > >Sarah JONES b. c. 1859/60 Stone Co MO. No further info at this time. > >Hezekiah dies between 15 Jan 1872 (when he was issued a land patent) and 1 >Nov 1873 (when his widow Nancy has the land patent put in her name). > >Can anyone shed more light on this? Or any info about the PINKLEYs and where >they came from? > >I'm going to poke around on the Stone Co. Webpage and answer half of my own >questions. > >Cheri Mello >Baffled in CA > > >==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >