Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/11428 Surname: JONES, ROBINSON, NORTH, ZIEGLER, WILSON ------------------------- Trying to catch up with the right Joneses. Looking for the 12 siblings of John R(Robert?) JONES that family maintains in oral history. John R. JONES, b. Feb 1830 (Greene Co PA/Guernsey Co,OH);m. Margaret NORTH 1851 OH; d. Jun 1923 Dickinson Co KS. Margaret was b. 1832 (OH), d. 1910, no additional parental or WILSON family info. John was one of the children of James and Elizabeth ROBINSON JONES. Mother, Elizabeth, died c. 1843. John apprenticed as blacksmith at age 13. John served in the Civil War- enlisted 1861 Co. E, 77th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, imprisoned Camp Tyler TX after Battle of Marks' Mills April 1864 till released Feb 65 and discharged at Brownsville TX 1866. Children b. to John and Margaret in Marieta, OH area: James E. 1854, Miles and Harriet 1856, Jane 1859, Amos 1861, Mary 1866, and Willism 1870. 1871-John and Margaret's family moved to Dickinson County, Kansas. In April, 1882, John established J. R. Jones and Son, manufacturers of Jones' Patent Windmills. The windmills had a revolving tower and an attached a feed grinder. I am descended from Amos and Henrietta ZIEGLER JONES. Henrietta is the daughter of John B. and Comfort Elizabeth WILSON JONES. Making connections to the past and to the present- will share information. Carol N-M