This should be of interest to many who have asked many times about the drowning of the Jones family in the Illinois River. I asked my Aunt and cousin about the drowning and they had not heard about it. They were born in the 1920's, but all of the family lived up and down the Illinois River between Tahlequah and Scraper and further down I guess. My childhood dream was to live around there myself. Went up and down that road in January and to Molly Field Cemetery and Oil Springs which has is on a ranch now. It has a cemetery where some of my family is buried. There were some new headstones for some of those buried there, so there must be others who go there also. Do you know what part of the river the Jones family drowned at as to what area of the river? It is beautiful there now and must have been nice then also. My Great Aunt went to a school on the Illinois River in the area called Oil Springs. The outhouse is all that is left there now. Want to cross the Combs Bridge next time and go further down the river. Do you have any Robbins, Washington, Folsom or Pense names in your family? Oleta Willhite ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Marie Boatright Ryals <tciinc@ipa.net> To: <OKCHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 9:30 AM Subject: [OKCHEROK] Cade Jones > Posted on: Cherokee County, OK Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Cherokee/175 > > Surname: > ------------------------- > > Hi! > > I have been corresponding with a great-granddaughter of Cade and Mary Sullivan > Jones, just this week, through the Cherokee Co, OK Rootsweb List. She had > a query out for info on them. > > My husband's great-grandmother, Leona Pearl Hubbard, was supposed to have > been married to Cade Jones at one time, before his marriage to Mary. We > don't know if they separated, divorced, or what. > > Cade, Mary, and their daughter, Sarah, are buried in Manus Cemetery, Welling, > Cherokee County, OK: > > Kade Jones August 14, 1914 > > Mary Jones (no dates) > > Sarah Jones (no dates) > > They drowned at Horseshoe Bend on the Illinois River, which is not far > from Welling. The Welling side is called Etta > Bend. > > Contact me to get in touch with their great-granddaughter. > > Ann Marie > > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >