I am a serious researcher but why did I get this? Jerry Frazier >Resent-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 17:33:48 -0800 (PST) >References: Conversation <[email protected]> with last message <[email protected]> >Priority: Urgent >X-MSMail-Priority: High >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Cc: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] >From: "KENNETTE D. KLEES" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Jones, J. H. and Mary >Date: Sat, 22 Nov 97 18:53:55 PST >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by fp-1.rootsweb.com id RAA14732 >Resent-Message-ID: <"YqS2lD.B.znD.Hf4d0"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/237 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >Hi Ya'll, > >TEXAS PROUD - Native in my Heart! > >I enjoyed the article on the J.H. & Mrs. Mary Jones mystery. Very interesting and very touching. > >I am researching our family history and a possible Texas connection to: DICKERSON, Elizabeth (the only survivor of the Alamo). > >Would you happen to know if there is a website for the Alamo or the Women's Organization that maintains & protects the Alamo? I've just begun reseraching the Texas connection. > >Regards, > >Kennette >^()^ ^()^ >Angels > > > > > >Thank you for sharing! > >Regards, > >Kennette >^()^ ^()^ >Angels > >---------- >> >> I saw this on Texahoma roots and thought this might help someone so I am >> passing it along..... >> >> >> Reply-to: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> I am not researching this surname in this area but someone may be. >> >> The following article was in this morning's paper. I felt it would be >> of interest to any researcher that had JONES in their family tree that >> may have come to Texas or may have been born here. It's an unsolved >> mystery it seems and now, 122 years later this has come about: >> >> THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, November 20, 1997 >> Article: LOCAL GRAVE SITE ABANDONED SINCE 1875 - Historic cemetery >> wants to resell land >> Writer: Goerge Flynn >> >> In March 1875, a man identified only as J.H. Jones paid $50.00 to >> Glenwood Cemetery for a family burial plot. >> Three months later, Mrs. Mary Jones, presumed to be his wife, was >> laid to rest in one corner of the 40-square foot plot, large enough to >> hold 11 other graves. >> Jone left and never returned. Neither did his family or heirs. In >> fact, the cemetery shows no further contact in 122 years. >> Glenwood went to the Harris County courthouse this week to try to >> close the final chapter in the lingering mystery at the historic >> cemetery on Washington Avenue. >> It used a new law to petition state district court to have the grave >> site declared legally abandoned, a necessary steop before the remaining >> 11 lots are resold. >> Eric Anderson, an attourney for Glenwood, said the myster of Jones >> has defied legal researchers. They combed city directories from >> 1867-1875 and early archives on obituaries. >> Clues cannot be found even at the cemetery plot in question. On >> Wednesday, the chilly, fog-shrouded location revealed not even a >> headstone or marker for Mrs. Jones. >> The cemetery office's only records appear as handwritten notations on >> the yellowed pages of a large ledger. The purchase by Jones and the >> more uncertain burial of Mary Jones are reflected on two short lines. A >> small map denotes the site of her grave, but the name is followed by a >> question mark. >> The plot, marked by a single tree, is covered by closely cropped >> grass. It is bordered on one side by graves of the can of W.A. >> Carrington, fomerly of Buffalo, N.Y. His wife, Pattie, was buried there >> four years after Mary Jones. >> On the other side is the grave of Eva Osbrow, wife of H. J. Lahrssen, >> who died in 1916. >> Anderson said Glenwood does not propose to disturb the remains of >> Mary Jones, but would reclaim the other 11 grave sites for use by >> others. The plot (11 graves) would now cost about $10,000.00. >> The cemetery holds about 15,000 remains, including those of many of >> the earliest and most enigmatic Houstonians, such as reclusive >> billionaire Howard Hughes. >> In this case, the intrigue has come with the passage of years after >> interment. >> "It is a mystery", Anderson said. "Mr. Jones never even left his >> adress with the cemetery. And assessment or maintenance fees haven't >> been paid in 122 years. A lot has changed in that time." >> >> See ya, >> Lou Ann >> >> P.S. Never dull in Texas! >> -- >> ******************************************************************** >> During our research trips, when a book is purchased relating to our >> family's history or listing information of the area, we buy two: One >> to keep and one to donate to our Clayton Genealogical Library in the >> family's name or a member of the family. >> Lou Ann & Woody Lunsford >> NATIVE TEXAN 8310 Werner, Houston, TX 77037 TEXAS PROUD >> ******************************************************************** >> > > > >