This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JONES, BRUNER, RILEY, HENDERSON, LITTLE, WHITE, WATSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YlB.2ACI/2032 Message Board Post: I have the names of several family members which could either be JONES/BRUNER. The letter I have is from Annie BRUNER whose first husband died Aug 12, 1899 and she then married Sep 3, 1903 to George BRUNER. In this letter she mentions Willie and his wife Stella having no children and Stella's death. Rammie or Ronnie has 5 children 3 Boys & 2 Girls who live in Purcell, Oklahoma. Carl is Secretary of a Mining Company in Mexico. Someone has 2 children named Alma and Carl. Brother Jimmie lives in Paris TX. The names of Uncle Granville Jones, Uncle (Jim) James B Jones born around 1841 in IL, Jim's son Johnie, Ella , and Nellie Bruner. James (Jr) Jones was the father to Granville and Frances A. Jones. Mother unknown. James remarried Elvira Henderson on 12 nov. 1836 in Johnson Co., IL. Elvira was born 1814 in KY. James and Elvira had James B. b 1841, John D. b 1844 (he went to WA & Alaska for the "Gold Rush"), Lorenzo Dow (commonly refered to a Ran Jones), Benjamin Franklin b 1847 IL, and Thomas B. Jones b ca. 1847 IL. James B. b 1841 in IL occupation was in retail dry goods and he married Isabella? and had John Jones b. 1866 IL and Alvin Jones b. 1869 IL. I have old letters dated in the early 1900-1924 time frame. One letter is from Richmond TX dated July 28, 1909 and is from Annie Bruner and was adressed to her uncle Ran(Lorenzo Dow Jones). There are letters written from Nellie Bruner to Allie ( JONES)RILEY(her cousin and my great grandmother). If anyone has connections to the Illinois Jones families please let me know. The James Jones Jun. mentioned earlier was born 1800 in Adair County, KY and his father James Senior was in Albemarle County, VA in 1790. James came from VA to KY then to IL sometime in the years between 1820 and 30. Johnson Co, IL was were the family settled. James drew up a will in 1832 in Johnson Co., IL. His will was used in 1840 when he died and it mentions male children named Henry, James, Bennett, Milton, and William. No female children were mentioned but there were female children in this family. His wife Elizabeth (White) Jones dies and there is a will for the year 1845 in Johnson Co., IL. If anyone has information on this family please contact me.