Jones
We've traced back to Daniel E. Jones in Vermont. It's not easy to trace the name Jones...
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Jones
Daniel E. Jones was born about 1782 or 1783 in Hillsborough, NH, later of Rochester, VT. According to his son's biography, he was of Welsh descent, and "at the breaking out of the war of 1812, he proved himself to be a modern Cincinnatus, by leaving his plow and walking to Plattsburgh, a distance of eighty miles, that he might serve his country" (History of Winona, Olmsted, and Dodge Counties, 1884, p. 1088; note: not listed in A List of Pensioners of the War of 1912, B. N. Clark,Vermon Antiquarian Society, 1969). The Rochester town records note that he purchased part of lot 3 from William Nason on 22 Jun 1816 for $675. He purchased more land in 1824, 1830, 1838, and 1847, and received pew #2 in the Methodist and Universalist Meeting House from Daniel Austin in 1830. On the 1850 census, he was a farmer owning $1600 worth of real estate; in 1860 he had $400 of real estate and $200 of personal estate (in 1853, he and Sally gave 1/2 their land to son Stillman, with all to go to Stillman upon their deaths: "Stillman B. agrees to maintain and support Daniel Jones and Sally H. Jones during their natural lives at my house in a comfortable manner that they may have a horse and carriage when necessary and proper may have two cowes and ten sheep and one pig if not otherwise provided for. . . also to pay what now remains unpaid of one Hundred Dollars to each of the children as their portion of his property. Agreement made on 20th Aug AD 1853.") In 1856 the farm and property "east of a certain Hemlock tree" went to Jeremiah D. Jones. Daniel died 3 Feb 1868 at the age of 85, in Rochester, Windsor Co., Vermont as recorded on his headstone there.
He married Sally Holt Baker (b. 3 May 1783 in NH, daughter of Ephraim Baker and Rebecca perhaps Simonds, perhaps of Hillsboro, NH). She died 26 Sep 1867 at age 84, in Rochester, Vermont, as recorded on her headstone there.
Children:
(thank you to Edward L. Galvin for the childrens' names. Contact him
for more detailed information on each of them.)
- Zilpha, b. 09 Dec 1805, Hancock, Addison Co. VT
- Lorenzo Dow, b. ~1808, d. 11 Apr 1839
- Rodney, b. 22 Apr 1811
- John, b. ~1813
- Lyman, b 1817
- Stillman B., b. btwn Jun-Sep 1820, m. Levina H. McKenna before 1847; children, Wooster Clarence b. ~1857, Alice b. ~1849, Caroline b. Aug 1850 (per 1850 & 1860 census).
- Sarah Freeman, b. 04 Jan 1823
- Samuel Taylor, (#8 of 11) b. 1 Mar 1825 in Rochester, VT. (see below)
- Jeremiah D., b. 13 Oct 1827
- Daniel
Samuel Taylor Jones was born on 1 Mar 1825 in Rochester, VT. He attended district schools until age sixteen. Then, according to the 19th c. Dodge County MN history, he received academical training at Otsego, NY (perhaps Gilbertsville Academy & Collegiate Institute?) and teacher training at the Normal School in Reed's Ferry, NH (perhaps McGaw Normal Institute, in the county of Hillsborough from whence his parents came.) Another county historical source lists his graduate from the State Normal Institute in 1848 (Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of Dodge County, MN, p. 109). He taught in Manchester, NH (at the graded school for three years) and Nashua, NH (school superintendent for two years of the Indian Head school). Continuing, "Mr. Jones first visited Minnesota in June 1858, locating on section 36, Mantorville township, of this county. In 1860 he took up his residence on the farm, but only for a short time, as he was engaged to teach the village school at Mantorville, which position he held for two years, when he again began farming. In 1866 he built a house on this farm costing over two thousand dollars. In 1876 he built a fine residence at the head of Owen street in Kasson, where he has since made his home, although he still runs the farm. Mr. Jones has always been prominent as an educator, having taught thirty-two terms of day school, besides singing-schools. In this state he has taught at Kasson, Mantorville, and Byron. He has served as county superintendent for three and one-half years [two terms - Bio Sketches; 1870 and 1871, records at Dodge Co. Hist. Soc., which has his handwritten ledgers], and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for forty-three years, and his wife a member for twenty-eight years. He has been an Odd-Fellow for over thirty years, and now holds next to the highest office in the order, that of Deputy Grand Master of the state. He is also a member of the I.O.G.T., and was a hearty supporter of the Grange during its existence, having passsed all of the chairs in each order" (History of Winona, Olmsted, and Dodge Counties, 1884, p. 1089). The Bio Sketches source also noted that he was a justice of the peace, court comissioner, fire insurance agent, and on-the-road representative of West Publishing Company of St. Paul. He died 12 Mar 1915 in Kasson, Dodge Co., MN.
He married 3 July 1853 in Manchester, NH, Louisina Prince, who was b. 1 Jan 1834 in Amherst, Hillsborough Co., NH. She attended 2 years at a female academy. They married back east, "when he entered the merchantile business [perhaps dry goods, in Manchester - Bio Sketches], which he continued until he found it necessary, on account of his wife's health, to move to Minnesota," according to their 1903 Golden Wedding Anniversary clipping from the local newspaper. Some three hundred people attended the anniversary, and if the weather had been better perhaps more would have. The article described: "Rev. Robt. Forbes, of Philadelphia assisted by Rev. James Castles, of this village, performed the ceremony of again uniting in holy matrimony this happy couple. . . the bride was dressed in a very becoming fawn colored silk dress and carried a beautiful boquet [sic] of blush roses. The groom was dressed in the conventional black prince albert suit. The bride was ushered into the church by eight young ladies dressed in white, two flower girls with baskets of flowers, and a maid. Each carried a large boquet of flowers. The bride rested upon the arm of Robert Taylor who gave her away at the alter [sic], where the groom recieved her during the rendering of Mendelssohn's wedding march. . . " She died 20 Aug 1909 in Kasson, MN. Both are buried in the family plot at Maple Grove Cemetery, just southwest of Kasson.
Children:
- Fauntie Ettie/Etta, b. 8 Sep 1855 in Manchester, NH, m. Robert J. Perry 17 Jul 1877, m. 2 Smith; d. 9 May 1947. In 1884 living in Helena, Montana Territory; in 1903, Manhattan, MT.
- Ione Grace Jones, b. 8 Aug 1864 in Kasson, MN; m. 31 Jul 1884 in St. Paul, MN to Frank Simon Murphy; divorced; she d. 7 Aug 1952 in Winona, MN and is buried in Kasson, MN (see Murphy page for more information and line to me.)
- Bertha T., b. 11 Feb 1866 in Kasson, MN, m. 24 Jan 1888 G.E. Greenleaf, m. 2 James B. Hays; d. 25 May 1945. In 1884, teaching in Dodge Co; in 1903, in Waukon, IA.
