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Richard Jones was born in South Carolina to parents whose names we can’t confirm. He served in The War of 1812 and for his service he eventually secured a land warrant which he used for his land in Illinois. In about 1816, he married Margaret Jenkins and together they became the parents of eleven children. […]
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Mary Ann Jones was born in Tennessee, the oldest child of eleven born to her parents Richard Jones and Margaret Jenkins. Her family heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized. The family migrated through several states and towns with the Saints, settling for a time […]
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Direct ancestor Margaret Jenkins Jones was born in Tennessee to John Jenkins and Ann Stevens. She was the oldest of eight children born to her parents. In about 1816 she married Richard Jones. To them were born eleven children. The oldest, Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates Davies is our direct ancestor. Our ancestral line comes […]
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On the right is Maria Susannah Merrick Maddison Thorne, on the left is her daughter Flora Louisa Maddison Long Maiben and in the back Flora’s daughter Rosina Maria Maiben Jones with her daughter Mary Maiben Jones. Both Maria Susannah and Flora Louisa are direct ancestors.
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This portrait preserves the six daughters of Henry Maiben and Flora Louisa Maddison. Eventually all would marry and add their husbands’ names. They are Elizabeth Harriett Maiben Magleby, Flora Louise Maiben Bates, Phoebe Maiben Candland, Catherine Mary Maiben Candland ( Phoebe and Catherine married brothers ), Emily May Maiben Robbins and Rosina Maria Maiben Jones. […]
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Rufus Richardson was born in Vermont to Jesse Richardson and Anna Jones. He was the youngest child of four born to his parents. He migrated with his family from Vermont to Connecticut to Ohio along with many others, including our direct ancestor Timothy Watrous and his family. They settled in Muskingum County, in Monroe Township […]
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Nephi James Bates was born to Mary Ann Jones Jacaway and James Bates. Nephi’s mother was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and was living in the city of New Orleans at the time of James’ birth. She had children from her first marriage to Fields Jacaway, who had died an […]