Thomas Jones (1822 - 1851)

Born 1822 in Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Ann (Knowles) Jones — married 24 Feb 1842 (to Aug 1851) in Milford, Knox, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1851 at about age 29 in Greenbush, Warren, Illinois

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Biography

Thomas Jones, Jr., son of Thomas Jones and an unknown mother was born in Ohio in 1822. His mother died between 1824 and 1830. His father left Thomas and his brother Dennis to be raised by his parents in Ohio while he started a new family in Virginia.

In 1840, Thomas lives and farms in Milford, Knox, Ohio with his grandfather Thomas Jones, 65, from Maryland. Others in the household are his grandmother Winny and his brother Dennis. There is a female 5-9 and a female age 15-19.

Thomas, 20, and Dorothy, 19, were married in Knox County, Ohio on February 24, 1842.

In 1850, Thomas, 28, and Dorothy, 26, are living in Milford, Knox County, Ohio. They have four children: Andrew, 7, Mary E, 5, David J., 4 and Louisa Abigail, who is listed as “Laura”, 2. Thomas’s grandparents and his brother Dennis and his new wife, Elizabeth, live nearby. The three Jones men are all listed as farmers. Thomas, born in Ohio has $400 in real estate. Dennis, 26, born in Ohio has $1,000 in real estate.

Thomas and his family migrated to Green bush, Warren, Illinois sometime after June 1, 1850. They traveled about 360 miles on the National Road which was the first Interstate Highway in the United States.

A Cholera epidemic began in Green bush in June of 1851 and was so severe that many families left until it was over. Thomas, 29, died of Cholera on August 4, 1851 and was buried in the Green bush Cemetery.

Thomas M. Jones, who is also buried in the Green bush Cemetery, is often cited as Dorothy’s husband. He was not. Thomas M. Jones was born on August 4, 1824 and died February 6, 1892

Sources

1840 United States Federal Census for Knox County, Ohio – line #6 Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, Index FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1XRCR-M4S 1850 United States Federal Census for Knox County, Ohio – line #12 Marriage Registration David Knowles and Mary Stultz 11 of Oct 1832 1830 United States Federal Census for Knox County, Ohio – line #12-24 Ohio County Marriage, 1789-2013: Famlysearch.org Houghton Mifflin Companion to US History: http://www.answers.com/topic/cumberland-road http://www.connerprairie.org/learn-and-do/indiana-history/america-1800-1860/the-national-road.aspx http://www.history-magazine.com/natroad.html Greenbush Township Tombstone Inscriptions", compiled by the Warren County Illinois Genealogical Society (1983) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSiman=1&GScid=105907&GSfn=&GSln=Jones http://www.interment.net/data/us/il/warren/greenbush/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1538-4632.1969.tb00605.x/pdf https://contagions.wordpress.com/category/cholera/page 2 Find A Grave Index database; FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark/61903/1:1:QVL4-K5666 Photo taken by John Walters in April, 2015 http://usgennet. orgy/usa/Il/county/warren/marriages_c_end.htm Obituary: The Clarinda Herald, April 1921for Eliza Abigail Slump 1870 United States Federal Census for Warren County, Iowa 1880 United States Federal Census: Warren Co., Il Swann Twp Warren Co, Ill Death Bk B pg. 25 #3367 http://tjgnjg.blogspot.com/The Jones Genealogist, 1/15/2016