William Hardin Jones (1810 - 1887)

Born 10 Sep 1810 in Casey, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Asenath (DeWeese) Jones — married 18 Oct 1832 (to 12 Feb 1860) in Putnam County, Indiana, United States

Husband of Mary C. (Mullinax) Jones — married 18 Oct 1860 (to 21 Mar 1881) in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Fox) Jones — married 16 Jul 1883 (to 10 Jul 1886) in Harrison, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1887 at age 76 in Loveland, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

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Biography

William Hardin Jones was born on 17 September 1810 in Casey County, Kentucky. ^[1] He was the son of Allen Jones and Elizabeth Smith. He married Asenath DeWeese on 17 October 1832 in Putnam County, Indiana. ^{[2] [3]} Asenath passed away on 12 February 1860. His mother Elizabeth was living with him in the 1860 Census. ^[4] He married Mary C. “Polly” (Mullinax) Skelton on 18 October 1860 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. ^[5] Mary passed away on 21 Mar 1881. He married Burnetta (Burge) Moss on 08 December 1881 in Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. ^[6] Burnetta passed away on 10 February 1883. He married Eliza (Fox) Mullinix on 16 July 1883 in Harrison County, Iowa. ^{[7] [8]} Eliza passed away on 10 July 1886. He passed away on 20 March 1887 in Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, He was interred in Branson Cemetery, Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find A Grave Index,"
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007,"
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850,"
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860,"
5. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,"
6. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,"
7. ↑ "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992,"
8. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885,"

• “Find A Grave Index”

Hardin Jones

Branson Cemetery, Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #14822071

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K624-V5D: 8 April 2021), Hardin Jones and Asanath Deweese, 17 Oct 1832; citing Putnam, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014421.

Hardin Jones

Event Type: Marriage License

Event Date: 17 Oct 1832

Event Place: Putnam, Indiana, United States

Sex: Male

Spouse's Name: Asanath Deweese

Spouse's Sex: Female

Officiator's Name: L B Harris

Number of Images: 1

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVS-YSC: 19 December 2020), Hardin Jones, Washington Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Event Place: Washington Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States

Hardin Jones Male 39 Kentucky

Acenith Jones Female 40 Kentucky

John G Jones Male 26 Indiana

Martha E Jones Female 14 Indiana

Amanda A L Jones Female 13 Indiana

Mary Jane Jones Female 11 Indiana

Ruth E Jones Female 1 Indiana

• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LQ-Y4W: 18 February 2021), Hardin Jones, 1860.

Event Place: Rockford Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

Hardin Jones Male 49 Kentucky

Elizabeth Jones Female 70 Kentucky

Samuel M Anderson Male 10 Indiana

Ann E Owens Female 17 Indiana

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-8B4Z: 30 October 2020), Harden Jones and Mary Skelton, 18 Oct 1860, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing reference, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,476,888.

Harden Jones

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 18 Oct 1860

Event Place: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

Sex: Male

Spouse's Name: Mary Skelton

Spouse's Sex: Female

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF POTTAWATTAMIE 1891 Mr. Hardin JONES in 1832 married Asenath DEWEESE, a native of Kentucky, who was born January 1, 1810, daughter of David and Elizabeth DEWEESE, who were the parents of a large family and moved to Indiana where they both died. Mrs. Jones was the youngest of their children. After marriage, he purchased a farm of 160 acres, heavy timberland, and improved it until the fall of 1855 which he sold and moved to Iowa, where he settled in Rockford Township, this county, upon 230 acres of prairie and timberland, which he purchased of G. Beebe, which had a cabin on it and 25 acres broken, and then proceeded to improve it. He afterward erected a frame house, 28 X 32 and one and a half stories high, built substantial outhouses, etc. and followed both grain and stock farming until his death. His first wife, already mentioned, died in 1859 and he then married Mary SKELTON, in October in that year, and she died March 9, 1881; and he next married in October the same year to Brunetta MOSS, who survived her marriage only about 18 months. In February 1883, he married Eliza MULLENNIX, and she died July 10, 1886, but he survived her death but a short time, dying March 20, 1887. ��He was Judge of Pottawattamie County and took an active part in the political affairs of the community; was Justice of the Peace for 21 years, Deputy Sheriff for several terms and held other official relations. He was a member of the Regular Primitive Baptist Church and the clerk for 40 years. In his family were the following children: Malinda Jane, born May 26, 1833, and since died; John G., the subject of this sketch; Martha E., born January 11, 1836, married A.L. JONES (since deceased) and now resides in Harrison County this state; Amanda A.E., born April 29, 1837, married John A. REEL and they reside in Harrison County; Mary J. born November 16, 1838, married Joseph MOSS and they live in Rockford Twp, this county; Ruth A., born February 6, 1841, married John A. MACE and died, leaving 5 children; and Silas H. born July 26, 1847 and died in infancy. John G. JONES, with whose name this sketch opens, is the second child in the above family and the oldest living; was married at age 20 years, December 7, 1854, to Mary Ann MACE.

!Birth: GSA Film #934,962, Pottawattamie County Histories, 1883 & 1891; "born on the Green River in Casey County, Kentucky"

He married Asanath Deweese on 18 Oct. 1832 at Putnam County, Indiana.Hardin Jones. Spouse: Asanath Deweese Ancestry.com. Indiana, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850.

CENSUS: 1840 Warren Township, Putnam, Indiana, pg 353 William Jones Males: 2 under age 5 Females: 1 under age 5 1 under age 10 1 between 10&20 2 under age 15 1 under age 20 1 between 40 & 50 1 between 40 & 50

CENSUS 1850 Washington, Putnam, Indiana Hardin Jones, age 39, farmer, born KY Aceneth, age 40, born KY John G, age 16, farmer, born Ind Martha E, age 14, born Ind Amanda A, age 13, born Ind Mary Jane, age 11, born Ind Ruth E, age 4, born Ind

CENSUS 1856 Iowa State Census Rockford, Pottawattamie, Iowa Hardin Jones, born KY, age 45, married, farmer Anneth Jones, born KY, age 46, married R.E. Jones, born Indiana, age 15 S.M. Jones, born Indiana, age 6

CENSUS 1860 Rockford, Pottawattamie, Iowa -- Post office Crescent & St. John (Harrison) Harden Jones, age 49, born Kentucky Elizabeth Jones, age 70, housekeeper, born Kentucky Samuel M Anderton, age 11, born Indiana Ann E. Owens, age 17, servant, born Indiana

CENSUS 1870 Rocky Ford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa -- Post Office Council Bluff 22 June 1870 Jones, Harden age 60, Farmer, born KT Jones, Mary, age 61, Keeping house, born NC [next family is John Green Jones Family]

CENSUS: 1880 Rockford, Pottawattamie, Iowa Hardin Jones, self, married, age 70, born KY, farmer, father born KY, mother born KY Mary Jones, wife, married, age 72, born SC, keeping house, father born SC, mother born SC Sintha Mace, GDau, single, age 17, born IA, father born TN, mother born IN

CENSUS 1885 Iowa State Census Rockford, Pottawattamie, Iowa Township 77, Range 44, Section 15 Hardin, Jones, age 75, married, born KY, farmer & stock Eliza Jones, age 55, married, born Indiana, invalid cons. Ellis Mullinix, age 18, single, born Indiana, lab. Melburn Moss, age 15, born Indiana

ILLNESS: Stricken with paralysis --- Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, September 2, 1886 HARDIN JONES, of Norwalk, was in Council Bluffs Tuesday. Mr. Jones came to Council Bluffs in 1855. He has continuously lived in the county since his arrival in the west. He was judge of Pottawattamie County court in 1886. He has been the husband of four wives, and has several interesting sons and daughters who lend comfort to Mr. Jones' declining years. He has recently been stricken with paralysis in his lower limbs, but is not suffering much distress from its effect. Hardin Jones has friends all over the county and western Iowa, and is a man of merit both socially and morally.

THE OBITUARY OF Hardin Jones Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, March 24, 1887 (Burial was in Branson Cemetery) Hardin Jones All of the old settlers of this county will regret to hear of the death of Mr. Hardin Jones, who died at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Moss, in Loveland on Sunday last. Mr. Jones suffered a paralytic stroke two years ago, from which he never recovered. He had reached the ripe age of 77 years, having been born in Casey County, Kentucky in1810. He came to Iowa in 1854, settling in this county, where he has ever since resided. He was a man of strong character and very positive in his convictions, and when once his mind was made up it was not easily changed. He was a good citizen of Pottawattamie for a third of a century, a strong democrat all of his life, and a steady member of the Baptist church for fifty years. The funeral took place at Loveland, and he was buried there.

Church Affiliations: Baptist

Occupation: Judge; Justice of the Peace; Farmer

Residency: Moved to Orange County, Indiana, 1817; to Putnam County, Indiana, 1826; to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1855

JOHN GREEN JONES, a prominent farmer of Rockford Township, was born in Putnam County, Indiana, March 28, 1834. His parents, Hardin and Asenath (DEWEESE) JONES, were natives of Kentucky whose ancestry remotely were Dutch, Irish and Welsh. Hardin JONES was born in Kentucky, September 17, 1810, and removed to Indiana, where his father died in 1853, leaving a wife and 14 children. The children were: Malinda, married Hugh ADAMS and afterward died; Hardin was the second; Lucinda married HUGH ADAMS and afterward died; Ewing G. deceased; Sarah, who married Luke SALES and died in Illinois; Rebecca, now the widow of Thomas SALES, and residing in Appanoose Co, Iowa; William M. and Jonathan, both deceased; Leanna, who married Luke SALES and is now deceased; Allen who lives in Mills County, this state; Elizabeth who married Joseph SKELTON and both are now dead; America, now the widow of Josiah SKELTON and residing in Pottawattamie County; James S. a resident of Rockford Township; and Harriet who died in infancy.

Mr. Hardin JONES in 1832 married Asenath DEWEESE, a native of Kentucky, who was born January 1, 1810, daughter of David and Elizabeth DEWEESE, who were the parents of a large family and moved to Indiana where they both died. Mrs. Jones was the youngest of their children. After marriage he purchased a farm of 160 acres, heavy timber land, and improved it until the fall of 1855 which he sold and moved to Iowa, where he settled in Rockford Township, this county, upon 230 acres of prairie and timber land, which he purchased of G. Beebe, which had a cabin on it and 25 acres broken, and then proceeded to improve it. He afterward erected a frame house , 28 X 32 and one and a half stories high, built substantial outhouses, etc. and followed both grain and stock farming until his death. His first wife, already mentioned, died in 1859 and he then married Mary SKELTON, in October in that year, and she died March 9, 1881; and he next married in October same year to Brunetta MOSS, who survived her marriage only about 18 months. In February 1883, he married Eliza MULLENNIX, and she died July 10, 1886, but he survived her death but a short time, dying March 20, 1887.

He was Judge of Pottawattamie County and took an active part in the political affairs of the community; was Justice of the Pace 21 years, Deputy Sheriff for several terms and held other official relations. He was a member of the regular Primitive Baptist Church and the clerk for 40 years. In his family were the following children: Malinda Jane, born May 26, 1833, and since died; John G., the subject of this sketch; Martha E., born January 11, 1836, married A.L. JONES (since deceased) and now resides in Harrison County this state; Amanda A.E., born April 29, 1837, married John A. REEL and they reside in Harrison County; Mary J. born November 16, 1838, married Joseph MOSS and they live in Rockford Twp, this county; Ruth A., born February 6, 1841, married John A. MACE and died, leaving 5 children; and Silas H. born July 26, 1847 and died in infancy. John G. JONES, with whose name this sketch opens, is the second child in the above family and the oldest living; was married at age 20 years, December 7, 1854, to Mary Ann MACE, daughter of Nicholas and Cynthia (LUSTER) MACE, natives of Tennessee. Nicholas MACE was born in Tennessee, January 25, 1808, of English, Welsh, Irish and German extraction and at age 24 married a lady who was born in Tennessee in 1811 and whose parents died when she was very young, when the daughter was brought up by an acquaintance. She married at the age of 21 years.

After that Mr. and Mrs. MACE moved to Indiana and resided until 1856, and then came to Rockford Twp, this county, settling upon a quarter section of wild prairie. Here she died, April 18, 1863, leaving five children as follows: Mary Ann, John A. who resides in Oklahoma; Millie Jane wife of Benjamin SPENCER in Boomer Twp; David A. a resident of Harrison County; Elias M. now deceased. Mary Ann was born in Tennessee November 12, 1833 and was married at the age of 21 years. Mr. Jones, after his marriage, was deeded by his father 90 acres of land on sections 14 and 15, partially improved; and he set out vigorously to work in completing improvements. He first erected a log house, 18 X 20 feet, farm buildings, built fences, etc. and followed grain and stock farming. He also set out an orchard of large and small fruits, planted shade and ornamental trees, and beautified the premises generally. He prospered and in 1872 he erected a fine two-story frame house 28 X 28 feet, including a veranda in front. He has added to his first purchase until he now has 700 acres of fine land, of which 400 are under cultivation and the remainder is in timber, meadow and pasture. As to political issues he is a stanch Democrat, taking zealous interest in national affairs; of course in local matters he votes for the candidates whom he judges personally to be the best fitted. He has been Road Supervisor, Township Trustee, a member of the Board of Education. He and his wife are members of the Primitive Baptist Church of Loveland.

Mr. JONES children are ten in number, born and named as follows: Nelson, born February 17, 1856, married Martha A. MATTOX; and Theodore, born September 1, 1859, married Mary A. WEST, both residing in this county; Parks D., born May 20, 1861, still at home; Elias A., May 8, 1863, married Sarah J. CASE; and John G., September 19, 1865, married Martha A. DEAL, both in this county; the next two died in infancy; Emery and Anna (twins) born August 20, 1870, Emery died November 8 following, and Anna died February 27, 1871; and Clarissa Jane, born June 25, 1873. http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/Bios1891-I.htm#JonesJG

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