Mary Frances (Ward) Jones (1816 - 1887)

Born 4 Aug 1816 in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Abel Jones — married [date unknown] in Weakley County, Tennessee

Died 23 Oct 1887 at age 71 in Weakley, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Abel and Mary Frances had no children of their own but raised several 'Lowery' children. Mary Lowery shares a tombstone with Abel and Mary in Patterson Cemetery tho Find a Grave doesn't show any of these names.

Buried next to her husband in Patterson Cemetery, Weakley County Tennessee according to a story in the "Dresden Democrat".

A very nice lady who lives in the area had listed her email on the Weakley Co. Genealogy website and she responded to my email with this info:

The Weakley County Cemeteries books lists: Patterson Cemetery

Henry J. Ward 1788 - March, 1863 age 75 y

Penelopy Ward 1793 - November 15, 1865, wife of Henry J Ward, age 72 y Listed next to them are: Ward, Infant son, born and died July 8, 1883

Ward, Lellar Pearl, February 17, 1876 - June 10, 1878 Infant son and daughter of J.W. and S. P. Ward Several pages later are: Jones,

Abel Jones October 12, 1813 - January 24, 1881

Jones, Mary F. August 4, 1816 - October 23, 1897, wife of Abel Jones'

Lowery, Mary May 1, 1833 - May 9, (1)880 The 1 is missing in the book, probably a typo.

This book does not indicate whether there are double stones, but these are probably next to one another. These graves are listed next to the graves of my great aunt (died 1902), her children and husband. I have been there and their graves are next to the street and the front entrance to the cemetery, so the Ward and Lowery graves are probably located there also..

These listings are taken from grave stones and were cataloged August 13, 1978 and are in order as the researches found them. The first people buried here were in the actual cemetery in 1848.

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Research Notes

Note: CONC Abel and Mary Frances had no children of their own but raised several 'Lowery' children. Mary Lowery shares a tombstone with Abel and Mary in Patterson Cemetery tho Find a Grave doesn't show any of these names.

Buried next to her husband in Patterson Cemetery, Weakley County Tennessee according to a story in the "Dresden Democrat".

A very nice lady who lives in the area had listed her email on the Weakley Co. Genealogy website and she responded to my email with this info:

The Weakley County Cemeteries books lists: Patterson Cemetery

Henry J. Ward 1788 - March, 1863 age 75 y

Penelopy Ward 1793 - November 15, 1865, wife of Henry J Ward, age 72 y

Listed next to them are: Ward, Infant son, born and died July 8, 1883

Ward, Lellar Pearl, February 17, 1876 - June 10, 1878 Infant son and daughter of J.W. and S. P. Ward

Several pages later are: Jones,

Abel Jones October 12, 1813 - January 24, 1881

Jones, Mary F. August 4, 1816 - October 23, 1897, wife of Abel Jones'

Lowery, Mary May 1, 1833 - May 9, (1)880 The 1 is missing in the book, probably a typo.

This book does not indicate whether there are double stones, but these are probably next to one another. These graves are listed next to the graves of my great aunt (died 1902), her children and husband. I have been there and their graves are next to the street and the front entrance to the cemetery, so the Ward and Lowery graves are probably located there also..

These listings are taken from grave stones and were cataloged August 13, 1978 and are in order as the researches found them. The first people buried here were in the actual cemetery in 1848.

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Sources

United States Census, 1880

name : Mary F. Jones event: Census event date: 1880 event place: Greenfield, Weakley, Tennessee, United States gender: Female age: 65 marital status : Married occupation : Keeping House race or color (original) : ethnicity (standardized) : American relationship to head : Wife birthplace : Tennessee, United States birthdate : 1815 spouse's name : Able Jones spouse's birthplace : North Carolina, United States father's name : father's birthplace : North Carolina, United States mother's name : mother's birthplace : North Carolina, United States

[Tombstone Photo]

• Source: Story of Abel and Mary Frances (Ward) Jones https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/164037268/person/282399366566/media/e12fe323-2252-42c4-93d7-57271ea9272d?_phsrc=GrW419&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=1&sort=-created

• Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134058551/mary-frances-jones?_gl=1*16kenuf*_ga*MTg4MDY4NTc1Mi4xNjY4MTA0OTky*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3MTYzNTY1NS4xOS4xLjE2NzE2NDQ1MDcuNDYuMC4w

• Source: Mary Jones in the Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2865689:9176?ssrc=pt&tid=164037268&pid=282399366566

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Ward-5769 created through the import of DIANEWELDYTAVEGIA-10-90e0b0.ged on Oct 14, 2012 by Diane Tavegia.