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Jones, Elizabeth
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FIRST: Elizabeth
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| GENDER: F
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MAIDEN NAME: Allen
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| BORN: 7 May 1819
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DIED: 19 Apr 1890
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| BIRTH PLACE: Owen Co., Indiana
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| DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father Thomas Allen
Maiden name of mother Rachel Hart
MARRIAGE - Elizabeth Allen married Silas W. R. Jones in Owen Co., Indiana 17 Nov 1836.
1850 IN CENSUS - Elizabeth Jones, age 31, b. Indiana, is enumerated with husband Silas W. R. Jones, age 37, farmer, b. Kentucky, along with James T., age 12, Joseph, age 11, Rachel, age 9, William H. Jones, age 7, Susannah age 7, Silas A., age 5, Jesse B., age 4, and Madison L., age 1, all born in Indiana. Also enumerated with the family is Nelson Creack, age 20, farmer, b. Tennessee, and Elizabeth Helig, age 12, b. Indiana.
1880 OR CENSUS - Elizabeth Jones, age 61, b. Indiana, is enumerated with husband W. R. Silas, age 65, farmer, b. Kentucky, along with L. Madison, age 30, occupation lawyer, b. Indiana, Emma, age 24, occupation teacher, b. Oregon, Sarah, age 22, occupation teacher, b. Oregon, Scott, age 19, occupation farm worker, b. Oregon, Harrison, age 19, occupation farm worker, b. Oregon. Also enumerated with the family are grandaughters Mary Faine, age 15, b. Oregon and Alma Faine, age 14, b. Oregon.
BIOGRAPHICAL (From Annals of The S.W.R. Jones Family): "In physique she was tall and in later life rather majestic looking. Recall her, as I do, when she was dressed for church, in the black silk dress Grandfather bought for in St. Louis on the way to Oregon, a small black bonnet and a paisly shawl folded cornerwise with the point far down the back of a full skirt that touched the floor".
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INSCRIPTION:
Elizabeth A.
Wife Of
S. W. R. Jones
Died Apr. 19, 1890
Aged 70 Y's 1 M 12 D's
[shares monument with S. W. R.]
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SOURCES:
Hollin
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1850 IN CENSUS (Owen Co., Montgomery, FA #313)
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Gervais, pg 108D)
Annals of The S.W.R. Jones Family, pg 33
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