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Pioneer Memorial Cemetery ~ William Henry Jones
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Jones, William Henry
LAST: Jones FIRST: William MID: Henry
GENDER: M MAIDEN NAME:  TITLE: 
BORN: 30 Sep 1842 DIED: 26 Jan 1855 BURIED: 1855
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Owen County, Indiana
DEATH PLACE: The Nook, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1850 IN CENSUS - William H. Jones, age 7, b. Indiana, is enumerated with father Silas W. R. Jones, age 37, farmer, b. Kentucky, and mother Elizabeth, age 31, b. Indiana, along with James T., age 12, Joseph, age 11, Rachel, age 9, Susannah [twin sister of William], 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. 

BIOGRAPHICAL: 1st burial at what was to become Pioneer Memorial Cemetery. 

BIOGRAPHICAL (From Annals Of The S. W. R. Jones Family, pg 37): "Grandmother had planned for him to be a Minister. When his father recorded the death of the sturdy lad who drove an ox team across the plains to such an early resting place, he wrote: "A stong minded, good boy."
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
William H.
Son of
S.W.R. & E. Jones
Died
Jan. 26, 1855
Aged 11 yrs
3 mo & 26 d's
SOURCES: 
Hollin
Saucy Survey & Photographs 
1850 IN CENSUS (Owen Co., Montgomery, FA #313)
Annals Of The S. W. R. Jones Family, pg 37
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