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Jones, Thomas A.
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FIRST: Thomas
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MID: A.
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| BORN: 20 Apr 1846
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DIED: 18 Feb 1914
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BURIED: 20 Feb 1914
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OCCUPATION: Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Indiana
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| DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
OSBH DC (Marion County) #494 - Thomas A. Jones, male, widowed, occupation farmer, b. 20 Apr 1844 in Missouri, d. 18 Feb 1914 in Salem, Oregon (10 miles east of) at the age of 69 y's 5 m's 28 d's, name of father Lewis Jones, maiden name of mother Mary McCalphin, interment 20 Feb in Warren [Mt. Hope] cemetery, informant Wm. Jones of Salem;
1870 OR CENSUS - Thomas Jones, age 25, laborer, b. Indiana, is enumerated with Lewis Jones, age 56, farmer, b. Virginia, and Mary Jones, age 50, b. Tennessee, along with Susanna, age 20, b. Missouri, Jane, age 18, b. Oregon, Cinderella, age 16, b. Oregon, Salem [male], age 12, b. Oregon, and Clara B., age 7, b. Oregon;
MARRIAGE - "Thomas A. Jones & Miss Ellen Short, m 30 Nov 1870 at house of John W. Short; Silas Williams, M. G. Wit: Henry M. & John W. Jones #1292 pg 515";
1880 OR CENSUS - Thos. A. Jones, age 35, occupation farmer, b. Indiana, is enumerated with his wife Ellen, age 28, b. Iowa, along with Walter, age 9, Bertha, age 7, Etta, age 5, and William, age 3, all born in Oregon
1900 OR CENSUS - Thomas A. Jones, age 54, widowed, occupation farmer, b. Aug 1845 in Indiana, is enumerated with children Etta G., single, age 25, b. Jan 1875 in Oregon, Edith M., age 21, single, b. Jul 1878 in Oregon, John C., age 20, single, b. Mar 1880 in Oregon, Clifford T., age 18, b. Apr 1882 in Oregon, and Bessie E., age 16, b. Mar 1884 in Oregon.
DISCREPANCY: DC birth year (1844) differs from marker (1846) - and 1900 census gives year of birth as 1845.
DISCREPANCY: Census records give place of birth as Indiana, but DC gives place of birth as Missouri;
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OBITUARY:
At his residence in the Waldo Hills Wednesday, February 18, at 11 a.m., T. A. Jones, aged 69 years.
Funeral services will be held from the residence on Friday at 1 p.m. Rev. P. S. Knight will officiate and the burial will take place in the Warren Cemetery.
Deceased was a pioneer of Waldo Hills section and leaves several sons.
Capital Journal 19 Feb 1914 8:5.
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INSCRIPTION:
Father
Thomas A.
1846 - 1914
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SOURCES:
Hellie, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
OSBH DC (Marion County) #494
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Jefferson, pg 246)
Marion Co. Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-71, Vol. I, pg 86
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Silver Creek, ED 85, pg 116C)
CJ 19 Feb 1914 8:5
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