Kinfolks
by Evelyn Flood

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This is the Solomon Jones Family as I know it.
Have updated this information somewhat as new information is found.
I usually order Civil War Pension and Military Records and find them more reliable than "handed from person to person information".
Use marriage, census and cemetery records for my information.

Did you ever play that game where you gather in a circle and one person whispers in the next person's ear a "word". And that word, in turn, is whispered into the ear of the next person and so on until it gets to the last person in the circle.
That last person is then asked to repeat the "secret word" That word, as it always turns out, is different than the word that was started by the first person.
Same thing in genealogy....one person writes something down and passes that information to the next person and adds her\his little thing to it, and so when each person adds their thingy to this original information, it is entirely different than the original word It is called "human nature" to brag and boast and stretch a story and add things that are not true. It is called gossip.

You will find that Maria Mayberry (as I show it), was one of Solomon Jones' daughters.
Read this article and also the Goodspeeds" History of the Ozark Region" and I think you will agree with me that Mariah Mayberry was sister to

Solomon and Elizabeth Burnham\Burnam Jones were the parents of:
(not in birth order)
(l) BENJAMIN JONES who married Anna TENNISON 11 March l841\42 in Searcy County, Arkansas. He served in Co. D, Second Arkansas Cavalry (Union) and drew a Civil War Pension.
Their children:
(1)Sarah Jane Jones married BALIS E. SPARKS 1862.
(2)John Jones married SUSAN D. DUNLAP in 1867.
(3)Lemuel Riley Jones married (1)unknown and (2) FRANCES L. ADAMS.
(4)Mary J Jones married LEVI SEXTON in 1882.
(5)Benjamin F Jones married (1)unknown and (2) DORA BYRD.
Benjamin F Jones was a deputy for Judge Parker out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas. See later story on the deputies.
(6)Enoch Jones married:
(1) SAMANTHA HUDSON and
(2) MOLLIE E. WHITTEN,
and (3) PEARLIE MAE BUNCH.
Enoch Jones was a deputy for Judge Parker.
See my web page on the deputies who rode for Judge Parker.

Benjamin Jones died 24 December 1900 and is buried in the Western Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.
Anna Tennison Jones died in 1913 at Tamaha, Haskell County, Oklahoma.

(2) THOMAS R. JONES who married:
(1) ELIZABETH "Bettie" HAMPTON ca l842
Thomas served in Co. F, First Arkansas Infantry and Co. D, Second
Arkansas Cavalry (Union) during Civil War and drew a Civil War Pension.
Their children:
(1)Roda G Jones
(2)Sarah G Jones
(3)Ruth M Jones who married THOMAS SHATSWELL.
(4)Elizabeth Jones who married JOHN A. RICKETTS.
(5)Mary J Jones
(6)William Jones, born Feb 1858 who was deaf and dumb.

Thomas R Jones married second to:
(2) TEMPA(maiden name unknown but she might be a Peoples) .
I have not tried to find information on Thomas' other children.
Thomas R Jones died on 25 June 1872 in Searcy County, Arkansas.

(3)JOHN W JONES, born 1825 in St. Francois County, Missouri, who died 8/30/63 at Mudtown, Arkansas during Civil War." Killed 14 miles Northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas on march to Cassville,Missouri.His death was caused by gunshot wound from the enemy before this soldier was mustered into Service."(per Connie Karle)
He is not listed in the Arkansas Union Soldiers Index so do not know
the outfit he was joining.
He married WINCEY HOLMES on 18 Jan 1853 in Pope County, Arkansas.
He is on the 1850 Van Buren, Arkansas census in Hartsugg Township, living with the Holmes Family.
He and his wife and 4 children are on the 1860 census in Pope County, Arkansas, Independence Township.
Their children were:
i: Washington Jones, born 1854 in Arkansas.
ii: Elizabeth J Jones, born 20 Mar 1856 in Pope County, Arkansas
iii: Benjamin Jones, born 21 Dec 1858 in Pope County
iv: James Jones, born 19 Dec 1859 in Pope County
v: John William Jones, born 3 Oct 1862 in Pope County.

(4) ELIZABETH M JONES, who married George Peter TORIX and
Josiah LANE. Elizabeth is related to the Floods.
See the TORIX STORY on my website.

Josiah Lane was taken, along with many other men belonging to the Peace Society, and marched to Little Rock about November 1861---no further information as to what happened to him.
He is on the 1870 Searcy County, Arkansas census,however.
Governor Rector gave men the choice of joining the Confederate Army or else. Many joined, but later deserted and joined the Union Army.

I have the l850, l860,1870 and 1880 census records for Searcy County, Arkansas.
Visit 27-27 in Calf Creek Twp.
LANE,Josiah 58 b TN
......Elizabeth M 55 b MO
......Seborn G 29 b AR
......Elias Solomon 18 b AR
......Susan E 14 b AR

From Peter Torix's Civil War Pension record(I do not have the complete file) and from the Newton County and Searcy County,Arkansas
marriage and cemetery records, plus family information.
Elizabeth Jones married Peter Torix(Tarick) on 10 Jan 1833 in
St. Francois County, Missouri, "Early Missouri Marriages by Susan
Ormesher".
Elizabeth Jones Torix and George Peter Torix's children:
Margaret Torix
Mary Catherine Torix
Peter Torix and
John Lewis Torix.
Father: George Peter Torix b ?? died ca 1843(place unknown but
possibly Polk or Pope Counties,Arkansas).
Mother: Elizabeth Jones Torix Laine married Josiah Laine after l845--
see Searcy County, Arkansas after l850,Tomahawk Township.
She had several Laine(Lane) children:
Sarah Lane b l849
Elias Solomon Lane b 1851
Susan Lane b l845 and possibly others.
See the "Torix Story" in my "Kinfolks Stories"

(5)NANCY JONES

(6)FANNIE JONES

(7)ISAAC JONES(died young)

(8)MARIA (MARIAH)JONES---believe she married DAVID MAYBERRY in Newton County, Arkansas ,but not absolutely positive. Many things point to this conclusion. Will be adding MAYBERRY STORY before long to my 'Kinfolks Stories' so watch for it.

(9)LEMUEL R JONES who married Cevina Gilmore on 26 Aug l853
in Newton County, Arkansas. (see his story below).

I put this on the Jones Gen Forum under Lemuel R Jones:
(updated since then).
LEMUEL R JONES: was born 1 Feb 1833 in St.Francois County, Missouri.
He married (1)SEVINA GILMORE 26 August 1853 in Newton County, Arkansas.
Lemuel served in Company D, Second Arkansas Cavalry (Union) during the
Civil War and drew a Civil War Pension.
children:
(1)William Riley Jones born 1854 in Arkansas married:
MARTHA A COOPER (Isaac and Narcissus Ritchie Cooper family)
in 1875. They were on the 1900 and 1910 Newton County, Arkansas Census
in White Township. Known children were:
(1) Mary Elizabeth Jones, born 1877.
(2) James M Jones ,born Jan 1879.
(3) Lemuel R Jones, born November 1887.
(4) William C Jones, born March 1890.
I was told he filed for divorce in May 1896, but they are on the
1910 census together??

(2)Benjamin Jones,born 4June1856 married EVELINE BEASLEY on 25Apr1881(pg50)Newton County, Arkansas. Benjamin died 5Dec1920 and is buried in Cummings Cemetery, Maud, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Eveline Beasley Jones, born 7Oct1861, died 17Nov1949 and is also buried Cummings Cemetery.
Happened to stumble across the Jones information while working on the
Blackwood Story.

(3)Jesse Newton Jones,born August 1858, married
(1) SUSAN ELIZABETH REEVES in 1877 and (2)MATTIE M CARLTON MATLOCK
in 1904 in Newton County, Arkansas.

(4)Sarah E Jones,born 1861 married GEORGE W.CHAMBERS in 1876.

(5)David C Jones,born August 1864 married LAURA DAVIS in 1885.

(6)John Kelse Jones, born 18 January 1867, married FRANCES ANN KEY in 1887.

(7)Mariah Alabama Jones,born 6Aug1869 married James C. WALLACE on 22Nov1883(pg146)Newton County, Arkansas. James was a U.S.Deputy Marshall for Judge Isaac Parker out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
Mariah died in Oct1901 with burial in Mellette Cemetery, Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. James was born in 1861 and died in 1915 with burial at Mellette Cemetery. James was son of Jackson Wallace and Edith Cooper

(8)Columbus L Jones, born 1872 married MARGARET BELLE TRUETT in 1892.

(9)Uriah S Jones, born 1875 died 1881 Newton County,Arkansas.

(10)Ann Paralee Jones,born 1878 married J. R. OSBORN in
1895, son of Eli L Osborn.

(11)J. A. Garfield Jones, born 1880, died in 1881 in Newton County,Arkansas.

Cevina Gilmore Jones died 15 June 1889 and is buried in Western Grove
Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.

Lemuel R Jones married:
(2)SARAH ELIZABETH "Betty" SANDERS WILBURN OSBORN on 4 August 1889 in Boone County, Arkansas. Her father was John SANDERS. She had married a WILBURN first, and then ELA L OSBORNE in 1876 in Boone County, Arkansas

Lemuel R Jones died 12 October 1903 and is buried in Western Grove Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.

(l0) (ll) (12)JONES children died before Lemuel R Jones was born.

These Jones men were born in St. Francois County, Missouri so it is
likely Elizabeth was born there too.

Have Benjamin, Thomas R and Lemuel R Jones' Civil War Pension records.
See "Goodspeeds Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region", page 337 re Solomon Jones.
Solomon's wife Elizabeth Burnam Jones died ca 1836,probably Pope County, Arkansas.
St. Francois County, Missouri is where Nathaniel Flood\Flud married
Mary Polly Jones in l833.
Could Mary Polly Jones be related??
Believe she was daughter of David Jones, Senior and sister to
Simon Jones of Newton County,Arkansas.
Elizabeth Flood married David Jones Jr. ca 1832 in St.Francois County,Missouri. Have copy of their marriage license.
Also David Flood married a SUSANNAH RHODE(Rhodes?) ca 1831 in
either St.Francois or Madison County, Missouri.
Simon Jones and Mary Polly Jones Flood were certainly related somehow
to the family of Solomon Jones.

Nathan and Mary Polly Jones Flood's first child Nancy Jane Flood Bray
Burdine was born in St. Francois County, Missouri.
Their next child and first son was named John"Kink"Flud also born in St. Francois County, Missouri.
Their second son was named David Flood (probably named after her father David Jones---following the old naming pattern).

SOLOMON JONES married (2) ELSIE LANE in Newton County, Arkansas after his first wife died. I have never found an Elsie Lane in any records.
He was in Pope County,Arkansas in 1836.

in 1850 in Searcy County,Arkansas, Visit #171, Tomahawk Township, but no wife is listed----he is living in the Evans household.
Believe he died in 1856.
But one note I have states he was born 1780 in North Carolina and died in 1856.
He was in St.Francois County,Missouri to 1834.

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