Henry Mabra Mobley

Notes:

They had six children.

Henry married Gladys Estelle Taylor on 20 Mar 1920 in Breckenridge, Stephens Co, Texas. Gladys was born on 13 Feb 1903 in Comanche Co, Texas; died on 2 Jan 1997 in Herford, Deaf Smith Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stafford Austin Mobley was born on 13 May 1927; died on 17 Jan 1977 in Castro Co, Texas.
2. Marguerite Ellen Mobley was born on 25 Jul 1926; and died.
3. Raymond Ruben Mobley was born on 25 Jul 1925; and died.
4. Dorothy Loutta Mobley was born on 30 Mar 1928; died in Jan 1997 in Hereford, Deaf Smith Co, Texas.
5. Doris LaNelle Mobley was born on 6 Dec 1931; died on 16 Nov 1988 in Hereford, Deaf Smith Co, Texas.
6. Don L. Mobley

Notes:

Youngest child of Charles and Eliza Ann (McClain) Mobley. He came to Texas sometime between 1870 and 1874.

Charles married Nancy Ellen "Nannie" Jones on 9 Oct 1884 in Marclina Com, Wilson Co, Texas. Nancy (daughter of Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev and Martha M. Ponton) was born on 31 Jul 1864 in Lavaca Co, Texas; died on 27 Nov 1950 in Richland Springs, San Saba Co, Texas; was buried in Afton Cem, Dickens Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 2 Jun 1870, Halletsville P.O., Lavaca Co, Texas
• Census: 16 Jun 1880, Lavaca Co (Precinct 5), Texas
• Census: 12 Jun 1900, Wilson Co (Precinct 3), Texas
• Residence: Abt 1901, Devilla, Milam Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1902 and 1905, Comanche Co, Texas
• Census: 1920, Kerr Co, Texas
• Census: 1930, Palmer Co, Texas

Notes:

They lived in Wilson Co, Texas, and all but the last 3 of their children were born there. Sadie, Ruth & Joel were born in Comanche Co.
Listed in Lavaca Co, Texas Census 1870 and 1880.
1890 - Wilson Co census
She died in the home of her oldest daughter at the age of 86, survived by eight of her children and 57 grandchildren.

Census:
Mabra M Jones 50 blacksmith 400, 300, Kentucky
Martha 24 keeping house Tennessee
Stephen 16 works on farm Missouri ck'd cannot write
Andrew 13 works on farm Texas Texas ck'd cannot write
Nancy 6 Texas
Nellie 2 Texas


Census:
16 Jun 1880 Lavaca Co (Precinct 5), Texas
1880 Lavaca (pg 460)
Mabra M Jones 1819 61 KY VA VA farmer
Martha Jones (Ponton) 32 1848 TX
E. Nannie 15 1865 TX
Laura 9 1871 TX
A. Joel 6 1874 TX
J. Thomas 2 1878 TX
Ponton, T. James 27 1853 Brother-in-law 1870 works on farm

Census:
Charles Mobley 37 Sep 1862 SC SC SC
Nannie Mobley 35 Aug 1864 TX MO TX
Addie Mobley 14 Jul 1885
Sherrell Mobley 13 Oct 1886
Chas J Mobley 11 Nov 1888
Henry M Mobley 9 Dec 1889
Thomas A Mobley 8 Jun 1891
Jesse Mobley 4 Aug 1895
Hardy B Mobley 2 May 1898
Eula M Mobley 3/12 Mar 1900


Residence:
"Addie told that she remembered going to school in Devilla, Milam Co, which must have been about 1901."

Census:
Charley J Mobley 57
Nannie E Mobley 55
Eula M Mobley 19
Sadie L Mobley 18
Ruth E Mobley 16



Census:
Frank Milles 24
Ruth E Milles 24
Mattie L Milles 4
Ben L Milles 3/12
Nannie E Mobley 63

Charles married Eliza Ann McClane (or McClain) about 1860. Eliza was born in 1824 in South Carolina; died after 1880 in of, Wilson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Platte Co, Missouri
• Residence: 1844, Cass Co, Texas; came to Texas
• Residence: 1847, Victoria Co, Texas; moved to
• Religion: 28 Mar 1849, First Christian Congregation, Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas; church formed
• Occupation: 1850, Victoria Co, Texas; blacksmith
• Census: 20 Aug 1850, Victoria, Victoria Co, Texas
• Census: 20 Aug 1850, Victoria Co, Texas; Agriculture
• Residence: 1852, Manahuilla Minnuvee Creek at Buzzard Roost Country, Dewitt Co, Texas
• Occupation: 1855, Victoria Co, Gonzales Co, Dewitt Co, Texas; blacksmith, preacher, judge
• Property: 9 May 1855, Dewitt Co, Texas; from Peter C Ragsdale
• Residence: 15 Jan 1856, Manahuilla, Dewitt Co, Texas; per letter
• Residence: 7 Aug 1856, Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas; per letter
• Residence: 14 Dec 1856, Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas; per letter
• Property: 10 Mar 1857, Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas; 1 acre from Marx Weil
• Occupation: 1860, Dewitt Co, Texas; blacksmith
• Residence: 6 Feb 1860, Dewitt Co, Texas; per letter
• Residence: 11 Jul 1860, Dewitt Co, Texas; per letter
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, Dewitt Co, Texas
• Residence: Bef 14 Aug 1860, Terryville, Lavaca Co, Texas
• Residence: 14 Aug 1861, Middletown, Goliad Co, Texas; per letter
• Residence: 10 Oct 1862, Middletown, Goliad Co, Texas; per letter(?)
• Residence: 22 Dec 1862, Middletown, Goliad Co, Texas; per letter(?)
• Residence: 8 Dec 1866, Terryville, Lavaca Co, Texas
• Occupation: 1870, Lavaca Co, Texas; blacksmith
• Census: 02 Jun 1870, Halletsville P.O., Lavaca Co, Texas
• Residence: 18 Dec 1870, Halletsville, Lavaca Co, Texa; per letter
• Residence: 25 Mar 1871, Oak Hill (near LaGrange), Fayette Co, Texas; per letter
• Residence: 23 Apr 1871, Halletsville, Lavaca Co, Texas; per letter
• Residence: 25 Aug 1872; per letter
• Occupation: 1880, Lavaca Co, Texas; farmer
• Census: 16 Jun 1880, Lavaca Co (Precinct 5), Texas
• Census: 21 Jun 1900, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
• Other-Begin: 10 Jun 1901, Waco, McLennan Co, Texas; Reunion
• Other-Begin: 1919, Waco, McLennan Co, Texas; reunion
• Research Notes: Abt 1978; from Olive Massie

Notes:

According to the Organization of the First Christian Congregation, his name was Mayberry, shortened to Mabry or Mabra, but spelled "Mabarie" by Margaret Ann Butts Cooley.

A blacksmith by trade, came to Texas in 1844. 1852 probably time that Loveladys and Jones moved over into Dewitt County on the Manahurla Minnuvee Creek, also called Buzzard Roost Country.
Olive Massie stated that he had "served as county judge of Gonzales for several years"(?)
____________
Known Chronology of Mabra and Lovelady family
1820 b KY (Mabra)
1821 - Mo - Sarah born
1831 - Platte Co Mo - Sarah's parents organize Salem Christian Ch
1835 - Jackson Co Mo - Jane Lovelady m Jackson Butts 29 Jan
1840 - MO - m Sarah Lovelady
1841 - MO - George born
1843 - MO - Mary born
1844 - TX - came to Texas - Cass Co.
1845 - Victoria Co - (in-laws James & Nancy, Board of First Christian Ch)
*1846 - M.M. Jones & James Lovelady shown in Cass Co, TX (near Arkansas) "Republic of Texas Poll List for 1846 - Mullins, 1984)
1846 - Victoria Co - Susan born (not verified)
1847 - Victoria County, only a few months after the Indians made their last famous raid to the coast country and burned Linnville, five miles south of Victoria. He soon accummulated some capital from the blacksmith business and invested in cattle, establishing a ranch in Goliad County.
1847 - - Jane Lovelady Butts d Aug 31
1847 - Victoria Co - Ann Lovelady m Alfred Allee Lee 4 Nov
1848 - Victoria Co - Nancy b (not verified. Nancy J. listed in 1850 Victoria Census as 2 yrs old, b in TX; is not listed in 1860 Dewitt Census)
1849 - Victoria Co - tax receipt for Jackson Butts
1849 - Victoria Co - listed as member of Org of 1st Christian Congreg Mar 28
1850 - Victoria Co census:
M M Jones 30 Blacksmith 300 KY
Sarah 30 MO
G.W. Jones 9 MO
Mary A 7 TX
Susan M 4 TX
Nancy J 2 TX
Richard Bonum 22 Blacksmith MO (b 1828)
Catherine Seber 9 DEU (Germany)
1852 - Goliad Co - Cyrus born Mar 1
1852 - Victoria Co - James Lovelady sold house to Edward Fink Apr 24
1852 - - Jackson Butts married Susan Bounds
1852 - Dewitt Co - Mabra moved - Manahuila Minnuvee Creek, Buzzard Roost Country.
1855 - Dewitt Co - Stephen born 14 November
1855 - Manahuila, Dewitt Co, Texas - Mabra Jones and James Lovelady there
1856 - Yorktown, DeWitt Co, Texas - Mabra there
1857 - Victoria, Dewitt Co - Andrew born 14 April
1860 - Dewitt Co - Mabra sold cattle and planning to move back across the river.
1860 - Lavaca Co - George in school in Goliad
1860, Feb - Henry born (1860 census taken in July states he was 5/12 yrs old.)
1860 Jul - boarder John F. Graves, age 25, blacksmith from Virginia
1863 - Dewitt Co - Sarah died
1863 - Lavaca Co - married Martha Ponton
1864 - Lavaca Co - Nancy "Nannie" born
1867 - Middletown, Goliad Co, Texas - made their move prior to this date. Move was
made just before Wed Aug 14 1867
1868 - Lavaca Co - Nellie born
1870 - Lavaca Co - Census: Nancy, Nellie, Stephen & Andrew w/Mabra & Martha
Laura and Tom born (twins?)
1870 - Goliad Co - Cyrus at age 18, living w/ relatives
1871 - Lavaca Co - Mabra officiated at marriage of his ftr-in-law Dr. Joel Ponton and Harriet Koonce Oct 1
1874 - Lavaca Co - Joel A born (Nov 28)
1880 - Lavaca Co - Anna born
1883 - Lavaca Co - Alice (Alsie) born
1886 -Lavaca Co - John born
1900 - Palestine, Anderson Co


Census:
Platte County, Missouri
only date in the records is on first page in handwriting about swearing to the census tally and is dated 23 Nov 1840.
Ancestry scans numbering, this is page 28 of 92

Name: Stephen Jones
County: Platte
State: Missouri
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
John (18), Thomas 19
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Mabra (20)
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Stephen (48)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Emmeline (4) Eliza (10 - b.d.?)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Susan (16? - age discrepancy)
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
(could be Nancy or Nancy could be married and this is Sarah Lovelady who was b 1821 - depending on months, she could have been 19 at this time. Mabra is not in any census records on his own; and he is accounted for here.
Sarah is not accounted for in her father James Lovelady's
census record in this same county. Looks like Mabra and Sarah are newly weds and living with his father.


Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 8
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 8
_____________________
(ancestry scans numbering - pg 22 of 92)

James Lovelady
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 James (43)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Ann (1821-1825)
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Nancy (40)
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 3
Persons Employed in Learned Professional Engineers: 1

Girls: Sarah (19) - probably newlywed living with Mabra at Stephen's.
Jane: age unk, but married 1835; so she's gone.
Ann: age unk, she married in 1847 - this is Ann.


Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3

Religion:
We the undersigned, entertaining the same views of Christian Doctrine, Practice & Church Government, do hereby organize Ourselves into a corporate body as contemplated by an act of the Republic of Texas, approved Jan. 30th 1845. Do authorize the appointment of Trustees in Certain Cases and adopt the name of "The First Christian Congregation of Victoria". In order that we may receive the benefits of said act, we hereby constitute and appoint Felix B. Webb, Mayberry M. Jones, James Lovlady, Ann Allie and their successors in Office a board of Trustees to take & hold such property both real and personal for the use & benefit of said Congregation, has may hereafter be conveyed to the same. In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our names this 28th day of March A. D. 1849.

Signed,
Nancy Lovelady
James Lovelady
Felix B. Webb
Sarah Jones
M. M. Jones
Jackson Butts
Ann Allie


Census:
1850 - Victoria Co census:

Residence 6 (pg 1)
Jones M M 30 abt 1820 Male Kentucky blacksmith
Jones Sarah 30 abt 1820 Female Missouri
Jones G W 9 abt 1841 Male Missouri
Jones Mary N 7 abt 1843 Female Texas
Jones Susan M 4 abt 1846 Female Texas
Jones Nancy J 2 abt 1848 Female Texas
Bonum Richd 22 abt 1828 Male Missouri
Seber Catharine 9 abt 1841 Female Germany


residence 5 (pg 1)
Seber John 37 abt 1813 Male Germany
Seber Catharine 39 abt 1811 Female Germany


residence 16 (pg 3)
Butts Jackson 38 1812 Missouri
Butts Cathrine 21 1829 Tennessee
Butts Margaret 13 1837 Missouri
Butts John W 9 1841 Missouri
Butts A J 7 1843 Male Texas


residence 55 (pg 7)
Saml Middleton 44 1806 South Carolina
Mary Middleton 34 1816 Missouri
Elizabeth Middleton 15 1835 Texas
-William C Middleton 12 1838 Texas
-John Middleton 10 1840 Texas
Frank Middleton 8 1842 Texas
Amanda Middleton 3 1847 Texas

- William and John mentioned in one of Mary's lettere, that they had gone to a big church meeting



Census_Year 1850
Microfilm # 432-916
State TX
County Victoria
page line

240a 1 Lovelady James 53 Tenn pg0232a.txt
240a 2 Lovelady Nancy 50 S.C pg0232a.txt


232a 12 Jones Fielding 40 Ky pg0232a.txt
232a 34 Jones G.W. 9 M.s* pg0232a.txt
232a 32 Jones M.M. 30 Ky pg0232a.txt
232a 35 Jones Mary N. 7 Texas pg0232a.txt
232a 37 Jones Nancy J. 2 Texas pg0232a.txt
232a 33 Jones Sarah 30 M.'s* pg0232a.txt
232a 36 Jones Susan M. 4 Texas pg0232a.txt
232a 38 Bonum Rich.d 22 M.s* pg0232a.txt

232a 31 Seber Catharine 39 Germany pg0232a.txt
232a 39 Seber Catharine 9 Germany pg0232a.txt
232a 30 Seber John 37 Germany pg0232a.txt

1 16 16 Butts Jackson 38 M Labourer M.s*
REMARKS: Missouri
2 16 16 Butts Cathrine 21 F Ten
3 16 16 Butts Margaret 13 F M.s X
4 16 16 Butts John W. 9 M M.s X
5 16 16 Butts A. J. 7 M Tex

Richard Bonham with family in 1850 in Victoria.
in 1860 family in DeWitt (Clinton Twp) and Richard Bonham is too. (Jones & Lovelady not in Clinton though)
This time staying with
Oliver H. Stapp 42
Margaret 36
Caleb 9
Edward 11
Darwin 2
Laura 6
Dora 4
J Armstead 29 male
Richard Bonham 30 Missouri



1846 - Texas Census
1850
232a 12 Jones Fielding 40 Ky pg0232a.txt
1860
Fielding Jones 52 1808 Kentucky
Mary A. Jones 28 1832 Mississippi
James J. Jones 3, 1857 Texas
1860 - Victoria, Slave Schedule

Occupation:
Blacksmith by trade per census records, but he was also a preacher alongside his full-time preacher father-in-law, James Lovelady. Per family info, he was also county judge for several years in Gonzales county.

Property:
320 acres from Peter C. Ragsdale.
filed in Clinton, Dewitt Co, Texas, May 8 1855
Deed Record Vol F, Page 397 on May 10, 1855 by James N. Smith, Clerk - (bio of James N. Smith in Handbook of Texas.
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsm27


Note: Clinton is a ghost town in DeWitt County, in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]

Clinton was once the county seat of DeWitt County.[2] A post office called Clinton was established in 1849, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1886.[3]
(Wikipedia)

Clinton county seat starting in Aug 1850. Court was held in a log house until a log courthouse was built at a cost of $400 in 1852. A frame building was erected in 1855 and followed by a two-story courthouse in 1858.
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrc70

location of property
18 mi N 30 m W of Goliad
---------
Peter Chapple Ragsdale
3 Feb 1810 VA - 12 Mar 1882 San Marcos, Hay Co, Tx
son of Nimrod Ragsdale (1778 - 1835) and Mary Ann Chapple
Peter had a brother named William JONES Ragsdale.
Ragsdales are ancestors of Donna Foster's mother's line while her father's ancestors include Obed Lovelady (she is 7th cousin to Sherry thru Loveladys).
Peter Ragsdale might have been some kin to Mabra - maybe?


Property:
Purchased 1 acre on upper portion of Yorktown from Marx Weil for $65.

Marx Weil and family found in 1860 census, Goliad, Goliad Co, Texas census:
M. Wal (mistranslated from Weil) 48 1812
merchant, 1000; 10,000 France
Sarah 40 1820 merchant Bavaria
Edward 16 1844 merchant France
Selma 8 1852 Mississippi

Immigration to New Orleans
Passenger List taken on Board the Am. Ship Dumbarlon whereof Pendleton is Master, at the Port of Havre and bound for New Orleans
26 Feby 1848
Marx Weil age 36 France
Sarah 28 France
Edward 3 France

Residence:
Mary wrote to Susan, "Poppa preached at one of the houses close by, but we started to come home, met some more coming, all went to Dr. Throckmortons on the Cabeza to dinner. Poppa went one way us the other. We did not hear any preaching. I did not think there would be any person there. If it had not been so cold I think we would have had a good congregation."
(letter attached)

Census:
1860 Dewitt Co, Texas, Clinton P.O.
pg 36
residence 298
Mabra Jones 40 1820 blacksmith 3500 1500 Kentucky
checked "attended school within the year"
Sarah 39 1821 Missouri
George W. 19 1841 Missouri
Mary M 17 1843 Missouri
Susan D. 13 1847 Texas
Cyrus 8 1852 Texas
Stephen L. 6 1854 Texas
Andrew 3 1857 Texas
M.H. 5/12 1860 Texas
John F. Graves 25 1835 blacksmith Virginia

residence 299
Parker, M. 59 1801 Georgia
Elizabeth 49 1811 Tennessee
Amanda 17 1843 Texas
Mary T. 15 1845 Texas
Susan 10 1850 Texas
Isiah 8 1852 Texas
M.A. 5 1855 female Texas

residence 300
Parker, A.H. 23 1837 Texas
Elizabeth 23 1837 Alabama
Mary 1/23 1860 Alabama

residence 301
Jones, Enoch 74 1786 Delaware
Nancy 67 1793 North Carolina
Lewis B. 22 1838 Mississippi
Rabb Ulesses 29 1831 Texas
Rabb Malissa 27 1833 Mississippi
Tumlinson, Robert F. 7 1853 Texas
Rabb, L.B. 3 1857 Texas
Rabb, Paul M. 10/12 1859 Texas
Steddom, N.B. 13 1847 Texas

residence 302
James Lovelate 62 1798 minister 300 1,000 Tennessee
Nancy 60 1800 South Carolina

residence 303
Jacobs, G.W. 37 1823 Mississippi
Ellena 35 1825 Mississippi
Nancy T. 8 1852 Mississippi
Emeline E. 6 1854 Texas
Mary 2 1858 Texas

residence 304 (prob not related)
Stewart, Joseph 44 1816 Tennessee

(Ancestry translators had the Jones name spelled Louer, Mabre and Lovelady was written as Lovelate.)


(Ancestry translators had the Jones name spelled Louer, Mabre and Lovelady was written aas Lovelate.)


Census:
Mabra M Jones 50 blacksmith 400, 300, Kentucky
Martha 24 keeping house Tennessee
Stephen 16 works on farm Missouri ck'd cannot write
Andrew 13 works on farm Texas Texas ck'd cannot write
Nancy 6 Texas
Nellie 2 Texas




Residence:
Mary laments she does not know where his post office is.
"I knew Pa and George did not want to hear from me for they knew where to write to me and the knew I did not know where their Post Office was. I have written to Pa three or four times and he has never replied. I cannot bear to give up the boys but I guess they have forgotten me, or want to."
Going by address from last letter and 1880 census, he was probably still in Lavaca County.

Census:
1880 Lavaca (pg 460)
Mabra M Jones 1819 61 KY VA VA farmer
Martha Jones (Ponton) 32 1848 TX
E. Nannie 15 1865 TX
Laura 9 1871 TX
A. Joel 6 1874 TX
J. Thomas 2 1878 TX
Ponton, T. James 27 1853 Brother-in-law 1870 works on farm



Census:
Palestine, Anderson Co - Precinct 2, Vol 1 Ed 8 Sheet 11, Line 40; living in Palestine; according to census,
Mabry May 1813 in Missouri; age 87 years; married 37 years, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
Martha Sept 1852 (47 years old), 9 births, 7 living
Anna, Oct 1880 19
Alsie September 1883 16
John Aug 6 13

Note: Martha birth in error. Marriage was 1863, which if Martha b 1852, only 11 years. Headstone shows born 1844.


Other-Begin:
The following was furnished to Olive Massie by Nell Donaldson, daughter of Nellie Jones Wooten. She also furnished to Olive the picture of MM Jones in 1978.

Jones Family Reunion of 1901
Father and Seven Children Meet in Waco After a Separation of 35 Years

The Convention of the Christian Church in this city last week furnished the occasion for a family reunion which was enjoyed with intense delight by the participants.
Mabra Madden Jones, who lives near Palestine, Texas met seven of his children in this city and the father, brothers, and sisters spent the week together. It was the first time they had all been together since 1866, thirty-five years ago. Atat time the youngest was only six years old and the oldest was twenty-five. All had seen each other since that time but at different times and places.
The elder Jones is eighty-one years old and his children, seven in number, all live in Texas, but in different parts are as follows:
Dr. George W Jones of Proctor, Texas
Mrs. Sue M. Linthicum, 618 Earle St, East Waco
Mrs. Mary M. Moore, 1102 Columbus St, Waco
Cyrus Y. Jones, 575 Orleans St, Beaumont, Tx
Stephen L. Jones, 701 So. 17th St, Waco
Andrew P. Jones, Helbig, Jefferson Co, Texas
Henry M Jones, Palestine, Tx

Mabra Madden Jones, father of the five sons and two daughters named above, was born in Kentucky, in 1820. He moved to Missouri and in 1840 was married to Miss Sarah Lovelady, daughter of Elder James Lovelady. In 1844 he removed to Texas staying in Cass Co. until 1847, when he proceeded to Victoria, only a few months after the Indians made their last famous raid to the coast country and burned Linnville, five miles south of Victoria. He soon accumulated some capital at the blacksmith business and invested in cattle, establishing a ranch in Goliad Co. His first wife, Sarah, the mother of these seven children, died in DeWitt Co. in 1860 and in 1863 he married Miss Martha Ponton in Lavaca Co. Nine children blessed this union, seven of whom are still living.
At the close of the war between the States, the children of the first marriage separated and while they all remained in Texas; some of them are now living four hundred miles apart. They have occasionally visited each other, and all have visited their father; though this is the first reunion of the family. The father and the eldest son had not seen one another in twenty-four years. George, Cyrus and Henry had not seen one another in twenty-six years. All the others had not met in the last ten years.
The week had been passed in one continual and unbroken round of pleasure in which grand children and great grand children participated.
The father and seven children were photographed in a group and another interesting group was made with the Elder M.M. Jones, his daughter, Mrs. S.M. Linthicum, her daughter, Mrs. Runie M. Moore, and Mrs. Moore's daughter, Miss Ollie representing four generations.
The reunion will adjourn today, but the family recorded a pledge that if possible it shall be repeated every year in the future.


***************
10 Jun 1901 Waco, McLennan Co, Texas
reunion
Waco Times-Herald 1901
Mon., June 10 (8-4): Jones family reunion at Waco. Mr. and Mrs. Jones of Palestine met seven of his children. First time since 1866. Elder Jones is 81. The children: Dr. George W. Jones, Mrs. Mary M. Moore, Mrs. Sue M. Linthicum, Cyrus Y. Jones, Stephen L. Jones, Andrew P. Jones, Henry M. Jones, Mabra Madden Jones was born in Kentucky in 1820. To Missouri 1840, and married Miss Sarah Lovelady, daughter of Elder James Lovelady. In 1844, to Texas; blacksmith. Wife died in DeWitt county in 1860. In 1863, married Miss Martha Ponten in Lavaca county



Other-Begin:
Jones Family Reunion in Waco
ca 1919
A reunion of the Jones family,or a part of that big family is in progress this week in Waco. Nineteen members of the family from other parts of the state are here and are the guest of Stephen L. Jones, and his sisters; Mrs. Mary M. Moore and Sue M. Linthicum and their families.
The visitors are Henry M. Jones and wife, their two daughters and grand daughter, also their son L.M. Jones, wife and baby. J.W. Jones, brother to Stephen L. Jones. Henry M. Jones from Palestine.
Mrs. Reb Wooten, son and daughter from Fairfield, Tx. Mrs. Wooten is sister of the three Waco Jones.
Andrew P. Jones another brother from Beaumont.
Cyrus Y. Jones of Beaumont who was unable to attend on account of illness of his wife, is represented by his grand daughters; Misses Madge and Blanche Spinks and their friend, Mrs. Leah Stewart.
Mrs. F.F. Jones of Stephenville, widow of George W. Jones, the eldest of the brothers and their son J.B. Jones and wife of Valley Mills, were in attendance.
The reunion began Sunday and will end next Sunday. Most of the time is spent at the residence of Stephen L. Jones, 701 So. 17th St., occupied by himself and his two nieces, Mrs. J.J. Harris and Mrs. Runie Moore. Monday afternoon the entirch went to the top of the Amicable building and had a view of the city and surrounding country. Wednesday all were guest of Mrs. H.J. Stricker, daughter of Mrs. M.M. Moore, and thursday they enjoyed a visit to Cameron park. Friday they are taking in the 4th of July celebration at Cotton Palace Park.
These family reunions are held every year, alternating between Waco, Palestine, and Beaumont. Next year it will be at Beaumont. The first one was held in Waco in 1901.


Buried:
Mabra and Martha buried in East Hill Cem, Palestine, Texas
GPS coordinates of N 31.7635 and W -95.6169
This location is 85 feet east of a row of large pine trees, and 25 feet north of South Street.

Mabra* married Martha M. Ponton on 12 Jul 1863 in Lavaca Co, Texas. Martha (daughter of Rev/Dr Joel Ponton, Sr. and Rhoda Delaney, (1/2 Indian)) was born on 6 Sep 1844 in Lavaca Co, Texas; died on 11 Aug 1929 in Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas; was buried on 11 Aug 1929 in East Hill Cem, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 2 Jun 1870, Halletsville P.O., Lavaca Co, Texas
• Census: 16 Jun 1880, Lavaca Co (Precinct 5), Texas
• Census: 21 Jun 1900, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
• Other-Begin: 1918, Family Reunion, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas; summer

Notes:

Daughter of Dr. Joel Ponton and Rhoda Delaney James. Dr. Ponton was born 1802 in Lovingston, Amherst Co, Virginia, son of William Ponton and Isabell Moreland, and died 1 Feb 1875. He was buried on Koonce track near the Kent Place, Ezell, Texas. He was married to Rhoda, his second marriage, on 29 Mar 1839 in Jackson Co, Texas. Rhoda was b 16 Mar 1813 and died 5 Mar 1850 in Halletsville, Lavaca Co, Texas.
Joel remarried Mary Henderson July 11 1850 in Lavaca Co. What happened to end that marriage is also not known. On 1 Oct 1871, Lavaca Co, Mabra officiated at the marriage of his then father-in-law Dr. Joel Ponton, and Harriet Koonce.


Census:
Mabra M Jones 50 blacksmith 400, 300, Kentucky
Martha 24 keeping house Tennessee
Stephen 16 works on farm Missouri ck'd cannot write
Andrew 13 works on farm Texas Texas ck'd cannot write
Nancy 6 Texas
Nellie 2 Texas


Census:
16 Jun 1880 Lavaca Co (Precinct 5), Texas
1880 Lavaca (pg 460)
Mabra M Jones 1819 61 KY VA VA farmer
Martha Jones (Ponton) 32 1848 TX
E. Nannie 15 1865 TX
Laura 9 1871 TX
A. Joel 6 1874 TX
J. Thomas 2 1878 TX
Ponton, T. James 27 1853 Brother-in-law 1870 works on farm

Census:
Palestine, Anderson Co Precinct 2 (part of), Vol 1 Ed 8 Sheet 11, Line 40; living in Palestine
Mabry May 1813 in Missouri; age 87 years; married 37 years, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
Martha 47 Sept 1852 sic: Sep 1844, 9 births, 7 living
Anna, Oct 1880 19
Alsie September 1883 16
John Aug 6 13

Buried:
Mabra and Martha buried in East Hill Cem, Palestine, Texas
GPS coordinates of N 31.7635 and W -95.6169
Block 2, Lot 3, alley between Lot 4 next to Mathew Street. This location is 85 feet east of a row of large pine trees, and 25 feet north of South Street.


Died:
D.C.
Mrs. M.M. Jones
Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas, 6 miles south of city
widow, age 84
died Aug 11th, 1929, senility
no parents given
informant John W. JOnes, Palestine, Texas
bur East Hill Cem, Palestine.


Obit:
Mrs. Wooton's Mother Dies in Palestine
Mrs. M.M. Jones, mother of Mrs. J.R. Wooton of Fairfield died in Palestine Saturday (Aug 11, 1929) Burial was in the Palestine cemetery Sunday. Those attending the funeral from here were Mr & Mrs. J.R. Wooton and Mrs. Clyde Donaldson and by son (Wayne).
Mrs. Jones is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Wooton, Mrs. Paul Buford of Palestine, Mrs. Charlie Mobley of West Texas, Mrs. Shaver of Palestine, Mrs. Alton Bynum of Grapeland, and two sons, John and Tom Jones of Palestine.


Subj: Jones
Date: 12/29/00 2:43:34 PM Central Standard Time
From: kaywatkins@webtv.net
To: lumoto@aol.com

There was a notice of death in The Palestine Daily Herald when Mrs. M. M. Jones died. Date of paper was 8-12-1929. Have no idea what it says......my notes just have names and dates. I am not related.

Kay Watkins

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Mabry Madden Jones
Gender: Male
Birth Place: KY
Birth Year: 1820
Spouse Name: Martha Ponton
Spouse
Birth Place: TX
Spouse Birth Year: 1846
Marriage
Year: 1863
Marriage State: TX
Number Pages: 1

Isham married Penelope Jenkins about 1819 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, South Carolina. Penelope was born in 1800 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, South Carolina; died in 1852 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1817, Winchester, Clark Co, Kentucky
• Residence: Between 1822 and 1824, Boone, Harrison Co, Indiana
• Residence: Between 1824 and 1836, Meade Co, Kentucky
• Census: 1830, Brandenburg, Meade Co, Kentucky
• Census: 1839, Platte Co, Missouri ; Platte Co. Tax List
• Census: 1840, Platte Co, Missouri
• Occupation: 1840, Platte Co, Missouri ; manufacture and trade
• Census: 17 Oct 1850, Scott Co, Illinois
• Residence: 1853, Contra Costa Co, California
• Census: 31 Jul 1860, Contra Costa Co, California

Notes:

According to Freeda's research Stephen and Mariah were cousins.

1820 KY Cen. shows a Stephen Jones in Jefferson, Harlan, and 3 in Fleming Co's.

Lived in Henry Co, KY, then Harrison Co, Indiana

1818-1822- Henry Co, KY
1822-1824 - Harrison Co, IN
1824-1836 Meade Co, KY
1836-1838 Scott Co, IL
1838-1844 Platte Co, MO
1839 Platte Co, MO
1844-1853 Scott Co, IL


1830 Meade Co, Brandenburg:
Stephen Jones couple 30-40;
3 boys <5; 1 female <5; 1 female 10-15; 2 males 50-60;


mariah 35

aft 1836- 1838 - Scott Co, IL (2 years)
1839 Platte Co. MO Tax List w/ Loveladys and Linvilles
-----
1840 Platte Co, Missouri Census (Roll # 228, pg 112), manufacture & trade. No Twsp listed
2 males - 15-20 John (19), Tom (15)
1 male - 20-30 Mabra (20)
1 male - 40-50 Stephen (45)
2 female - 5-10 Eliza (10), Emmeline (6)
1 female 10-15 Susan (16 - hadn't had b.d. yet?)
1 fem 20-30 Nancy (would have been 18-?)

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NOTE: Also shown in 1840 Platte Co, Missouri census are:
Thomas Jones couple 50-60
Gabriel Madden and wife, age 20-30; 1 male under 5, 1 female under 5, and 1 male 5-10.
Lewis Jones and wife: age 20-30; 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10.
William Jones couple 20-30, and male <5
William J Jones couple under 20 and 1 male <5
George Jones couple under 20 and 2 females <5
Rodham Jones couple 20-30, 1 male <5, 1 female 15-20; 1 female 30-40
L.W. Jones; couple, 20-30; 1 boy <5; 2 girls <5;
1 girl 5-10; 1 girl 15-20
Joshua couple 30-40; boy <5; 2 boys 5-10; 1 boy 10-15; 1 girl 5-10

Hoy Jones couple, 60-70; couple 20-30; 1 boy 10-15; 1 boy 15-20; 1 girl 5-10; 1 girl 10-15; 1 girl 15-20
(not in search; but saw on pg; "Hoy" may not be right)

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1844 - bef 1850 Platt Co, MO

1850 Scott Co, IL census living with John Madden, age 80, farmer, born in VA and Catherine, 71, born in VA, his in-laws, along with his daughter Emmeline (age 16) and son John W (age 29), both born in Kentucky. Mariah is not shown, therefore, it is assumed she died prior to the census.

NOTE: 1850 Scott Co, also shows Samuel B. Jones age 30, b KY, occupation: Wagon Maker
wife Martha Jane, age 28, b Indiana
son Ephriam S., age 5, b Illinois
son William B., age 2, b Indiana

1853 - moved to Contra Costa Co, CA with a couple of sons.
1860 census - Contra Costa Co, CA
_________________________________

Subj: update
Date: 3/1/00 11:21:05 PM Central Standard Time
From: jjreedy@ix.netcom.com (John Reedy)
To: lumoto@aol.com

Hi Sherry,
Hope all is well with you and family.
Sandy and I are currently in Salt Lake City and so you now know what we've been doing.
I found Stephen Jones, finally. He and a couple sons did move to Contra Costa County, CA in 1853. He's on the 1860 census and he died in 1863 at the age of 71. Found his grave too and now have his birth and death date.
According to what I found, he lived in Henry Co. KY, then Harrison Co. IN for a short while, then to Meade Co. KY about 1822 until 1836, then to Scott Co. IL for two years, then to Platte Co. MO until 1844, then back to Scott Co. IL until 1853. Still haven't found Mariah, but I assume she died in Meade Co. KY. She is not on the 1840 Platte Co. census. Also found Stephen and the Loveladys and the Linvilles on an 1839 Platte Co. tax list.
Been hard at work trying to find Stephen's beginning too, but still have not found them.
We're stopping at Iowa City to see Becky on the way back and I'll write with more when we get back next week.
TIll then,
John
_______________
Date: 4/8/00 8:53:28 PM Central Daylight Time
From: jjreedy@ix.netcom.com (John Reedy)
To: lumoto@aol.com

From the "History of Contra Costa County", W.A. Slocum & Publishers, San Francisco, 1882, p. 587

JOHN W. JONES. - This much respected old pioneer, the subject of our sketch was born in Henry county, Kentucky, January 28, 1822. When but an infant his parents moved to Harrison county, Indiana, and after a short residence there removed to Meade County, Kentucky, where he was educated at the common schools, and resided until fourteen years of age. In 1836 he moved west to Scott County, Illinois where he resided for two years, and then moved to Platte County, Missouri, where he engaged in farming until the Spring of 1844. He then spent the next three years in boating on the Mississippi river, and in 1847 again settled in Scott county, Illinois where he resided until March 1853, when, with ox-teams, and accompanied by his wife and family, he started to cross the plains to the Golden State; after a trip of six months he arrived at his brother's place (Thomas) in Lafayette, Contra Costa county, where he remained the first year, and in October, 1855, bought his present valuable place, consisting of three hundred and ten acres one mile southwest of Walnut Creek, where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Jones was united in marriage in Exeter, Illinois, May 30, 1852, to Miss Martha J. Arnold,, a native of Tennessee, by which union they have one son: Henry T.

From the July 3rd, 1860 census, Township #2, Contra Costa County, CA, page 88
John W. Jones, age 38, Farmer, $9,000 $8,600 b. KY.
Jane age 32 b. IL.
Henry T. age 3 b. CA
Stephen age 68, Farmer $0 $ 80 b. VA
Mabra Madden age 28, Farmer $0 $600 b. IN
Richard E. Madden age 22, Farmer $0 $50 b. IL

From "Death Notices, 1860-1899, Contra Costa, California", Bernard Freedman, Compiler, 1996"

Jones - At the residence of his son, J. Jones, near Lafayette, on Sunday last, Mr. Stephen Jones, aged 71 years. Deceased was a native of Virginia and came across the plains from Illinois in 1853.

From "California Cemetery Records, Contra Costa, California (Founded 1850), Vol 1 1854-1964, Compiled by Darlene Appell, Ellen Leloy, Jean May, Elaine Null, Ann Perry,Marjorie Wenger, 1980"

Lafayette Cemetery

JONES, Stephen d. March 8, 1863, age 71 years 15 days

Information taken from a 3 ring binder kept at the cemetery and from the tombstone
__________________

Lafayette Cem, Lafayette, Contra Costa Co, CA
http://coccc.tripod.com/lafayette_j-l.htm

it shows our Stephen,
John W, and wife Martha
Cecil Arnold Jones (Cecil B Jones, Lawrence Stephen Jones, Tom Jones, Stephen Jones)
Ella Hodges Jones (Mrs E.H.) - wife of Henry Clay Jones - son of Tom Jones.
Alms Leslie Jones - must be Leslie Jones, s/o Mabra R, s/o Tom Jones
Minnie Hodges Jones is wife of Henry Turner Jones, s/o John W

Other Jones I can't ID
Levi B
Mary E
Miriam Adelaide is probably who we (or I) have as Marion, dau of Henry Turner

Elizabeth (wife of Nathaniel)
Nathanial (found - not ours -- b in MO in 1820)
Wallace Lee (found - not ours)
----Family Search:---
Nathaniel Jones: FamilySearch, born 20 Jan 1820, Hawkins Co, E, Tennessee
died 31 Jan 1899 Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
M Elizabeth C. Allen 10 Aug 1842
b 2 Aug 1823 Missouri
d Jan 1904 Crockett, Contra Costa Co, CA
Father Isaac Allen
Mother Margaret


Wallace Lee - son of Nathaniel - b 28 May 1860 Lafayette
d 25 Apr 1888

Birth:
Census records show b.d. 1795

Residence:
In 1830, John Madden and Lettie B. Madden are living in Boone, Harrison County, Indiana.


John Madden
male 1761-1770 (60-69)
female 1771-1780 (50-59)
male 1791-1800 30-39
2 male 1801-1810 20-29
1 male 1816-1820 10-14
2 female 1821-1825 5-9
2 females 1811-1815 15-19

pg 1
Pell, Wm


pg 3
Jones, Thomas

pg 5
Pell, James
Pell, John


pg 7
Pell, Wm
Madden, John

pg 9
Madden, Lettle B
Maddan, Wm
Maddan, Wm
McAfee, Samuel (?)
Pell, Abram


pg 11 (in sequence)
Pool, Chester
Boon, George
McIntire, John
Conrad, George
Sapington, Richard



Census:
Stephen Jones (pg 11)
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 2
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

other Jones in Bradenburg 1830:
Redman Jones (pg 5)
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4

near Barham Madden (two entries between)
Name: Barham Madden
[Bonham Madden]
[Bnham Madden]
Home in 1830: Brandenburg, Meade, Kentucky
View Map
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2



William B. Jones pg 17
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total Slaves: 3
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11



Census:
Also listed is James Lovelady and Linvilles


Census:
1840 Platte Co, Missouri Census (Roll # 228, pg 112), manufacture & trade. No Twsp listed

Ancestry image scans have this page as 22 of 92
census closes out dated 23 November 1840

Name: Stephen Jones
County: Platte
State: Missouri
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 John (18), Thomas 19
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Mabra (20)
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Stephen (48)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 Emmeline (4) Eliza (10 - b.d.?)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 Susan (16? - age discrepancy)
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (could be Nancy or Nancy could be married and
this is Sarah Lovelady who was b 1821 - depending on months, she could have been 19 at this time
Mabra is not in any census records on his own; and he is accounted for here.
Sarah is not accounted for in her father James Lovelady's
cenus record in this same county. Looks like Mabra and Sarah are
newly weds and living with his father.


Census:
Madden, John 80 1770 Virginia farmer 800
Madden, Catherine 71 1779 Virginia
Jones, Stephen 55 1795 Virginia
Emeline 16 Kentucky 1834
John W. 29 Kentucky 1821

residence 578
Henry M. Stewart 46 1806 physician VA
Caroline 35 1815 VA
Clayton M. 18 1832 farmer VA
Horace 13 1837 IL
Eliza 10 1840 IL
Newton 8 1842 IL
John Hardin 4 1846 Illinois
(infant unnamed) 2 1848 female Illinois
Stewart Mary L. 9 1841 Illinois
Turner, Mahton P. 25 1825 male Illinois
Turner. Thomas Robinson 22 1828 Scotland


Census:
1860 Contra Costa County, Township 2, California
Post Office: Lafayette and Alamo
John W Jones 38 1822 Kentucky farmer 8,000; 8600
Jane Jones 32 1828 Tennessee
Henry T Jones 3 1857 California
Stephen Jones 68 1792 Virginia farmer $80
Mabra Madden 29 1831 Indiana 600
Richard E Madden 22 1838 Illinois $50
Simon Prior 23 1837 New York
John Hartman 30 1830 sea


Died:
Stephen Jones (1795-1863) was married to Mariah Madden. She died bef 1840 in Illinois; and in 1853 Stephen traveled to Lafayette with his son John W. Jones to meet up with John W's brother, Thomas Jones, who was already there. Stephen, and several of the family are buried in Lafayette Cem (as indicated below).

If you are researching this family, or if you are a descendant, I would love to trade info with you, and more importantly, meet you. I descend from another of Stephen's sons, Mabra Jones, who had traved to South Texas and settled in Victoria Co, about 1845.

Also, if anyone is local to this cemetery and would be willing to snap a few digital pictures, I would very much greatly appreciate some pictures of these headstones - particularly Stephen Jones as he is my 3rd g-grandfather.The

families are as follows:
1 John W Jones
Burial: Lafayette Cem, Lafayette, Contra Costa Co, California
b: 28 Jan 1822 in Henry Co, Kentucky
d: 1905 in Lafayette Cem..
+ Martha Jane Arnold
Burial: Lafayette Cem b: 1824 in Illinois d: 1873
..... 2 Henry Turner Jones b: 1857
+Minnie Hodges (Burial: Lafayette Cem, b: 08 Feb 1859 d: 17 Jan 1883)
..... *2nd Wife of Henry Turner Jones:
..... +Mary Rankin

3 Marion Jones (Mariam? bur in Lafayette Cem?)
b: 1900 in California

(There is a brief bio of John W Jones in "History of Contra Costa County" W.A. Slocum & Publishers, San Francisco, 1882, p. 587, stating that in 1855 he bought 310 acres 1 mi SW of Walnut Creek. His father Stephen died at his home at age 71 in 1863.

1 Tom Jones
+Margaret Southard
..... 2 Lawrence Stephen Jones +Jane Ayres
............. 3 Edgar F Jones +Lena Lutey
............. 3 Cecil B Jones +Anna Reynolds
..................... 4 Cecil Arnold Jones b: 1878 Burial: Lafayette Cem d: 02 Jul 1923
............. 3 Lawrence M Jones
............. 3 William H Jones b: 1883
............. 3 Maud M Jones b: 1886
............. 3 George W Jones b: 1889
..... 2 Henry Clay Jones +Ella Hodges (Burial: Lafayette Cem d: Feb 1914)
............. 3 Dwight Jones
..... 2 Emmeline Jones
..... 2 William Jones + ?
............. 3 Harold Jones
............. 3 Edna Jones
..... 2 Mabra R Jones
+ ?
............. 3 Margie Jones
............. 3 Leslie Jones Burial: Lafayette Cem d: 23 Jun 1905
..... 2 Dolly Jones +E.G. Gram
............. 3 Zoe Gram

The web page for the Cemetery is http://coccc.tripod.com/lafayette_j-l.htm

I've ID'd most of the Joneses listed, but these following names I do not have:
Elizabeth Jones
Levi B Jones
Mary E Jones
Miriam Adelaide Jones is possibly who I have listed as Marion Jones, dau of Henry Turner
Nathanial Jones
Wallace Lee Jones
___________________________
Two Madden cousins were also with the Joneses in Lafayette
-- Mabra Madden (b 1829 m Maggie Shafer) and Richard Madden (b 1838, m Emma Southard), sons of two of Mariah Madden Jones' brothers.

The Lafayette Cemetery has listed three Madden graves, one being William T Madden, an 8-month old son of Richard and Emma. The other two I do not know who they are, Jerry Madden (d 6 Apr 1948) and Johannah Madden (d 15 Dec 1933).

Looking forward to hearing from anyone interested in this family! :)

Note from Jordan Jones on behalf of Sherry Moyer Sharp (cousins)
- Jordan Jones
Added: Jun. 15, 2010

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=dfl&GRid=21928423

Buried:
headstone states
"Died March 8, 1863, Aged 71 years & 15 days."

Stephen* married Mariah* Madden on 26 Mar 1817 in Winchester, Clark Co, Kentucky. Mariah* (daughter of John* Madden and Catharine* Bonham) was born on 6 Nov 1795 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died before 1837 in Meade Co, Illinois (possibly). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
From: John Reedy
To: 'Sherry'
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:26 PM
Subject: RE:

Well, we know that she died after her last child was born 1834 and before the 1839 tax list of Platte Co. MO.

My guess is that the family moved from Meade to Scott IL after her death, then to Platte and then back to Scott.

If she died at Scott Co. IL, there is no marker, yet everyone else who died there has a headstone.

Really doubt that she got as far as Platte and there are poor records at Meade. So just my guess, but that's where I think she's buried.

Which mean that she probably died between 1834 and 1837? Or was that 1836 when they went to Scott for the first time?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1833, Missouri; moved to
• Other-Begin: 5 Aug 1840, Foley and Ponton Incident, Lavaca Co, Texas
• Religion: Between 1841 and 1842, Christian church congregations, on Rio Navidad; established two congregations
• Census: 25 Sep 1850, Lavaca Co, Texas; (no wife)
• Religion: 25 Mar 1854, Gonzales, Texas
• Census: 1860, Lavaca, Lavaca Co, Texas
• Occupation: Between 1866 and 1867, Lavaca Co, Texas; county judge
• Religion: Between 1850-1870, Christian church minister, Lavaca Co, Texas
• Census: 13 Aug 1870, Lavaca Co, Texas

Notes:

DeWitt Colony Biographies
Gonzales Town Residents
Town Lot Owners
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/innerresidents3o-z2.htm

Joel Ponton. Joel Ponton was both medical doctor and a minister of the Disciples of Christ Church. He married Sara Reavis in Cooper Co, MO on 5 Jan 1827 where they had children Andrew Judson (b. 4 Aug 1829; d. 12 Jan 1908, buried Junction, KimbleCo, TX), William Lee (m. Lutilia Ezzell 1856) and Jemima Jane (m. Thomas L. Hunt 1848). After arrival in Gonzales, a fourth David Barton (m. Lemelia Lay) was born 30 Apr 1834. On 31 Mar 1837, another son, Joseph Parthenias (m. Eliza Jane Bownds), was born in Columbus on the way back to the Gonzales area after their flight to East Texas. Wife and mother Sara Reavis Ponton died 31 Aug 1837 in Gonzales. On 28 Mar 1839, Dr. Ponton married Rhoda Delaney who adopted his children and bore more children Joel (b. 1842), Alexander (b. 1843), Martha and Ellen (and probably more) while Ponton ministered both to the physical and spiritual illnesses of his clients. Records indicate that he commonly applied steam and lobelia treatment, steam to cause sweating and lobelia (Indian tobacco) as an emetic. As a doctor, Ponton was in large demand and widely respected in the community, he had a large practice kept busy by the hazards of pioneer life. It is unclear if Dr. & Reverend Ponton practiced his spiritual ministry in the colony prior to independence. However, afterwards he was an enthusiastic minister in the early Church of Christ and established at least two congregations on the Rio Navidad in 1841-1842. In early Texas days, both of his ministeries combined could not support the large family. Ponton supported his family by as a rancher and farmer and also served the public in civil capacities. In spring 1839 after attending the death of his sister Mary Jane Ponton Patrick in San Felipe and the settlement of the William Ponton estate among the children, Ponton established his homestead on the Navidad River. On the way to the homestead on the Navidad, he purchased a 45 year old slave named Squire from James Campbell near Hallettsville. Both of Dr. Ponton's ministeries kept him on the road between homesteads and settlements, most frequently to Gonzales town. On 5 Aug 1840, he and Tucker Foley while on the way to Gonzales from their Navidad River homestead were attacked by a band of 27 Comanches on their way to the great raid on the coast at Linnville. Dr. Ponton survived, but companion Foley did not. On 5 Mar 1850, wife Rhoda Delaney Ponton died leaving him a 48 year old widower with 11 dependent children. On 11 Jul 1850, he married 18 year old Mary Henderson, one of six children of James and Lucinda Henderson from Water Hole Branch on the Lyons League about 12 miles south of Hallettsville. Joel and Mary Ponton settled near Hallettsville and had eight more children, Sarah, James, Alice, Laura, John, Lena, Henry and Victor Hugo.

Upon the death of his brother Andrew Ponton in 1850, Joel Ponton became the administrator of his estate by will of widow Mary H. Berry Ponton. After Andrew's widow Mary H. Ponton married Dr. Daniel C. Bellows in Dec 1850, the couple challenged Joel Ponton's position as administrator of the Andrew Ponton estate and he was removed, but after Ponton had established home tracts and slaves Austin and Elvira as property of the children of Andrew Ponton. The Bellows became owners of the Hicks Hotel and Tavern in Hallettsville, renamed it The Mansion House and after financial difficulties with it, Mary H. Berry Ponton Bellows died in Dec 1856 and Bellows moved out of the area. In 1857, Joel Ponton was re-established as guardian of the Andrew Ponton minor hiers and estate. He was forced to sell Austin for $157 and Elvira for $800 and tracts of land to support his nephews.

When the Civil War came, Dr. Joel Ponton supported the cause of the south without wavering and continued to do so after Lee's surrender. Prior to "Yankee Rule" in Lavaca County, Ponton served as deputy county clerk Josiah Dowling, he tried without success to obtain office under reconstruction and was elected county judge in 1866 when open polls were restored. However, he was removed form office by Federal authorities. He became again deputy county clerk under Josiah Dowling through Mar 1869. As county clerk and local minister, Ponton took care of both the civil and ceremonial formalities of marriages in the area. Wife Mary Henderson Ponton died on 17 Aug 1868 and Dr. Ponton married for the fourth time, Mrs. M.A. Beedle, by minister James Ballard. She died on 31 Mar 1871. In the same year Joel Ponton married Mrs. Harriet W. Koonce, mother of a daughter-in-law Elizabeth Koonce Mayo Ponton. On 1 Feb 1875 five times married DeWitt Colony pioneer doctor, minister, rancher and farmer Dr. Joel Ponton died with his large family in attendance. He is said to be buried on the Koonce tract of land near the Kent homestead on the Andrew Kent league in a location known as Ezzell, established by Sam and Ira Ezzell.

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Texas State Historical Association
A digital Gateway to Texas History
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpo57

PONTON, JOEL
PONTON, JOEL (1802?1875). Joel Ponton, early "Reformed Baptist" preacher, was born on July 3, 1802, in Virginia, the son of William and Isabella (Moreland) Ponton. The family moved to Missouri. Six years after his marriage to Sarrah Reavis in 1827, Joel followed his brother Andrew Ponton and his father to Texas. William and a companion, John Hays, were killed by Indians in 1834.

Ponton was versed in both religion and medicine and spent his entire life in the two professions; he confined his activity mostly to Lavaca County. He narrowly escaped an Indian attack in 1840 in which his companion Tucker Foley was killed. The same Indians were engaged by settlers in the battle of Plum Creek in 1840.

Ponton was probably the earliest of the "Reformed Baptists" preachers, as Alexander Campbell's movement was called, to preach in Texas. His association with these churches is first documented in 1842. His ministry continued until his death in 1875. A report by Henry Thomas, an Austin minister who visited Ponton's home on the bank of the Lavaca River in 1859, describes Ponton as "estimable and talented . . . a chaste, logical and eloquent speaker, and the only proclaimer, in the Christian Church, within sixty miles of this place." Forced to practice medicine to support a large family at this time Ponton preached very little. The Church of Christ at Ezzell was established by Ponton. He was married four times and had seventeen children. He was county judge of Lavaca County from 1866 to 1867. He died in 1875.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Paul C. Boethel, On the Headwaters of the Lavaca and the Navidad (Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1967). John Holland Jenkins, Recollections of Early Texas, ed. John H. Jenkins III (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958; rpt. 1973).






Other-Begin:
The Foley and Ponton Incident. On 5 August, Tucker Foley and Dr. Joel Ponton, who were Lavaca County residents, were on their way to Gonzales on the Columbus Road west of Ponton?s Creek when attacked by a band of 27 mounted Comanches. They fled on horseback until Foley's horse began to falter. Foley told Ponton not to worry about him, but to save himself. Spurring his horse onward past Foley, several warriors passed Foley in hot pursuit of Ponton. Knocked off his horse with an arrow in his hat and two in his back, Ponton abandoned his also wounded horse and escaped into a dense thicket where the Indians left a guard. The main band returned to Foley who was pursued into a creek bottom where his horse became mired in a "hog wallow". He ran for cover in the timber, but was overtaken and surrounded. The warriors promised him no harm and he surrendered. As soon as he gave up his weapons, he was tied hand and feet; the bottoms of his feet were peeled of skin with knives and he was made to walk over stones and freshly burned stubble where Ponton was hiding and forced to call in attempt to get Ponton to emerge. Shortly after, the Indians killed Foley with their spears and scalped and mutilated his body. Although Ponton?s horse was killed and he was severely wounded with two arrows in his backside, he survived by crawling through the bottom land thickets and eventually managed to return to his home the following night after which minuteman leader Capt. Adam Zumwalt was alerted to the incident.

Ellen McKinney Arnold, daughter of John McKinney, related the incident told to her by her father in 1905:

"Tucker Foley was killed in about two miles of where Moulton now stands, and was buried under a big live oak tree. Father dug his grave with a butcher knife and wrapped him in a saddle blanket made out of cotton. When father found him, he was naked, had been scalped, and was hanging to a tree, tied up by his hamstrings. Nearly all the people in Lavaca County pursued the Indians, over took them and had a big fight. There were about thirty-seven men from Gonzales; my father was among the number who were joined by other volunteers. Mason Foley brought back his brother's horse and rifle; he said he killed the Indian that had them, and that he believed he was the one that killed his brother. I saw the horse and rifle several years afterward; the horse was a bay, and the rifle was a flint-rock rifle. Mase told me after the fight was over he killed all the squaws and tried to find his brother's scalp, but it was lost."
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/badam2.htm


Census:
Joel Ponton 48 Michigan
Mary Ponton 17 Arkansas
David B Ponton 16 Texas
Joseph P Ponton 13 Texas
Joel Ponton 8 Texas
A C Ponton 6 Texas
Martha Ponton 3 Texas
Ellen Ponton 1 Texas
(no wife, census record in September. However marriage to wife Mary Henderson in July.)


Religion:
Gonzales Inquirer, March 25, 1854
Published in paper:
Religious Appointments:
Rev. J.H. Stibling, of the Baptist denomination, preaches in this place on the first Sabbath of every month.
Rev. AH. Walker of the Cleveland Presbyterian, on the second Sabbath of every month.
Rev. Daniel Carl, of the M.E.Church, on the third Sabbath of every month.
Rev John McCrae of the Old School Presbyterians on the fourth Sabbath of every month.
Rev Dr. Ponton, Cambellite, on every fifth Sabbath.

announcement also posted in papers of
March 11, 1854
April 22, 1854


Census:
1860 Lavaca, Lavaca Co, Texas
472 Jones William 63 1797 Male Kentucky
472 Jones Margaret 61 1799 Female Kentucky
472 Jones Camilus 22 1838 Male Tennessee
472 Jones Marsellus 16 1844 Tennessee


477 Koonce John 40 1820 Male North Carolina
477 Koonce Harriet 29 1831 Female Indiana (m2 Joel Ponton)
477 Koonce Elisabeth 16 1844 Female Mississippi

478 Bounds William 24 1836 Male Mississippi
478 Bounds Louisa (Jones) 22 1838
478 Bounds Mary 11 1849 Female
478 Bounds Ferry 7 1853 Female
478 Bounds Nancy 5 1855 Female
478 Bounds Iowel (Iowa) 7 1853 Male

479 Pontow Jewel (Joel) 58 1802 Male Virginia
479 Pontow Mary (Henderson) 27 1833 Female Kentucky
479 Pontow Jewel 18 1842 Male Texas
479 Pontow Alexander 16 1844 Male Texas
479 Pontow Martha 14 1846 Texas
479 Pontow Ellen 12 1848 Female Texas
479 Pontow Sarah 9 1851 Female Texas
479 Pontow James 8 1852 Male Texas
479 Pontow Laura 6 1854 Female Texas
479 Pontow John 4 1856 Male Texas

480 Bosworth Henry 40 1820 Male Mississippi
480 Bosworth Martha 28 1832 Female Mississippi
480 Bosworth Elisabeth 9 1851 Female Texas
480 Bosworth Woodson 3 1857 Male Texas
480 Bosworth William 1 1859 Male Texas
480 Bosworth Augustus 17 1843 Male Mississippi


Census:
Ponton Joel 68 1802 Virginia
Mary A. 41 1829 New York
Sarah 19 1851 Texas
James T. 17 1853
Laura 12 1858
John 10 1860
Lara 8 1862
Hary 5 1865
Victor H. 3 1867

Joel married Rhoda Delaney, (1/2 Indian) on 28 Mar 1839 in Jackson Co, Texas. Rhoda was born on 16 Mar 1813 in New Madrid, Missouri; died on 5 Mar 1850 in Lavaca Co, Texas; was buried in Halletsville, Lavaca Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]