Martha M. Ponton

1844 - 1929  (84 years)

• Name	Martha M. Ponton
  Birth	6 Sep 1844	Lavaca Co, Texas
  Gender	Female
  Census	2 Jun 1870	Halletsville P.O., Lavaca Co, Texas
  	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
  	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
  		1880 Texas, Lavaca County, Precinct 5 Census Mabra Jones, Martha Ponton Jones, Nancy, Nellie, Laura, Joel and Thomas Jones and James Ponton.
  Census	21 Jun 1900	Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
  	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
  		1900 Texas, Anderson County, Palestine 21 Jun 1900 Mabra* Madden Jones, Martha Ponton, Anna and Alsie Jones and John Jones.
  Other-Begin	1918	Family Reunion, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
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  		1918 Jones Family Reunion - Palestine, Anderson County Texas Undated article in a Palestine newspaper; however it was subjequently learned the reunion was held in the summer of that year. (assuming July) (d)
  Death	11 Aug 1929	Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
  	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
  		Ponton, Martha Jones death certificate
  Burial	11 Aug 1929	East Hill Cem, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas
  	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.
  		East Hill Cemetery Palestine, Anderson County, Texas (taken and supplied by John Reedy)
  		East Hill Cemetery, Jones, Martha Ann Ponton Palestine, Anderson County, Texas (taken and supplied by John Reedy)
  		East Hill Cemetery Palestine, Anderson County, Texas (taken and supplied by John Reedy)
  		East Hill Cemetery - Ponton, Martha M. Jones
  		East Hill Cemetery
  		East Hill Cemetery
  		East Hill Cemetery - Jones, Mabra and Martha Ponton Jones This copy was mailed to me by Olive Smiley Massie in 1998, granddaughter of Nancy Jones, oldest child of Mabry and Martha. Elmer Spradley (1922-2005) is a descendant of the Ponton family.
  		Palestine City Cemetery (formerly East Hill Cemetery) Now known as Palestine City Cemetery Originally there were several separate cemeteries adjacent to one another in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas. Through the years as they all expanded they merged into what is now known as PALESTINE CITY CEMETERY which is now made up of 5 sections. (findagrave.com)
  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.
  Person ID	I671	Roots
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Rev/Dr Joel Ponton, Sr.,   b. 3 Jul 1802, near Lovingston, Amherst Co, Virginia d. 1 Feb 1875, Ezzell, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Delaney, (1/2 Indian),   b. 16 Mar 1813, New Madrid, Missouri d. 5 Mar 1850, Lavaca Co, Texas (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1839	Jackson Co, Texas
  Documents		Rhoda Delaney James Ponton 1813-1850 Write-up by Olive Smiley Massie in 1998.
  Family ID	F11542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev,   b. 1820, Cark Co, Kentucky (probably) d. 1902, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1863	Lavaca Co, Texas
  	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
  		1863 7/9 - Jones, Mabra and Martha Ponton marriage certificate officiating minister was Rev. James Lovelady, father of Sarah Lovelady Jones, Mabra's first wife.
  Children	+ 1. Nancy Ellen "Nannie" Jones,   b. 31 Jul 1864, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 27 Nov 1950, Richland Springs, San Saba Co, Texas (Age 86 years) + 2. Nellie Ada Jones,   b. 9 Jul 1868, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 1 Apr 1949, Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas (Age 80 years) + 3. Laura Ann Jones,   b. 16 Nov 1870, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 4 Aug 1959, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas (Age 88 years)   4. A. Joel Jones,   b. 28 Nov 1874, Lavaca Co, Texas d. Between 1880 and 1900, Lavaca Co, Texas (probably) (Age 5 years) + 5. Tom Jefferson Jones,   b. 9 Jan 1878, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 27 Jul 1945, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas (Age 67 years) + 6. Anna Lee Jones,   b. 8 Oct 1880, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 31 Jul 1965, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas (Age 84 years) + 7. Alcie Dora Jones,   b. 14 Sep 1884, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 07 Feb 1965, Grapeland, Houston Co, Texas (Age 80 years) + 8. John W. Jones,   b. 13 Aug 1885, Lavaca Co, Texas d. 18 Dec 1935, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Sep 1844 - Lavaca Co, Texas Marriage - 12 Jul 1863 - Lavaca Co, Texas 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 Death - 11 Aug 1929 - Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas Burial - 11 Aug 1929 - East Hill Cem, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Ponton, Martha Jones
  		Jones, Mabra and Martha Ponton Jones

  
  

  Documents

  TEXAS GIRLHOOD Written by Mary Anne "Nona" Stricker Sturgeon, daughter of Henry Stricker and Runie Moore, granddaughter of Mary Madden Jones Norton and 2nd husband, William C. Moore, written in 1930s, tells of her life growing up in predominantly Waco and various maternal and paternal family members. Journal graciously provided by Nona's grandson, Kris Banvard, son of Mary Elizabeth Sturgeon and Roger Emil Banvard,and his wife Paula Deming. (d)