Our Family History

Mabra Jones and wife Sarah Lovelady, daughter of Rev James Lovelady and Nancy Linville (maiden name unproven) - this family settled in Dewitt and Lavaca counties area of Texas before 1850, eventually spreading out to places like Waco and Beaumont and Palestine. This album is dedicated to that family unit. Letters written by some of these family members, mostly Mary Jones, are included. These letters span a time from 1855 on through in the 1920s. They were transcribed and supplied to me by Leonard Meyer in the late 1990s. He was from Halletsville and a descendent of the Butts, Bounds, Coolie families. James Lovelady's daughter Jane died with a young family of her own. Her husband, Andrew Butts, stayed a "son" to the family, even after he remarried Susan Bounds. Susan became the beloved Aunt to the Jones children who most of these letters were written to. While the Jones children were still young, Sarah Lovelady, daughter of James, and sister to Jane, died at an early age. Mabra remarried Martha Ponton and had several more children. But it's through these letters that we get a good view of the whole family and indeed brings them all to life and allows us to share their memories.

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Letter - 1903, 11/ (about), Winter

from Stephen Lovelady Jones, typed on Waco-Times Hearld letterhead, to his cousin, Berry Butts. Speaks of the convenience of paved roads.

Letter is not dated, but he states he will celebrate 17 years with the paper, He was editor for the Waco Daily in 1887. Assuming that was his entry position, 17 year anniversary would be May 1904, indicating this letter might have been written winter 1903/1904.
On that basis, the trip to Beaumont would have been summer 1903, possibly for a reunion. The reunions rotated between Waco, Palestine and Beaumont. We know 1901 was Waco, 1902 then in Palestine, and 1903 in Beaumont.
linked to:
Waco Times-Herald, Waco, McLennan Co, Texas
Frances Elizabeth Bosworth (I921)
Berry Alexander Butts (I9060)
Andrew* Prather Jones (I1209)
Drucilla Adelaide Jones (I965)
Stephen Lovelady Jones (I648)

Place	Waco, McLennan, Texas
Latitude	31.552373
Longitude	-97.119097
File name	1903-winter-abt.pdf
File Size	22.56k
Linked to	Waco Times-Herald, Waco, McLennan Co, Texas; Frances Elizabeth Bosworth (Other-Begin); Berry Alexander Butts (Residence); Andrew* Prather Jones (Residence); Drucilla Adelaide "Drusie" Jones (Other-Begin); Stephen Lovelady Jones (Occupation)
Albums	Mabra Madden Jones and James Lovelady Families

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