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 - 1856, 08/07

Mary M Jones to her aunt and uncle, Susan Bounds and Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr., and cousins, tells of camp meeting where she, her sister Susan and her friend Aurela Seal from Victoria, brother George, and cousin John Butts (son of Susan and Andrew Jackson), John and Charlie Middleton, her cousins she says, and many others (47 total) joined the church. This would be the Christian church, pastor is her grandfather, James Lovelady. She also mentions "Grandma (Nancy Lovelady) is not well."
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Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas
Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (I8850)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (I1371)
Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (I1463)
John William Butts (I1415)
Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (I2492)
Andrew Moses Cooley (I1424)
Easter Jane Cooley (I1393)
Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (I637)
George Washington Jones, Dr (I604)

Date	7 Aug 1856
Place	Yorktown, Dewitt City, Texas
Latitude	29.314529
Longitude	-97.243697
File name	1856-0807-letter.pdf
File Size	18.86k
Linked to	Yorktown, Dewitt Co, Texas; Susan Evaline Bounds, (foster?) (Residence); Andrew Jackson Butts, Sr (Residence); Andrew Jackson Butts, Jr (Residence); John William Butts (Residence); Margaret Ann Butts, (DNA-circle-g) (Residence); Andrew Moses Cooley (Residence); Easter Jane Cooley (Residence); Cyrus Young Jones, Sr. (Residence); George Washington Jones, Dr (Religion); Mabra* Madden Jones, Rev (Residence); Mary Madden Jones (Religion); Stephen Lovelady Jones (Residence); Susan Maria (or Mariah) Jones (Religion); Nancy* Linville (maybe), (dau?) (Residence); Rev. James* Lovelady (Religion); Sarah* Lovelady (Residence); John A. Middleton (Religion); William Charles Middleton, (resident 1860) (Religion)
Albums	Mabra Madden Jones and James Lovelady Families

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