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Don was born 30 May 1817 in , Washington, New York, and married first about 1844 in Brooklyn, Jackson, Michigan, Anna FERRIS the daughter of Don JONES and Anna FERRIS. She was born , and died 1849 in , Jackson, Michigan.
He Married second 4 November 1860 in , Ionia, Michigan Emeline H DEXTER the daughter of Judge Samuel DEXTER. She was born 22 October 1828, in New York and died 29 January 1888 in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan. Don died 26 January 1890 at his home in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.
1810 Census Fort Ann, Washingtin, New York Page 369
William JONES
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 26; 26 to 45; 45 & Up
Males: 1 -------- 1 -------- -------
Females: -------- -------- 1 -------- -------
1820 Census Fort Ann, Washington, New York, Page 144
William JONES
Under 10; 10 to 16; 16 to 18; 16 to 26; 26 ro 45; 45 & Up
Males:
Females:
1830 Census Fort Edward, Washington, New York, Page
William Jones
Under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15; 15 to 20; 20 to 30; 40 to 50
Males: ------- 1 1 2 ------- 1
Females: 1 1 1 1 -------- 1
1840 Census Nepoleon, Jackson, Michigan, Page 120
Wm JONES
Under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15; 15 to 20; 20 to 30; 50 to 60
Males: ------- ------- -------- 1 -------- 1
Females: ------- ------- 1 1 1 1
1840 Census Granville, Washington, New York, Page 240
Czar JONES
Under 5; 5 to 10; 10 to 15; 15 to 20; 20 to 30; 30 to 40
Males: ------- ------- -------- -------- 2 1
Females: ------- ------- -------- -------- -------- 1
Note: Czar and wife Nancy with his 2 brothers Don and Day
1850 Census Napoleon, Jackson, Michigan Page 442
R Estate Whare
Name Age Sex Race Occupation Value Born
William JONES 62 M ---- Blacksmith $ 2,000 Connecticut
Mehitable " 63 F ---- ---------- -------- Connecticut
Don " 30 M ---- Blacksmith -------- New York
Anna " 4 F ---- ---------- -------- Michigan
Lydia HAR???D 21 F ---- ---------- -------- Indiana
Alexander STODARD 30 M ---- Wagon Maker -------- New York
Belora " 4 F ---- ---------- -------- Michigan
1860 Census Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, Page 586
R Estate Personal Where
Name Age Sex Race Occupation Value Value Born
Don JONES 42 M ---- Blacksmith $ 2,000 $ 0,300 New York
Emeline H " 31 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- New York
Anna " 14 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Michigan
Marcus " 11 M ---- ---------- -------- -------- Michigan
Julia " 7 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Michigan
Mira " 4 F ---- ---------- -------- -------- Michigan
Robert FLEMING 22 M ---- Blacksmith -------- -------- New York
Charles HAYNOUR 23 M ---- Blacksmith -------- -------- New York
Sidney THOMPSON 24 M ---- Wagon Maker -------- -------- New York
Fanny DEAN 32 F ---- Milliner $ 0,200 $ 0,100 Vermont
Jeanny HAZEN 32 F ---- Milliner -------- -------- New York
Louise BARNARD 15 F ---- Servant -------- -------- Prussia
1870 Census Ionia, Ionia, Michigan. Page 456
R Estate Personal Where
Name Age Sex Race Occupation Value Value Born
JONES Don 52 M W Blacksmith $ 10,000 $ 1,000 New York
" Emeline 41 F W Keeping House -------- -------- New York
" Julia 17 F W ------------- -------- -------- Michigan
" Myra 14 M W ------------- -------- -------- Michigan
" Percy 9 M W ------------- -------- -------- Michigan
DEXTER C 6 M W ------------- -------- -------- Michigan
TILDEN Dean 20 M W Day Laborer -------- -------- Michigan
1880 Census Iona, Iona, Michigan. ED 95 Page 24 Line 41
Marr | Place of Birth |
Name Race Sex Age Relat Stat Occupation |Self Father Mother|
JONES Don W M 63 ----- M Blacksmith N. Y. Verm. N. Y.
" Emeline W F 51 Wife M Keeping House N. Y. R. I. Conn.
" Percy W F 19 Son S Bank Clerk Mich. N. Y. N. Y.
PASKELL Julia W M 27 Dau Wd At Home Mich. N. Y. N. Y.
KIDD Hampton E W F 24 S-Law M News Dealer Mich. N. Y. Eng.
" Myra W F 24 Dau M Boarding Mich. N. Y. N. Y.
PASKELL Georgia W F 4 G Dau S Boarding Mich. N. Y. Mich.
INMAN John W M 19 Emplo S Blacksmith N. Y. N. Y. N. Y.
Spouse Spouse Marriage
Surname, Name, Surname, Name, County, Date,
JONES, Anna CHAPMAN, Louis Ionia 26 Jun 1864
JONES, Day WORDEN, Lucretia Jackson 23 Feb 1843
JONES, Donald FERRIS, Anna Mariah Jackson 14 Apr 1845
JONES, Donald DEXTER, Emeline H Ionia 04 Nov 1850
JONES, Don DEXTER, Emeline H Ionia 04 Nov 1850
JONES, Donald Cezar LEE, Addie Ionia 24 Apr 1877
JONES, Julia E PASKELL, GEORGE Ionia 23 Dec 1874
PASKELL, Julia SMEAD, Schayler Ionia 25 Nov 1886
JONES, Myra KIDD, Hampton E Ionia 03 Sep 1879
IONIA.
page 353 An important and flourishing post village in the township and county of the same name, situated on the north bank of the Grand river, about 90 miles from its mouth, and, by the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad, 124 miles north-west of Detroit; fare, $3 75. The village has a population of nearly 1,500, and was formerly incorporated, but has relapsed into the township. It is surrounded by an excellent farming county, and is the seat of considerable trade. The Grand river is navigable to this place, from Grand Rapids, for small steamers, and for flat boats to Lyons, ten miles above, but since the completion of the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad, boating on the river has been entirely discontinued. The village is pleasantly located in a beautiful valley, backed by high and rolling land, which is, for miles, under a high state of cultivation, There are several fine [p.353] private residences in the village, and considerable taste is displayed by the inhabitants in laying out and adorning their grounds. They have here two flour mills, manufacturing about 18,000 barrels per year; two iron foundries and machine shops, in which are manufactured a large quantity of agricultural implements; two sash and blind factories, one brewery, one steam saw mill, one fanning mill factory, two banking houses, two hotels, about twenty stores, and a proportionate number of trades and professions. During the past season there were purchased here 150,000 pounds of wool, and 200,000 bushels of wheat. The village has a lodge, chapter, council and commandery of F. and A. Masons, a fine union school six churches, an agricultural society, a United States land office, and a weekly Republican newspaper, the Ionia Gazette, $1 25 per year, published every Wednesday, by E. R. Powell). A quarry of superior red sand stone has been opened in the township of Ionia, about four miles east of the village, and about a mile north of the railroad. It has been examined by competent judges, and pronounced a very superior article for building purposes. (For sketch of early history of Ionia, see "Ionia County.")
List of Trades, Professions, etc.
Cogswell & Jones, (Harvy D Cogswell and Don Jones), blacksmiths, Second.
Mrs. Don Jones died on Sunday evening after a brief illness.......Mrs. Jones was 59 years of age on the 22 of October last. She was a daughter of Samuel Dexter, who made the original entry of the land where Ionia now stands in 1833.......She was one of nine children, five daughters and four sons. Three sisters and one brother survive her, vis: Mrs. Alonze Sessions and Mrs. Jonathan Tibbitts of Ionia; Mrs. Prudence Tower of Grand Rapids and Stephen F. Dexter of Evart. Three brothers and one sister died before her, vis: Horace, Lorenzo, and John C. Dexter, and Mrs. Ellsworth of Sycamore, Ill."
"Death of Mrs. Don Jones.
Mrs. Don Jones died on Sunday evening after a brief illness. This will be sad news to her many friends, few of whom knew that she was dangerously ill.
Mrs. Jones was 59 years of age on the 22d of October last. She was a daughter of Samuel Dexter, who made the original entry of the land where Ionia now stands, and who came here in 1833 from the state of New York. She was one of nine children, five daughters and four sons.
Three sisters and one brother survive her, viz: Mrs. Alonzo Sessions and Mrs. Jonathan Tibbitts of Ionia; Mrs. Prudence Tower of Grand Rapids and Stephen F. Dexter of Evart. Three brothers and one sister died before her, viz: Horace, Lorenzo and John C. Dexter and Mrs. Ellsworth of Sycamore, Ill. She has had three children, all of whom, besides her husband, survive her. They are Mrs. S. F. Smead of Caro; Mrs. H. E. Kidd and D. Percy Jones of Ionia.
Deceased was a most excellent and amiable lady, who has lived in Ionia since it consisted of a mere hamlet and she was a little girl of five years, and it may be truthfully said that she numbered among her friends all those whose acquaintance she made during that long period of more than fifty years. She was a noble type of woman, whose world was her home, whose whole life was devoted with a single-hearted purpose to her family and her friends. Her influence for good was felt throughout the community, which will extend its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family."
DON JONES.
Don Jones died at his home on Union street, on Sunday evening. Though not intensely painful, yet his illness was lingering, at last passing away peacefully, a faithful exhibition of a characteristic for which he was honored all through his many years in our midst. A quieter, more peaceful and unobtrusive personage than was Don Jones does not live among us.
The deceased was born in Washington county, N. Y., May 30, 1817, and on attaining his majority, came to Michigan, stopping at Brooklyn, Jackson county, where he remained for several years and was married to Anna Ferris, a sister of J. B. Ferris, by whom he had two children--Marcus F. Jones, now living in Allegan county, and Mrs. L. W. Chapman, of Grand Ledge. Mrs. Jones died soon after the birth of her second child in 1849.
In 1851, Mr. Jones came to Ionia, and married Emeline, daughter of Judge Samuel Dexter, and soon after that event he moved to Ionia and made this place his permanent home, the greater part of the time engaged in the blacksmith business. Two years ago Mrs. Jones passed away and Mr. Jones seems never to have recovered from the blow then inflicted and seemed to court death rather than avoid it.
His five children are alive, and truly mourn the loss of a good father. Besides the two above, the children are Julia, wife of S. M. Smead, Myra, wife of W. E. Kidd, and Don Percy.
The burial took place on Wednesday morning, and the remains were followed to their last earthly resting place by a long line of friends.
CHILDREN of Don JONES and Anna Mariah FERRIS:
+ 1. ANNA b: Apr 1843; Napoleon, Jackson, Michigan.
md: 26 Jun 1864; Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.
Lewis CHAPMAN
2. MARCUS F W b: 1849; Napolean, Jackson, Michigan.
CHILDREN of Don JONES and Emeline H DEXTER:
3. JULIA E b: Abt 1853; Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.
md: 23 Dec 1874; Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.
George PASKELL.
md: 25 Nov 1886; Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.
Schayler SMEAD
4. MYRIA b: Abt 1856; Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.
md: 3 Sep 1879; Ionia, Ionia, Nichigan.
Hampton E. KIDD
5. DON PERCY b: 1861; Ionia, Ionia, Michigan.
md: 1894; , , .
Anna E. ?????
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