James J. JONES^[1]
1848 - 1922

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• Birth	21 Apr 1848	Oak Hill, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	05 Mar 1922	Vici, Oklahoma, USA
  Buried	Sunnyside Cemetery, Vici, Oklahoma, USA
  Person ID	I757	Alison
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2010

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane EVANS,   b. 05 Nov 1850, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1907, Vici, Oklahoma, USA
  Married	29 Nov 1870	Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA
  	Type: Married by Rev D.M. Evans of Oak Hill
  Children	1. John Walter JONES,   b. 03 May 1871, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 1938, Nevada, Iowa   2. James Edgar JONES,   b. 27 Jan 1873, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 23 Jul 1949, Richmond, Indiana, USA   3. Catherine JONES,   b. 20 Nov 1874, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 20 Dec 1949, Vici, Oklahoma, USA   4. David J. JONES,   b. 08 Dec 1876, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 05 May 1947, Vici, Oklahoma, USA > 5. Mary Jane JONES,   b. 18 Jan 1879, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 04 Mar 1948, Fargo, Oklahoma, USA   6. Elizabeth JONES,   b. 01 Nov 1880, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 04 Mar 1948, Wichita, Kansas, USA   7. Charles Ross JONES,   b. 23 Sep 1882, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1951, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA   8. Daniel Webster JONES,   b. 14 Sep 1885, Garden Plain, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA ,   d. 11 Aug 1887, Garden Plain, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA   9. Harriet JONES,   b. 08 Feb 1888, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA   10. William Albert JONES,   b. 21 May 1890, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA   11. Llewellyn JONES,   b. 13 Apr 1893, Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA ,   d. Oct 1982, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F207	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  To research. Father: John T Jones Birth - 23 Mar 1814 in Bryn Garw, South Wales Death - 29 Jun 1888, Oak Hill, Ohio Mother: Catherine Jenkins Birth - May 1823 in Pen Bryn Rhyg, Cardiganshire, Wales Death - 27 Apr 1873 in Oak Hill, Jackson, Ohio, USA Siblings: Jane T Jones 1842 ? 1920 Elizabeth Jones 1843 ? 1919 David D Jones 1844 ? 1929 Ann Jones 1846 ? 1891 James J Jones 1848 ? 1922 Margaret E Jones 1850 ? 1926 Edward Jones 1851 ? John Nathan Jones 1853 ? 1929 William Jones 1854 ? Walter J Jones 1856 ? 1919 Catherine Emma Jones 1858 ? Harriet Emma Jones 1861 ? 1912 William A Jones 1864 ? Grandparents: a) James Jenkins - d. 1839 in Horeb, Cardiganshire, Wales Jane Jones - b. 1795 in Pen Camddwr, Cardiganshire, Wales - d. 10 Jul 1885 in Jackson, Ohio b) David Jones in Camddwr, Cardiganshire, Wales Mary Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery: from Vici, OK 4-1/2 miles East on 60 Highway.




• Sources

  [S156] Oral History: James/Mary by Llewellyn Jones, 1963, Llewellyn Jones, 1963, (Llewellyn Jones, 1963) (Reliability: 2). "James worked in and around Oak Hill, Ohio at various jobs including deputy sheriff work. About 1883, the family moved to Garden Plains, Kansas. He worked as a carpenter in Wichita during the "boom". In the fall of 1899 the family moved (in two covered wagons) to a farm five miles southeast of what is now Vici, OK. It was Oklahoma Territory then and was just emerging then from ranches into farms. Many squabbles were had between the "free rangers" and the "homesteaders". James J. and daughter, Katie filed on adjoining land (160 acres and 120 acres respectively) to make one good sized farm. They proved it up in five years and then received ownership. The family lived the first winter in a half dugout tent. The folowing year James built a two-room frame house, of which there were very few around, and moved in it, 1-18-1900. Most residents lived in dugouts, sod houses, etc. The first year the three school age children went to school in a log cabin vacated by an old colored man. Each family furnished the furniture for their own children. Most just had a simple bench to sit on and kept their books on or under it. James, being a carpenter, made a nice desk and seat combination large enough for the three children to sit together. The following year a sod schoolhouse was built. The roof was made of sod and brush, which proved to be a good place for tarantulas and centipedes to nest, occasionally dropping down on some child and causing quite a commotion. Later a frame schoolhouse was built, all of them down on Trail Creek. Occasionally, a barrel or box would be received from "back east" (Columbus, Ohio) containing old clothes, etc and which we appreciated and looked forward to. The railhead was Woodward, OK thirty miles away. That is where the grain, etc was hauled (a day to take a wagonload in and the next day to return) and our necessary supplies bought. On October 20, 1907, Mary Jane was accidentally shot with a shotgun as James was trying to fix the trigger. She died a few hours later. It took six or eight hours for a doctor to arrive. These farms were part of the old Green Urser ranch. The Vici post office was at first a half dugout a few miles southeast of the present location on the Scrambling farm. Mail was brought over from Cestos ten miles east, by horseback or buggy. Later the small town of Vici was built up on the "flats", about a half-mile south of present location. About 1907 this town was completely swept away by a cyclone. It was rebuilt on the present site, part of which was on Dave Jones's land. The offspring of James J. and Mary is the largest of any totaling 175 (3 adopted)." Source: http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/4872631/person/-1483874622/media/1

  
  

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