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     Eva Mary Jones was born in 1852 at MI. She was the daughter of Ackland Hartley Jones and Sarah Taber. She died in 1936. She was buried at Oakmont Cemetery, East Aurora, Erie Co, NY..

     Ralph Alston Jones was born in 1859 at MI. He was the son of Ackland Hartley Jones and Sarah Taber. He died in 1923. He was buried at Oakmont Cemetery, East Aurora, Erie Co, NY..

     James Daniel Jones was born on 21 April 1853 at Newport, MI..³ He was the son of Daniel Green Jones and Maria Miller Shearer. He married Eva S. Perry on 16 December 1874 at Fenton, MI..³ He was a carpenter in 1880 at Clay Twp, St. Clair Co, MI.. He married Annnie Marie Abrams on 26 November 1882 at Osceola, MI..³ He died on 13 March 1929 at Fenton, MI., at age 75.

     Frank E. Jones was born on 29 November 1859 at Algonac, MI..³ He was the son of Daniel Green Jones and Maria Miller Shearer. He was a carpenter in 1880 at Clay Twp, St. Clair Co, MI.. He married Jennie (---) Hansens on 9 June 1890 at Detroit, MI..³

     William S. Jones was born on 23 December 1850 at Andrew, IA..¹ He was the son of Daniel Green Jones and Maria Miller Shearer. He died on 23 September 1851 at Newport, St. Clair Co, MI..

     Albert H. Jones was born on 11 March 1858 at Algonac, MI..¹ He was the son of Daniel Green Jones and Maria Miller Shearer. He died on 22 November 1860 at Algonac, St. Clair Co, MI., at age 2.

     Cecile Baron Jones was born on 15 November 1848 at LA. She was the daughter of Henry Jones and Marie Francoise Baron. She lived in 1897 at Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, LA.. She died on 30 November 1938 at Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA., at age 90.¹¹ She was buried at Baton Rouge, LA..


She wrote this letter in 1897 to her cousin Abigail Flagg:

Also enclosed was a compiled genealogy of the Descendants of Roger Jones.
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Youngsville, La.
Dec 5- 97
Mrs. W. H. Flagg
Battle Creek Mich

Dear Cousin
You have in doubt thought me very remiss in not sending you the data promised on the genealogy of the Jones family. While visiting in Aurora something was always happening to prevent my writing.

The yellow fever scare hastened my return home but I only succeeded in reaching St. Louis, as quarantine regulations prevented passengers entering or leaving the South.
Wita and I have both had yellow fever as have no fear of it, but she could not return on account of the children. You saw so many new relations that you may not remember that Wita is my sister Mrs. Thomas. I was detained in St. Louis almost two months before being allowed to enter these parishes, which had been kept clear of fever.

Here in the parishes of Southwest Louisiana, the Opelousas and Fiche county is faithfully described in Longfellow’s Evangeline. I have been teaching in the family of Mr. Overton Cade, for over three years. It is a fertile and healthy country but monotomous and --y[?] The plantations of the English speaking people are very large and many of the owners are absentees so there is little society and that at uncomfortable distances. The rest of the country is owned and occupied by the descendants of the Acadians and just as Longfellow described them, they are today. Gentle, peaceful, not too industrious and as separated from their American neighbors as though they were sill in France. This is rare thing for me of them to speak or even understand English.

I am sorry I have no more definite information for you and that it was impossible for me to get dates and present addresses. If you have any information, I shall be greatly obliged to your for it. I should like at least the names, etc. of your family. I know you have but one child, a daughter, but I mean such of our common family as you have kept up with. Did you find the letter of inquiry addressed to your mother of which you spoke? You thought you ------[?] through it –ce[?] a book of the Jones genealogy, which it was evidently the intention of the writer of the letter to compile.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to Niagara and that your trip home was a pleasant one. Aunt Maria frequently regretted the fact of the house being full which prevented her having you stay with her. After receiving treatment her health improved and her hearing returned as suddenly as it left her. Gra has been desperately ill since you saw her and is only now convalescing. They wrote me Uncle Aukland is thinner and paler than ever, if that could be possible. But Gra’s return to health will put new life in him. If you ever have any thoughts of coming to New Orleans, a letter addressed to me here or at Whitaker Miss, where mother lives or to Wita at Port Eads will cause us to make every effort to see you. Hoping to see you again some day and to hear from you before very long, my dear cousin,
Yours sincerely,
Cicile B. Jones

[Original letter in possession of Howard Hickman III, Dec 2008. Transcribed by Howard Hickman III].

     Winnifred 'Wita' Mary Jones was born on 12 October 1868 at Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA.. She was the daughter of Henry Jones and Winnifred Laura Pipes. She married Dr. John Newton Thomas in 1895. She lived in 1897 at Port Eads, LA.. She died on 12 May 1964 at age 95.

     Florence Adelia Jones was born in April 1875 at Erie Co, NY.. She was the daughter of William Dennison Jones.

     Mary Pauline Jones was born in February 1878 at Erie Co, NY.. She was the daughter of William Dennison Jones.

     Johnnie Kate Jones was born in April 1876 at MO. She was the daughter of William Roger Jones and Katherine "Kate" Pipes. She was a high school teacher in 1920 at St. Louis, MO..

     Max Jones was born on 23 October 1878 at St. Louis, MO.. He was the son of William Roger Jones and Katherine "Kate" Pipes. He married Helen (---). He died before 1972.

     Bertram E. Jones was born on 21 April 1882 at MO. He was the son of William Roger Jones and Katherine "Kate" Pipes. He was a clerk for the Missouri Pacific R.R. He died on 12 June 1946 at St. Louis, MO., at age 64.

     Leota Louise Jones married Myrtis Lee Robinson. She was born on 26 October 1892 at De Lassus, St. Francis Co, MO.. She was the daughter of Henry Pipes Jones and Emile DeHault DeLassus. She died on 3 March 1994 at Centreville, Wilkinson Co, MS., at age 101.

     William Pipes Jones was born in August 1893 at LA. He was the son of Henry Pipes Jones and Emile DeHault DeLassus.