Burried in Cone, Texas Cemetary
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Joh Newton Jones left home when he was 16 and traveled alone and on foot from Clark County, Arkansas to Texas. He stayed 9 months and then returned home. He later traveled back to Texas when he was 19 and became a Texas Ranger. He traveled with Sam Houston when he ran for Governor of Texas. Source: John Newton Jones Family Records, Cone, Texas (Letter of September 14, 1921). Book of John N. Jones life "You Can't Get The Coons All Up One Tree." by Leona Parrish Carver, Coltharp Printing & Publishing: 1980. Additional Source: J. G. Cubage Family Records; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The 1880 census confirms John N. Jones's statements in his book about the time when he left Arkansas for Texas. He is listed in the index for 1870 in Anderson County, Texas. He only lived in anderson County, Texas around 2 or 3 years. He moved from Anderson County, to Hill County,Texas but did not move on to Palo Pinto County, where his sister, Rhoda (Jones) Weedle llived until after Ann (Campbell) Jones died in 1882. He left his girls with his sister for a time and took the boys with him to West Texas where he hunted wild horses.
She died in 1865 from injuries from falling off a horse.
Alias: Mollie
Mary Ann was Married to Joe Dedwiley. He was killed during the Civil War and John Newton brought word to her and Joe's parents of his death. Mary Ann and John Newton later married but she only lived 7 months after they were married. She died from a fall from a horse.
John Newton Jones & Mary Jane Box were married at Joshua Box residence: Source John Newton Jones letter 1921.
28. Unknown Jones
Became ill and died very young after his mother had died of Tuberculosis and while hes father was away fighting in the Civil War. John Newton's mother was caring for him and his sister.
According to John Newton Jones' book, You Can't Get The Coons All Up One Tree, the life sotry of John N. Jones, by Leona Parrish Carver: Coltharp Printing & Publishing:
According to the above source Joseph was ambushed and killed a few miles from his home. He had slipped into the area to try to check on his family who were ill with smallpox. He had served some time in the Confederate Army but not willingly and had gone over to the Union side with his brother John N. Jones. According to John N. Nones, Joe was not officially a union soldier but would go on scouts with his brother when he went. The ambushers were known to him as they had all lived in the same area before the war.
According to John N. Jones, Lucinda and the children were sick with small pox and Joseph slipped back home to check on them. This was during the Civil War and he was AWOL from the Confederate forces. He was ambushsed and killed near his home where he was hiding out.