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Henry Wills Jones 7 FEB 1819 - 1899

Henry was born on 7 FEB 1819 in Gallia Co., Ohio and died on 1899 and was buried in Jones Family Cemetery, Kickapoo Twp, Sec 34, Peoria Co., Ill .
He was the son of Henry W Jones (1782 - AUG 1849) and Sarah Zian (Jones) (1784/1785 - AFT 1864).

Henry was married to Rebecca Miller (Jones) on 30 OCT 1842.

Rebecca was born on 28 DEC 1821 in Shelby Co., KY and died on 7 NOV 1897 (age: 75) and was buried in Jones Family Cemetery, Kickapoo Twp, Sec 34, Peoria Co., Ill .
She was the daughter of Reuben Miller (D: 1826) and Nancy Sturgeon (Miller) (D: 1872).
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Parents

Grand Parents

⌈ James Jones

⌈ Henry W Jones (1782 - AUG 1849)

⌊ Sarah Howdeshell (Jones) (B: ABT 1761)

Henry Wills Jones

⌊ Sarah Zian (Jones) (1784/1785 - AFT 1864)

Rebecca Miller (Jones)* - Wife

- Rebecca was born on 28 DEC 1821 in Shelby Co., KY and died on 7 NOV 1897 (age: 75)

Charles P. Jones* - Son

Son - Charles P. Jones (1849-1889) - From the Peoria Journal Star - Sep 12, 1982 - Charles was born on 5 JUL 1849 and died on 17 MAR 1889 (age: 39)

George Norwood Jones - Son

- George was born on 15 SEP 1859 in Peoria Co., Ill

Henry W Jones* - Father

- Henry was born on 1782 in Culpepper CO., VA and died on AUG 1849 in Peoria Co., IL

Sarah Zian (Jones)* - Mother

- Sarah was born on 1784/1785 in near the Juniata River in Pennsylvania and died on AFT 1864 in Peoria, Co., IL

Henry: Submitted to 'Praire Pioneers of Illinois' by Gerald L. Kimzey in 1986.

Generation 0: James Jones and Sarah Howdeshell
Generation 1: Henry W. Jones and Sarah Zinn
Generation 2: son Henry Jones and Rebecca Miller
Generation 3: son Charles Jones and Caroline Daily
Generation 4: son John Jones and Nellie Stear
Generation 5: daughter Edna Stear and Lewis Kimzey
Generation 6: son Gerald Kimzey and Viola Wolford

-- Rebecca --

'Mrs Jones'sgrandfather was 116 years of age when she last saw him in 1829 and her mother lived to be 87.'

-- Henry --

They had 12 children.

Henry: Census: 1860 Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois

Census: 1860 Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois
name	age	born in
Henry Jones:	41	Ohio
Rebecca Jones:	39	Kentucky
Caroline Jones:	16	Illinois
Levina Jones:	15	Illinois
Amanda Jones:	13	Illinois
Charles Jones:	10	Illinois
Lucinda Jones:	9	Illinois
James Jones:	7	Illinois
Malinda Jones:	5	Illinois
John Jones:	3	Illinois
George Jones:	8/12	Illinois
John Burtle:	19	Germany
Courtesy Our Folk - Hart Family Genealogy - ourfolkgen.com

Henry:

Henry W. Jones came at an early age and settled in the north part of Limestone township. From him, or members of his family, we have then name of Jones' Prairie and Jone's Spring, situated on and along the Farmington Road. James Crowe also came about the same time as Jones, but on account of Indiana troubles in 1832, he went back to his home in Ohio, but returned in 1834 and settled in the north part of the township.

June 10, 1837, Henry Jones laid out a town plat on the southwest quarter of section 3, and the southeast corner of section 4, which he called Summerville. It was located on what is not the Farmington road, just north of the county farm.

(From History of Peoria County, By Col. James M. Rice - 1912 - page 276,279)

Resource Materials

View: Henry Jones Biography

Resource Materials

Henry' target=_blank>View: Jones in History of Peoria County Illinois - 1880

Henry: Jones Family Cemetery

The land were the Jones Family Cemetery is located was first owned by Henry W. Jones,1849. In 1932 the granddaughter of Henry, Malinda Kershaw, sold what remained of the Jones' land. However, the sale did not include the approximate one acre piece of land that was used for the family bury ground and driveway in to it.

This private cemetery was once enclosed by an iron fence and cedar trees once shaded this sacred ground.

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Henry: Jones Family Cemetery