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Note: [gurley.FTW] PROOFS IN POSSESSION: Parentage: Birth: Marriage: Bk. A4, page 452, Madison County Records Death: Other Proofs: 1900 Census of Milam County, Texas. Jones is living in the household of Rev. C. D. Whitman. Emma is listed as the wife, and Wm. R. Jones as the father-in-law. NEWSPAPER: Southern Advocate, Huntsville, Alabama, January 28, 1852: Married on 21st by Rev. R.H. Talifarro, Mr. William Jones of Franklin County, Tennessee to Miss Gilliann Rice, daughter of Joseph Rice, Esq., of Madison County, Alabama. FELLOW RESEARCHERS ON THIS LINES Robert M. and Cleone A. Whitman 770 rosewood Lane Layton, UT - 84041 WILLIAM R. JONES | 2. William R. Jones (b. 17 Sept. 1820 Franklin Co., Tenn. d. 5 Feb. 1908 Cameron, Milam Co., Tex.), son of William L. and (1) Mary (Arnett) Jones of Franklin Co., Tenn.; m. (1) 21 Nov. 1843 Franklin Co., Tenn. Louisa J. Horton (d. ca. 1848 Tenn.), dt. Amos Horton of Franklin Co., Tenn.; - 3 c.; m. (2) 21 Jan. 1852 New Market, Madison Co., Ala. Florence Gilliann (called Gillie) Rice (b. 25 Feb. 1832 Madison Co., Ala. d. 9 Feb. 1893 New Market, Ala.), dt. Joseph and Hannah (Bayless) Rice of Madison Co., Ala.; - 7 c. Micro Bio: Born 1820 in Tenn. Inherited father's bounty land, Franklin Co., Tenn., 1857. Had three children by 1st wife, Louisa Horton (d. ca. 1848). Married (2) 1852 Gilliann Rice. Moved to Madison Co., Ala. 1863. Purchased several tracts of land adj. to Bayless-Rice plantations near New Market. Prominent planter. Called "Squire" Jones. Had seven more children. All attended Rice School, Rice Church on plantation. Wife Gilliann died 1893; buried Rice Cemetery. Son-in-law and daughter, James and Jennie3 (Jones) Latham, & family moved into Jones home to assist father. Jones deeded plantation to Lathams in 1894; left for Waco, Tex. to reside with son-in-law and daughter, Rev. Charles and Emma3 (Jones) Whitman. {loved with Whitmans to Baileyville, 1897; to Cameron, 1899. One of most popular and respected men in Cameron, according to newspaper story on his 87th birthday in 1907. Died in Cameron 1908; buried Oak Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles and Emma3 (Jones) Whitman. {loved with Whitmans to Baileyville, 1897; to Cameron, 1899. One of most popular and respected men in Cameron, according to newspaper story on his 87th birthday in 1907. Died in Cameron 1908; buried Oak Hill Cemetery. Proof: Names as son in father's will, proved 1857 Franklin Co., Tenn. Age, place of birth from census records. Louisa J. Jones named as dt. of Amos Horton in his 1860 will, Franklin Co., Tenn. Marriage to Gilliann Rice in Madison Co., Ala. Register A4, p. 452, also in Southern Advocate (Huntsville, Ala.), 28 Jan. 1852. Gilliann (Rice) Jones birth date from census records; dates also from grave marker in Rice Ceme-tery, Madison Co., Ala. William R. Jones listed as father-in-law of Rev. Charles D. Whitman in Whitman's 1900 Census, Cameron, Milam Co., Tex. Obit in Cameron News, 5 Feb. 1908. Aftermath James Latham sold his mercantile store in New Market soon after his marriage to Jennie3 Jones and became a planter, residing on the Rice plantation. He took over the Jones plantation when Squire Jones deeded it to him in 1894 when he left tor Texas. The Lathams had nine children, and all attended the old Rice School and church. Jennie died in 1920 and James in 1933. Both were buried in the Rice Cemetery. Many of their descendants still reside in the New Market area, but the Rice-Jones plan- tation passed out of the family, and the old Jones home burned in 1970. Dr. Frank S.3 Jones studied medicine and followed his father to Texas, where he practiced in Hillsborough. He resided in Dallas in his later yea rs. Miss Nell3 Jones attended the University of Alabama, taught at the Rice School, then left for Oklahoma to participate in the Cimmaron Run of 1889. At the sound of a pistol shot at noon on 22 April 1889, 50,000 people poured into the former Indian Territory to stake claims to land. Nell Jones, driving her buggy alone, outdistanced many family wagons, found a desirable site, and filed her claim. The town of Oklahoma City sprang up overnight, and Miss Jones became one of its first school teachers. She taught classes during the day, and cultivated her land in the evenings. It was said that she developed a high degree of skill at marksmanship by shooting rattlesnakes on her farm. After several years, she sold out and returned to teaching in Alabama and Texas. She died in 1939 at the home of her niece, Mrs. Eugene Hanszen (Gillie Whitman) in Dallas, at which time her obituary in the Dallas paper recounted her ad-ventures as an Oklahoma homesteader. Wiley Jones was one of the most prominent residents of the New Market area, according to a Huntsville paper. He married May Fanning, "the girl next door," whose father had purchased the old Bayless plantation. Both Wiley and May attended the Rice School and "grew up together." They married in 1889, had eight children, and celebrat-ed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1941. Emma3 Jones and her husband, Rev. Charles Whitman, moved back to Waco, Tex. from Cameron soon after her father's death. They are the ancestors of the Whitmans of Texas. (See Chapter VIII.) Issue of Willlam R.2 Jones and (1) Louisa J. Horton: i. Mary Ann Jones (1844-) m. Johnson W. Lindsay ii. William Richard (called Richard) Jones (1846-fl. 1856) iii. Septis Jones (fl. 1856) Issue of William R. Jones and (2) Gilliann Rice: iv. Jennie June Jones (1853-1920) m. James H. Latham v. Joseph Rice Jones (1855-1883) m. Rachel Elizabeth Sloan vi. Frank S. Jones, M.D. (1857-fl. 1939) m. Lou -- vii. Nell Sue Jones (1864-1939) - Unm viii. Wiley Thomas Jones (1869-1943) m. Mary Frances (May) Fanning ix. George Jones (d.y. - buried Rice Cemetery) 1900 Milam Co. Tx census says birthplace was Alabama, and that mother and father were born in Virginia. Need to check this out with further census data. When Gilliann and William Jones married, he bought part of the Rice plantation from his father-in-law. It and the Rice Cemetery remain in the ownership of their descendants. Moved across the border to Madison County, Alabama, Born in Tenn. inherited father's bounty land, Franklin co, 1857. Had three children by 1st wife who died ca. 1848. Married Gilliann 1852, moved to Madison county, Alabama. 1863. Purchased several tracts of land adj. to the Bayless/ Rice Plantations near New Market. Prominent planter. Called "Squire" Jones. Had seven more children. All Jones children attended Rice church and Rice school on the Rice plantation. Wife Gilliann died 1893, buried Rice Cemetery. Son-in-law and daughter, James and Jennie Latham and familly moved into Jones home to assist father. Jones deeded plantation to Lathams in 1894; left for Waco, Texas. to reside with son-in-law and daughter, Reverand Charles and Emma [Jones} whitman. Moved with Whitmans to Bailyeville, 1897; to Cameron, 1899. One of most popular and respected men in Cameron, according to newspaper story on his 87th birthday in 1907. Deied in Cameron 1908; buried Oak Hill cemetery. Named as son in father's will, proved Franklin county, Tn. Age, place of birth from census records. Louisa J. Jones named as dt. amos Horton in his 1860 will, Franklin Col. Tenn. Marriage to Giliann Rice in Madison Co., Ala, refister A4, page 452, also in Southern Advocate [Huntsville, Ala} 28 January, 1852. Gilliann {Rice Jones birht date from census records; dates also from grave marker in Rice Cemetery, Madison Col. Ala. Williwam R. Jones listed as father-in-law of Rev. Charles. D. Whitman in Whitman's 1900 census, Cameron, Milam co., Tex. Obit in Cameron News, 5 Feb. 1908. James Latham sold his mercantile store in New Market soon after his marriage to Jennie Jones and becmae a planter, residing on the Rice plantation. He took over the Jones plantation when Squire Jones deed ti to him in 1894 when he left for Texas. The Lathams had nine children, and all attended the old Rice School and church. Jennie died in 1920 and James in 1933. Both were buried in the Rice Cemetery. Many of their descendants still reside in the New Market area, but the Rice-Jones plantation passed out of the family, and the old Jones home burned in 1970.
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