Samuel Jones, b. 1932, was the second of three children born to (John) James Jones and Abigail Carpenter Jones. When Samuel was 3, his mother died following complications from child birth. Two years later, Samuel's father married his late wife's sister Harriett Carpenter Barks, herself a widow since 1831.
Samuel was raised on his father's farms in Pleasant Township and later in southwestern Marion Township along the Green Camp Pike. He took up driving wagons at a young age and was a long haul teamster by his late teens.
Jones was introduced to his future wife Louisa Mouser by her father, David Mouser. David knew Samuel through business dealings with him at Mouser's blacksmith shop on West Church Street. Married in 1855, the couple were given a sizable house on the south side of West Church Street by the brides parents.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred. In adulthood, Perry would parlay his share of the inheritance from his grandfather into a sizable housing development in Marion comprising of Cherry, Windsor, Pearl and Blaine streets between Columbia and West Church. Fred would become a carpenter.
Returning home in 1868 from a trip to Indiana, Samuel fell ill with Typhoid Fever and died at the house on West Church. Samuel was buried in Marion Cemetery, in the Receiving Vault section.
Louisa never fully recovered from her husband's death. Each year on their wedding anniversary she would hold a dinner party at the house and set one chair and place sitting next to her for her deceased husband. She recorded each day of her life in diaries, written in ledger books.
Samuel was raised on his father's farms in Pleasant Township and later in southwestern Marion Township along the Green Camp Pike. He took up driving wagons at a young age and was a long haul teamster by his late teens.
Jones was introduced to his future wife Louisa Mouser by her father, David Mouser. David knew Samuel through business dealings with him at Mouser's blacksmith shop on West Church Street. Married in 1855, the couple were given a sizable house on the south side of West Church Street by the brides parents.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred. In adulthood, Perry would parlay his share of the inheritance from his grandfather into a sizable housing development in Marion comprising of Cherry, Windsor, Pearl and Blaine streets between Columbia and West Church. Fred would become a carpenter.
Returning home in 1868 from a trip to Indiana, Samuel fell ill with Typhoid Fever and died at the house on West Church. Samuel was buried in Marion Cemetery, in the Receiving Vault section.
Louisa never fully recovered from her husband's death. Each year on their wedding anniversary she would hold a dinner party at the house and set one chair and place sitting next to her for her deceased husband. She recorded each day of her life in diaries, written in ledger books.
Samuel Jones, b. 1932, was the second of three children born to (John) James Jones and Abigail Carpenter Jones. When Samuel was 3, his mother died following complications from child birth. Two years later, Samuel's father married his late wife's sister Harriett Carpenter Barks, herself a widow since 1831.
Samuel was raised on his father's farms in Pleasant Township and later in southwestern Marion Township along the Green Camp Pike. He took up driving wagons at a young age and was a long haul teamster by his late teens.
Jones was introduced to his future wife Louisa Mouser by her father, David Mouser. David knew Samuel through business dealings with him at Mouser's blacksmith shop on West Church Street. Married in 1855, the couple were given a sizable house on the south side of West Church Street by the brides parents.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred. In adulthood, Perry would parlay his share of the inheritance from his grandfather into a sizable housing development in Marion comprising of Cherry, Windsor, Pearl and Blaine streets between Columbia and West Church. Fred would become a carpenter.
Returning home in 1868 from a trip to Indiana, Samuel fell ill with Typhoid Fever and died at the house on West Church. Samuel was buried in Marion Cemetery, in the Receiving Vault section.
Louisa never fully recovered from her husband's death. Each year on their wedding anniversary she would hold a dinner party at the house and set one chair and place sitting next to her for her deceased husband. She recorded each day of her life in diaries, written in ledger books.
Samuel was raised on his father's farms in Pleasant Township and later in southwestern Marion Township along the Green Camp Pike. He took up driving wagons at a young age and was a long haul teamster by his late teens.
Jones was introduced to his future wife Louisa Mouser by her father, David Mouser. David knew Samuel through business dealings with him at Mouser's blacksmith shop on West Church Street. Married in 1855, the couple were given a sizable house on the south side of West Church Street by the brides parents.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred. In adulthood, Perry would parlay his share of the inheritance from his grandfather into a sizable housing development in Marion comprising of Cherry, Windsor, Pearl and Blaine streets between Columbia and West Church. Fred would become a carpenter.
Returning home in 1868 from a trip to Indiana, Samuel fell ill with Typhoid Fever and died at the house on West Church. Samuel was buried in Marion Cemetery, in the Receiving Vault section.
Louisa never fully recovered from her husband's death. Each year on their wedding anniversary she would hold a dinner party at the house and set one chair and place sitting next to her for her deceased husband. She recorded each day of her life in diaries, written in ledger books.
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SAMUEL JONES / DIED / OCT. 11, 1868 / AGED / 35Y 10M 4D The verse below is difficult to read.
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