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James Worley Jones

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James Worley Jones

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Oct 1857 (aged 48)
Mason County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.1203222, Longitude: -89.4877694
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October 9, 1857, James went to the mill, a distance of twenty miles from his home. He had to remain over night so he slept in the mill. During the night, the upper story of the mill fell in and he was killed, and his remains conveyed home the next day. The spring following this sad event his widow, Nancy and her children settled in West Lincoln Township, Logan County, on section 6, where Mrs. James W. Jones lived untill her death in 1883.
October 9, 1857, James went to the mill, a distance of twenty miles from his home. He had to remain over night so he slept in the mill. During the night, the upper story of the mill fell in and he was killed, and his remains conveyed home the next day. The spring following this sad event his widow, Nancy and her children settled in West Lincoln Township, Logan County, on section 6, where Mrs. James W. Jones lived untill her death in 1883.


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