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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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W. H. Jones. On a fine farm of 200 acres of good tillable land, well improved with good buildings, etc., located in Noland Township, near Emmet, surrounded by a happy family of five interesting children, live the subject of this sketch and his estimable wife. Mr. Jones was originally from Scott County, Mo., where he was born on December 11, 1845. His father, Harrison Jones, was also a native of Missouri, and was born in 1809. Early in life he learned the saddler’s trade, at which he worked with reasonable success all his life. He was married in Missouri, in 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Jackson, a native of the Blue-Grass State, born in 1819, and to their union were born four children, but three of whom are now living, the subject of this sketch being the second son. The father died in 1853, and his death was followed seven years later, by that of his life companion, who passed away in full communion with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The father belonged to the A. O. U. W. W. H. Jones, our subject, was joined in wedlock in August, 1870, to Miss Elnora Hicks, daughter of B. D. and Carolina (Batey) Hicks, born in Clark County, Ark., on September 3, 1860, and this union has resulted in the birth of five children, who are named: Basil D., William B., Cornelia M., Dolphin E. and Bertia E. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and are numbered among the respected citizens of the county.

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This family biography is one of 131 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Hempstead County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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