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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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William A. D. Jones, farmer and stock raiser, is the third of five children, two sons and three daughters, born to Edward and Lucy G. (Lee) Jones, and the grandson on both sides of early settlers of Tennessee. The father was born in North Carolina in 1800, was of Welsh descent, and when a boy moved with his parents to Wilson County, Tenn. The mother was also born in North Carolina, about three years after the birth of her future husband, and moved with her parents to Wilson County, Tenn., when a small girl. She was of the Robert E. Lee stock. The father was a model farmer, a Democrat in politics, and died in 1870. The mother was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and her death occurred in 1861. Their son, William A. D. Jones, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., July 2, 1830, attained his growth on the farm, and received a very limited education. In 1850 he married Miss Emiline Holloway, a native of Wilson County, Tenn., and to them were born seven children, five now living: Lucy J., Margaret A., Alwilda S. F., Henrietta J. and Medorah E. October, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-eighth Tennessee Confederate Volunteer Infantry, and served two years; going out as orderly he was soon promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. He participated in the battle of Shiloh, where he led 100 men. In 1863 he was discharged on account of disability, and has followed farming and stock-raising ever since. He lost his wife in 1866, and the following year he married Miss Nancy J. Graves, a native of Wilson County, Tenn., who bore him eight children: Robert E., Geneva D., John E., Lorenzo R., Eugene, Wilson R., Wiley and Thomas R. In 1867 Mr. Jones moved to Collins County, Tex., where he remained fifteen years; was then in Grayson County for four years, but he, as well as all his family, being sick, he loaded them in a wagon and started for Eureka Springs, Ark. Upon reaching Siloam Springs, Ark., they stopped there, and here the health of the family was soon restored. The same year (1884) he purchased the place where he now lives, which consists of 238 acres of fine land. While in Tennessee, Mr. Jones held the offices of constable and deputy sheriff. He is a Democrat in politics and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
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