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Below is a family biography included in The History of Webster County, Missouri 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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Eli W. Jones, another old settler and enterprising citizen of Washington Township, Webster Co., Mo., was born in Marshall County, Tenn., November 26, 1836, and is the son of James and Ailee Jones, both natives of North Carolina. James Jones was born October 12, 1794, and died in Dallas County, Mo., May 14, 1863. He married Miss Bills about 1815, and afterward they moved to Marshall County, Tenn., but later found their way to Missouri, where they located in what is now Washington Township, Dallas County. Here the mother also died. James Jones was a Democrat in politics; was a member of the Baptist Church, as was also his wife, he being a minister in the same, but never taking money for preaching. In connection with his ministerial duties he also followed farming. To James and Ailee Jones were born eleven children, seven now living: Lemuel, Susan C., Edwin C., Garsham B. (deceased), Polly Ann, Solomon B. (deceased), Sarah M., James M. (deceased), Elizabeth P., Eli W. and Keziah M. (deceased). Lemuel represented Dallas County in the Legislature several years before and during the war, and after that eventful time represented Webster County three terms. After going to Texas he represented McLennan County in the Legislature. He was captain of a Confederate company during the war, as was also Edwin C., who was also a prominent man, and represented Hot Springs County in the Legislature. Eli W. Jones, when twenty years of age, or on September 6, 1856, married Miss Ann Eliza Campbell, daughter of George W. Campbell, and a native of Dallas County, Mo., born May 10, 1840. By this union eleven children were born: Edwin W. (farmer of Dallas County, Mo.), Medretta (wife of Augustus Latimer), Mary Frances (wife of Herbert McFadin), James F., Martha F. (wife of Frank Hollis), Joseph Lee, Ida A., Charley, Robert E. and Nella F. One child, who died at the age of thirteen, was named Lemuel A. After his marriage Mr. Jones remained on the old home stead until 1880, when he moved to his present place of residence, and has followed farming all his life. He has never been an office seeker, would not under any consideration be a candidate, although all his brothers have held different public offices. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Democrat in politics, and one of the best citizens of the county.
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