My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM J. JONES, a time-honored farmer of Maury County, and a native of that county, was born November 4, 1823, son of Willis and Elizabeth (Gee) Jones, both natives of North Carolina. The father was one of the early settlers of Maury County, and was one of the wealthiest and most successful farmers of his day. He died in 1834, the mother died one month later in the same year, at the age of forty years. Our subject on account of his parents’ dying when he was quite young, was reared by his older brothers and sisters. He secured a limited education, and at the age of fifteen began farming near Santa Fe, this county. In 1881 he purchased his present farm of 1,050 acres of good land, which was part of the land granted to Ezekial and Thomas Polk for services rendered in the Revolutionary war. Our subject has been quite successful in farming and stock raising, and has one of the finest farms in Maury County. In 1841 he wedded Emily Hanks, a native of this county and the daughter of Rev. Elijah Hanks, of this county. Her death occurred in 1843. In 1845 he wedded Harriet Miller, who died about 1860. To this union was born one child — John L. In 1862 he married Lucinda McConnico, a native of this county, who died in 1877. They had six children, Walter, Minnie, Eulae E., Hallie, Alverta and Ernest. In 1879 Mr. Jones married his present wife, Nancy Evans, a native of Williamson County. Our subject is a Democrat in politics, and himself an attendant and his wife a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.