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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Garland 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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Rev. Joseph H. Jones, of the Missionary Baptist Church, was born in what is now Garland County, in 1855, and is the son of Dr. Willis C. Jones, whose birth occurred in Tennessee, September 3, 1830. The latter received his education in the common schools of that State, and was married in Alabama, in 1850, to Rachel Wright of that locality. They had a family of eight children, two boys and six girls: Nancy (wife of Alexander Wright), Joseph H., Sarah J. (wife of William Jackson), Mary M. (wife of Henry Keith), Eliza (now Mrs. Ketchem), Julia (now Mrs. Matthews), Margaret (wife of Monroe Berry, of Montgomery, Ala.) and Richard. Mr. Jones came to Clark County, Ark., in early days, and entered a quarter section of land which was covered with timber. Erecting a log-house, he commenced the practice of medicine, being truly a pioneer of that county. He served for some time as hospital steward in the Confederate army, and in later years has been a minister of the Christian Church, over twenty years in all. Joseph H. Jones was educated in the common schools of his county, but is virtually a self-made man. In 1877 he was married to Martha Carley, born in 1857, in Arkansas, and a daughter of Hiram Carley, of Garland County, who was born in North Carolina, and who came to this State at an early day. Mrs. Jones was one of four children, the others being: Melissa (deceased), Elizabeth (now Mrs. Adams) and Amanda (wife of W. J. Chitwood). Her parents are members of the Christian Church, and still reside in Garland County. She is the mother of three children: Willis, Fletcher and Richard. Mr. Jones has been a well-to-do and successful farmer all of his life, and since 1884 has been preaching with good results, the Gospel, under the auspices of the Missionary Baptist Church He is a man held in high esteem among his neighbors, and is a member of the A. F. & A. M. His fine farm of 220 acres, twelve miles west of Hot Springs, indicates the possessor to be an excellent agriculturist. Of this tract, fifty acres are under cultivation. He also has a fine orchard, containing 600 bearing apple trees.

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This family biography is one of 55 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Garland County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Garland County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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