Mark Stevenson Jones (1844 - 1909)

Born 12 Feb 1844 in Barnet, Caledonia, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ploomy R (Houghton) Jones — married 22 Mar 1866 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States

Died 30 May 1909 at age 65 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Mark Stephenson Jones b. 12 Feb 1844 Barnet, VT^[1] He was the son of Ira Jones and Ruby Bacon.

Mark, age 22, residing in Monroe, New Hampshire, married Ploomy Houghton, 19, of St Johnsbury, in St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, 22 Mar 1866.^[2]

Death

Mark Jones died in Los Angeles 30 May 1909, and is buried in the Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, MA, spouse Ploomy R^[3]

Mark S Jones died 30 May 1909 Los Angeles, CA^[4]

Timeline

1860 census, Monroe, Grafton, NH.^[5]
Mark Jones age 16, b. Vermont, attended school. He was living with his older brother John B Jones, and the E W Blake household, working as a farm laborer. His father Ira B Jones was enumerated 2 households away.

1868, 2 Oct. Mark Stephenson Jones, age 24, b. VT, farmer living in Silveyville, Solano County^[6]

1880, Federal Census, Concord, VT. ^[7]
Mark S Jones, 35, b. Vermont, parents b. Massachusetts, peddler.
Ploomy R, 32, b. Vermont, father born Vermont, mother born Canada

1881, 8 Dec. initiated Moose River Lodge, W Concord VT, resides Somerville MA, occupation livery stable, deceased 30 May 1909 ^[8]

An 1892 postcard to Addie Jones (his niece, daughter of John Jones) was forwarded to “M S Jones” #12 Marshall St. Winter Hill, Somerville, Mass.^[9]

1900 Federal Census, 95 Myrtle Street, Melrose, Middlesex, Mass.^[10]
Mark Jones, age 56, b. Feb 1844, stable keeper rents at 95 Myrtle Street. father b. Unk, mother b. Vermont
Ploomy Jones, b. Feb 1846 Vermont. married 34 years, father b. Vermont, mother b. Canada. no children.

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," (database : 11 February 2018), Mark Jones, 12 Feb 1844; citing BARNET TWP,CALEDONIA,VERMONT, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89S4-JQ3R?cc=1987653&wc=Q8ZY-DRW%3A324710401%2C324976501%2C324977901 : 29 November 2018), Caledonia > St. Johnsbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1853-1889 vol 3-5 > image 68 of 608; citing various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont.
3. ↑ Contemporaneous headstones, with dates is at Find a Grave, database and images accessed 17 February 2021), memorial page for Mark Stevenson Jones (12 Feb 1844–30 Jun 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #160928256, citing Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Lynette Groves (contributor 47190662) .
4. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-91SL-DZ5?cc=1932433&wc=M6PR-X2S%3A228662301%2C228671201 : 27 May 2015), 1905-1929 > Emerson, George-Lem, Leng > image 662 of 857; Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860": (14 December 2017), Mark Jones in entry for John B Jones, 1860.
6. ↑ “California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898,” [database on-line].
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBL-9CG5?cc=1417683&wc=XWZW-BZ9%3A1589415260%2C1589405685%2C1589396728%2C1589395509 : 24 December 2015), Vermont > Essex > Concord > ED 91 > image 27 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
8. ↑ MA Mason membership cards, 1733-1990 [database on-line]
9. ↑ Postcard in personal collection RHSeale
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," : 5 August 2014), Massachusetts > Middlesex > ED 882 Melrose city Ward 6 > image 4 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).