Jones, Paul Denham Family

JONES, METTS, BAKER, BOELLING, WEST, HARRISON, EMERY

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/30/2019 at 19:43:30

The Paul Denham Jones Family
"Reflections of Grand River, Iowa 1881-1981"
Clarke Pub. Co. Osceola IA. 1981.

Paul Denham Jones, son of Jim and Minnie Denham Jones, was born September 7, 1884. He was raised on a farm known as Sand Creek in Decatur County.

On Oct. 17, 1906, he married Ethel Metts, daughter of Frank and Eliza Baker Metts.

In 1911, they bought land and built a new house on Sand Creek. In later years they moved to a farm two miles north of Grand River known as the Marion Brammer farm. He farmed and raised livestock. His father, Jim Jones, raised watermelons for everyone, far and near.

To this union eleven children were born: Elma Boelling, Zeta West, Opal Harrison, James Jones, Gerald Jones, John Jones, Paul Jones, Jr., Lyle Jones and Darlene Emery.

Six of Paul and Ethel's children still live in Iowa. The other five still living are scattered throughout the United States.

Copied from "Reflections of Grand River, Iowa 1881-1981" by Stacey McDowell Dietiker, June 5, 2001