Jones, Samuel and Myra Family

JONES, MCCONNELL, COLLINS, DENHAM, SMITH, COLLINS, BURNS, HUKILL, WOODS, OVERHOLTZER, GILL, DAUGHTON, EDWARDS, JONES, COLE, BOLES, PIDCOCK, CREVELING, CREES, EMLEY

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/30/2019 at 19:51:20

The Samuel and Myra Jones Family
"Reflections of Grand River, Iowa 1881-1981"
Page 141, Clarke Pub. Co. Osceola IA. 1981.

Samuel Jones (1869-1946), the son of William and Malissa McConnell Jones, had three brothers: William married Jane Bohall, James married Minnie Denham and George married Alecta Smith and later married Dollie Collins. In 1896, Sam married Myra Hukill (1877-1963), the daughter of Ohio and Satira Burns Hukill. Myra had three brothers and one sister: Steven married Eva Woods, John married Lottie Overholtzer, Charles married Mable Gill and Helen married Ralph Daughton. Myra had two half-sisters: Margaret married Thomas Edwards and Ida married John Edwards.

Sam was a farmer near Grand River and Westerville most of his life, with the exception of a few years spent in Colorado. They had two children: Floyd and Florence. Sam and Myra are buried at Westerville Cemetery.

In 1917, Floyd Jones (1897-1975), married Catherine Cole (1900-1977), daughter of Dock and Candace Cole of Westerville. Floyd was a farmer most of his life in Decatur and Ringgold counties. Kate was a telephone operator for a number of years. They moved to Leon in 1974. They are buried at Oliver Cemetery in Ringgold County.

Floyd and Kate had four children: Roy, Raymond, Francis Maurice and Ralph. Roy married Alma Boles and they farmed near Grand River. Raymond married Dorine Pidcock. He worked for Ed Harger's Tank Service of Grand River, and Dorine operates a beauty shop in their Beaconsfield home. Maurice married Doris Creveling. He, while a pilot in WW II, was shot down over Germany, in 1945. Interment was at Oliver Cemetery in Ringgold County. Ralph married Barbara Crees. They are partners in Leon Auto Parts store.

Florence (1898-1951), married Ralph Emley in 1919. The first years of their marriage, they lived at Burlington, Iowa; then they made their home in Merino, Colorado. Florence died after surgery complications and is buried at Merino, Colorado.