Julia Ann Jones (1935)

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Winterset Madisonian
Thursday, October 10, 1935
Page 6

Week’s Letter from Earlham

Funeral services for Miss Julia Jones were held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the Methodist church with Rev. L. G. Wolfe in charge of the service. Two songs were sung by Mrs. Charles Soderburg and Mrs. Arthur Marks.

Miss Jones, who was born October 7, 1852, had lived in Earlham for many years where she did dress making. She lived with her brother Dan Jones and kept the home for him until about a year ago. Dan Jones passed away in 1934. A sister and brother besides nieces and nephews survive Miss Jones.

Burial was made in the Earlham cemetery with Frank Mylenek, Clarence Wilson, Virgil Eyerly, Jon Macy, William Jackson and W. L. Steinbaugh being pall bearers.
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Winterset Madisonian
Thursday, October 10, 1935
Page 6

Week’s News from Earlham

Word was received here Tuesday of the death of Miss Julia Jones at the Madison county home, Monday evening. The body was brought to the Welch funeral parlor and services will be held Thursday afternoon at the Earlham Methodist church.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, October 3, 1935

JULIA JONES DIED MONDAY

Died at Age of 83, Funeral Thursday Afternoon. Interment in Earlham Cemetery.

Julia Jones, 83 year old Earlham resident, died at the Madison County Home Monday at 10:00 p.m. The funeral will be held this afternoon at the local Methodist church at 2:00 o’clock. Interment will be in the Earlham cemetery.

Miss Jones was born October 7, 1852. She was a dressmaker here for many years and a sister of the late Dan Jones who was for years engaged in the furniture and undertaking business here. Their father was a Methodist minister in Earlham many years ago.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, October 10, 1935

Julia Ann Jones, daughter of John E. and Jane Ramsey Jones was born October 7, 1852 near West Newton, Indiana. It was there she spent her happy childhood days.

In 1867 her parents, with their family, moved to Iowa and settled just north of Earlham. Later they moved to Redfield. There Julia Ann spent many tiresome hours working in the woolen mills.

After living in Des Moines, Spring Hill and Stuart she decided to make her home in Earlham and moved here in 1893 to become a resident for more than forty years. She passed away September 30, 1935, lacking just seven days of reaching her eighty-third birthday.

Miss Jones was reared by Christian parents, her father being a minister in the Methodist church. She was a member of the Earlham M. E. church. She was a friend indeed and always helpful to those in sickness or distress. She was a talented seamstress and her work was widely known. In her passing Earlham has lost another of its pioneer residents who with untiring ways and hardships made themselves homes. In her latter years she was always thanking Earlham friends who contributed to her welfare and happiness and who assisted in the care of her brother Dan, who preceded her in death November 23, 1934.

She leaves to mourn her passing one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Salvers, of Spring Hill, Iowa, one brother, Joseph Jones of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska, two nieces and two nephews besides other relatives and friends.

Funeral services conducted by Rev. L. G. Wolfe were held Thursday afternoon, October 3, at 2 o’clock at the Earlham M.E. church. Interment was in the Earlham cemetery.