Jones, Gabriel

JONES, TULL

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/11/2013 at 07:38:32

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

JONES, GABRIEL—Jefferson Twp—pg 966. Farmer, section 27, P.O. Victor. Was born in 1824, in Harrison county, Ohio, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in tilling the soil in various places in the State till 1853, when he came to Iowa, and located in Van Buren county. Here he resided two years, then removed to Wapello county, engaging in farming till 1867, when he came to this county and settled south of Brooklyn, remaining until 1871, when he located where he now lives and owns sixty acres of good land. Mr. Jones was married, April 23, 1854, in Van Buren county, Iowa, to Miss Mary E. Tull, of that county. The result of this union is six children: Anthony (aged twenty-two; married and lives in Iowa), William H. (aged twenty-one), Maria A. (aged eighteen), Elmer E. (aged sixteen), John (aged fourteen) and James H. (aged nine). They have buried two daughters. Mrs. Jones, after a lingering illness, died of consumption, February 7, 1875, leaving her family and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.