Jones, Joseph 1862-1954 & Sarah Frances Scott Family
JONES, SCOTT, HARRIS, LAMB
Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/25/2023 at 13:53:36
Jones, Joseph 1862-1954 & Sarah Frances Scott Family
This story was taken from pages 416-417 of the Ireton Centennial Book (1882-1982). Author unknown. The story was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. Some research notes were added by Wilma J. Vande Berg .
Joseph and Sarah Frances (Scott) Jones were married Apr. 10, 1884 in Sargraman Co., Il. Joe Jones came to Sioux Co. in 1892 and purchased the farm (Eagle Twp. Sec. 35) on Highway 10 where Daryl Schlumbohm now lives for $5.00 per acre. Sarah came later on the train, bringing the children, Ida, Daisy, and Effie. Ida remembered riding on the train a long time and she was 5 at that time. He also owned a farm west of the “homeplace,” which he later sold to Jesse Yates.
Sarah and Joe had 9 children: Clarence, Ida (Mrs. Clyde Wills), Daisy (Mrs. Floyd Bartlett), Effie (Mrs. Orlan Liston), Roy, Pearly, Arthur (Sam), William (Jim), and Ralph. All are deceased. Esther Jones, wife of Arthur, and Nellie Jones, wife of Clarence, are both living, Esther in Ireton and Nellie in Aberdeen, S.D.
Joe and Sarah Jones retired and moved to Ireton into the house now owned by Mark Degen, in 1912. Grandpa Jones was 50 years when he retired to town but visited his farm almost every day. Different sons and sons-in-law farmed with Grandpa on shares. Joe loved to play cards and walked up town every morning and afternoon and played cards at the local pool halls. Grandma Jones always complained of him wearing out his pockets with the paper clips. In later years he used a cane which had belonged to his grandfather and was more than 100 years old at that time. Grandma Jones was a very good cook and could make dinner in one skillet. Fried meat, fried potatoes, and fried cabbage. She made a pie for dinner almost every day, all on a cook stove. She loved flowers and had many flowers in the summer and a window full of plants in the winter. She also made many quilts. Daughters and daughters-in-law gathered many evenings or afternoons quilting.
Sarah and Joe were members of the Presbyterian Church and are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. One of the things the grandchildren remember were the large birthday parties they had for Grandpa’s and Grandma’s birthdays. Pot-luck dinners, with their granddaughter, Mrs. Emery Vlotho, making the birthday cakes as her birthday was the same day as Grandpa Jones. When he was 90 she made the cake in a large dishpan and put 90 candles on it and by the time they were all lit the cake started on fire. Grandma Jones died in 1947 at the age of 85, and Grandpa Jones died in 1954 at the age of 92. Sarah had been a resident of the Ireton area for 46 years and Joe for 63 years.
******Research Notes: Added by Wilma J. Vande Berg Taken from Ancestry.com public member trees which were submitted by other than this submitter.
Joseph Christopher Jones was born 21 Feb 1862 Taylorville, IL and died 24 Jul 1954 Ireton IA. He was the son of Austin T. Jones 1836-1908 and Eliza Jane Harris 1837-1897. He married Sarah Scott 10 Apr 1884 at Christian County IL.
Sarah Frances Scott was born 5 Jun 1862 Christian County IL and died 11 Oct 1947 Hawarden IA. She was the daughter of William N. Scott 1825-1875 and Martha Lamb 1825-1910. Joseph and Sarah had the following children:
1. Clarence Sidney Jones born 26 Jul 1884 Taylorville Christian IL died 18 Nov 1970 Wetonka SD He married Nellie Verden Heagley 1892-1985 Find A Grave lists two children Helen Alder and Harold Dwight Jones.
2. Ida Ola Jones born 25 Sep 1886 Palmer, Christian, IL died 12 Oct 1963 Ireton IA. She married Clyde Charles Wills 1881-1949. They were the parents of children – Hollis Burdette Wills 1905-1992, Cecil Bruce Wills 1908-1967, Lilliam Bernice Wills 1910-2008, Dorothy Lavon Wills 1912-1997, Morris Wesley Will 1914-2001 and Beulah Maybelle Wills 1925-1997.
3 Effie Fae Jones born 10 Feb 1888 Palmer Christian IL died 28 Sep 1921 Sioux City IA She married Orlen Emil Liston 1887-1960. Effie and Orlen had children – Mildred Vivian Liston 1909-1991, Lee Morris Liston 1913-2005, Lloyd Orville Liston 19116-1997. and Daryl Clinton Liston 1920-1998.
4. Daisy Della Jones born 10 Nov 1889 Morrisville, IL died 12 May 1978 LeMars IA. She married Isaac Justin Myers 1884-1922, and married Cyrus Floyd Bartlett 1888-1960. They had children Cleon Celeste Myers 1916, Marcella Myers 1918-2011, and Rouletta Pauline Myers 1919.
5. William Austin Jones born 5 Sep 1891 Ireton Sioux IA died 29 Apr 1957 Sioux Falls SD buried Ireton IA.
6. Arthur Ewing Jones born 27 Feb 1894 Iowa Twp, Washington IA died 26 Oct 1973 Ireton IA . He married Esther Areene Kaske 1902-1900, at Madison SD. They had a son Marion Jones of Colton SD.
7. Pearl ‘Perley’ Jones born 18 Nov 1895 IA died 5 Dec 1900 Ireton IA Died as a five year old child.
8. Roy Jones born 20 Feb 1898 IA died 29 Oct 1923 Ireton IA He Married Florence M. Bauman at Chester SD. Two chldren – Ruby Creone Jones and William Joseph Jones
9. Ralph Clifford Jones born 15 Sep 1903 Ireton IA died 9 Jun 1972 Hawarden IA Spouses Velma Lucille Kment 1914-1964 and Hilda Marie Treiber Cain 1907-1993
OBITUARY OF JOSEPH JONES 1862-1954
J. C. Jones, 92 a resident of Ireton, 63 years, died Sat. at the Hawarden Hospital. Mr. Jones had been active until his last recent illness.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 Tues. afternoon at the Mrs. Ida Wills home and at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Boyd Stevenson of Emerson, IA, former Ireton minister, officiated and was assisted by D. D. S. Theo. Baxter of Sioux City. Music was furnished by a quartet of Ora Grau, Gale Bergsma, Fred Schuette and Bert Rogers, with Mrs. Henry Poll as accompanist.
Pall bearers were his grandsons. Burial was in the Ireton cemetery.
He was born February 21, 1862 at Taylorsville, Christian County, Ill. He married Sarah Frances Scott April 10, 1884, and to this union nine children were born.
Mrs. Jones died Sept. 21, 1947 and Roy, Mrs. Orlen Liston and Perlie preceded him in death.
Mr. Jones farmed for many years in the Ireton vicinity before he retired and moved to town.
He is survived by four sons, Clarence of Wetonka, S.D., Ralph and William of Ireton and A. E. Jones of Hawarden; two daughters, Mrs. Daisy Bartlett of Le Mars and Mrs. Ida Wills of Ireton; one sisters, Mrs. Lillian Maxwell of Paullina; 21 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.
Source: Hawarden Independent 7/20/1954OBITUARY OF SARAH FRANCES SCOTT JONES 1962-1947
Mrs. J. C. Jones 85, a resident of Ireton for 46 years, died at the Hawarden Hospital at 3:30 Sat. morning after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. J. Boyd Stevenson, the pastor in charge. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Pall bearers were her grandsons, Morris Wills, Cecil Wills, Lee and Lloyd Liston and Marion and William Jones.
Frances Scott was born in Christian County, Ill. June 5, 1862. She married J. C. Jones at Palmer, Ill. April 10, 1884. In 1891 she went to Ireton and located on a farm where she lived until 33 years ago when she went to Ireton.
Survivors are her husband and four sons and two daughters, James, A. E. and Ralph Jones and Mrs. C. C. Wills of Ireton; Clarence Jones of Wetonka, S. D. and Mrs. Floyd Bartlett Le Mars, 20 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Roy Jones, Mrs. Effie Liston and Pearl Jones preceded their mother in death.
Mrs. Jones was the last member of her family. Mr. and Mrs. Jones observed their 63 wedding anniversary last April.
Source: Hawarden Independent 9/25/1947This picture was in the Ireton Centennial Book page 416
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