Individual Details

Married Cecil Lloyd Bentley, 11 Jun 1915. They divorced about 1920 and she married William Raymond Harper, 29 Jun 1922.

There were two Bentley daughters - Helen, b. 1916, Doris, b. 1920. And two children by Harper, on was son William Raymond Jones "Bud" Harper, 1931-2012 [died in Ft. Smith].

Daily Herald, Fort Smith, AR, 17 June 1915, Thursday, p.2
Jones-Bentley
Miss Helen Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jones and Cecil Lloyd Bentley, son of Mrs. J. A. Bentley, were married Tuesday evening June 8th, at the residence of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Simmons, 514 N. 6th Street, Rev. James Seehorn Seneker, paster of First M. E. Church, South, reading the service....
Only the immediate family and intimate friends were present...
The young couple will reside at 514 N. 6th St and Mr. Bentley has leased the soda fountain in Caldwell's Drug Store.

Notes on Ancestry Family Trees:

Helen lived to be 102. She was a lady, a wonderful mother, grandmother and friend to all. She was very active in civic & church activies & all the young people wanted her to be their grandmother. She painted very well, had a great sense of humor. She lived independently in her home until her death. Per Bud, her son.

Sarah Ashley lived with her daughter (my grandmother), Bertha Ashley Jones for several years before she died. She died four years before I was born, so -- obviously -- I never knew her. They were quality people. Great grandad Ashley was an inventor and civil engineer. He was a veteran of the Civil War and fought with the Northern Army. Also a Republican. The other side of my family was from the South and were Confederate soldiers. That make for an interesting conversation from both sides. Mom's letter is accurate about the births and moves. She and Dad moved to Osawatomie, Kansas from Coffeyville, Kansas when the Missouri Pacific Railroad moved its Train Dispatchers Office and lengthened the district of r.r. that each had as technology improved. Dad worked for the Missouri Pacific R. R. from the time he was 16 years old until he retired in 1966 and they returned to Fort Smith, Ar. Dad was a telegrapher in the early years, before becoming a train dispatcher. He retired as a Chief Dispatcher. ( He was 64 when he retired and had 48 years seniority with the same railroad!)

Birth	Feb 1897	Kansas
Marriage	29 Jun 1922	Sequoyah County, Oklahoma - William Raymond Harper
Death	16 Jan 2000	Sebastian County, Arkansas

Spouse	William Raymond Harper (1902 - 1987)
Child	William Raymond Harper Harper Jr (1931 - 2012)
Child	Betty Faye Harper (1924 - 2017)

Father	John Hugh Jones (1859 - 1935)
Mother	Bertha Mae Ashley (1872 - 1950)
Sibling	Jay Orlin Jones (1894 - 1957)
Sibling	Ralph Ashley Jones (1895 - 1961)