Individual Details

Census (family)

1,1, Alderman, H B, 53, MW, Farmer, 2500, 650?, Ohio
Rhoda, 42, FW, Keeping house, Ohio
Silas B, 18, MW, Works on farm, Iowa
Eldora, 13, FW, at home, IA
Sebella M, 11 FW, IA
Ada May, 9, FW, IA
Jennette M, 5 FW, IA
Warren W, 3, MW, IA
2, 2, Jones, John, 35 M, Carpenter, 800, - , PA
, Melvina, 24, FW, Keeping house, OH
, William, 9, WM, at home, IA
, Chas, 6, WM, at home, IA
, Edmund, 4, WM, at home, IA
, Rosa, 1 FW, at home, IA

Census (family)

81, 81, Jones, John, WM, 46, married, Farmer, PA
, Melvina, WF, 36,Wife, married, OH
, William, WM, 18, son, single, works on farm, IA
, Charles, WM, 16, son, single, works on farm, IA
, Elzina, WF, 11, Daughter, single, IA
, Mernavia, WF, 8 Daughter, single, IA
, Jesse, WM, 6, Son, single, IA
, Mary, WF, 4, Daughter, single, IA
, Marshall, WM, 1, Son, single, IA
, Maud, WF, 1, Daughter, single, IA
, Edwin, WM, 14, Son, single, IA

Death

rs. John Jones died January 18, near Stanhope, after an illness of more than one year. She leave a husband and ten children to mourn the irreparable loss of a loved and loving wife and mother. Friends for miles around were at her bedside for many days before she died, doing all they could for her until the last, for which she expressed her sincere and heartfelt thanks for the kindly assistance and favors that so many have bestowed on them during her illness and death. Before she died she bid her neighbors good bye and asked them to meet her in heaven, calling her husband and children to her bedside and begged them to prepare to meet her in heaven. She was willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Adam Kepler, Stanhope, Iowa, Feb 1, 1888.

Dead: Mrs. Jones of Clear Lake township, died on the 17th, after a painful illness of many months at the age of about 47 years. Many relatives and friends were left to mourn the loss of this excellent and generally esteemed woman.
From The Freeman Jan. 25, 1888.

Webster City Tribune, March 30, 1887, under Stanhope news heading states Mrs. Jones, who has been very sick for the past month, we are sorry to say is not improving very fast- if any; but we hope that a change for the better may soon take place.