Individual Details

Almira A Jones

(13 Feb 1835 - 8 May 1923)

Also known as "Almira A." Almira was born in 1837 in Delaware County, OH, daughter of Samuel Jones, Jr. (1801-1889)and Maria Cockrell (1805-1845). Almira married Peter Gifford (1831-1864) in 1855 at Pine Rock Twsp, Ogle County, IL. About 1860 they went to Buchanan County, IA where Peter enlisted in Company H, 1st Iowa Calvary to serve in the Civil War. Peter died of typhoid while in the cavalry on 19 Apr 1864 at Cairo, IL. After Peter's death, Almira married Lawrence Wren. Almira is my 2nd great grandmother.
- Roy Siple
Added: Mar. 16, 2014

Events

Birth13 Feb 1835Harlem, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Birth13 Feb 1835Harlem, Delaware, Ohio, USA
Marriage24 Feb 1855Ogle, Illinois, United States - Peter Gifford
Residence1860Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois
Marriage28 Feb 1867Ogle, Illinois, United States - Lawrence Wren
Residence1920Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Widowed - Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois, USA
Death8 May 1923Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois, USA
BurialChana, Ogle County, Illinois, USA

Families

SpousePeter Gifford ( - )
SpouseLawrence Wren ( - )
FatherMaria Cockrell (1805 - 1845)
MotherSamuel Jones Jr (1801 - 1889)
SiblingGeorge Washington Jones (1824 - 1908)
SiblingOliver Perry Jones (1826 - 1847)
SiblingSara Jones (1827 - 1889)
SiblingJohn Butler Jones (1827 - 1914)
SiblingLarinda Jones (1829 - 1851)
SiblingElizabeth Jones (1831 - )
SiblingMarie Jones (1833 - 1853)
SiblingKatherine Jones (1835 - 1836)
SiblingEmma M Jones (1839 - 1913)
SiblingLucy Ann Jones (1842 - 1879)
SiblingSamuel Burr Jones (1844 - 1917)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

2. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: T625_398; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 92.

3. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: M653_215; Page: 501; Family History Library Film: 803215.

4. Ancestry.com, Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

5. Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp., Illinois, Marriage Index, 1851-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

6. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: M653_215; Page: 501; Family History Library Film: 803215.

7. Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp., Illinois, Marriage Index, 1851-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

8. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois; Roll: T625_398; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 92.

9. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

10. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).