Nancy Catherine Jones was one daughter of ten identified offspring of James Newell Jones and Nancy (Eddy?) Jones, born in Carroll County, GA, as was all but one of her siblings. The birth date of Nov of 1838 is per one census record, but others conflict somewhat, and has not been confirmed with other records. She appears to have favored her middle name, Catherine, as found in most records.
She married widower William B “WB” Fields on Oct 4, 1857 in Tallapoosa County, AL. His first wife was Nancy’s older sister, Sarah Jones, born in 1834 in Carroll County, GA, and died in Tallapoosa County, AL in about 1856. WB and Sarah had three offspring before her death, which may have been in childbirth:
- William Francis Alexander Fields, 1851-1936 – memorial no. 5905492
- Sarah Ellen Fields, 1855-1948 – memorial no. 95589222
- Emily Fields, 1856-unk/aft 1860 – may have died in childhood.
Nancy raised her sister’s children as her own. Sarah’s youngest, Emily, disappears after the 1860 census and appears to have died in childhood. WB and Nancy Catherine Jones Fields then had two known offspring of their own:
- Eugenia “Jennie” Catherine Fields, 1858-1918
- Artelia Arabelle “Belle” Fields, 1863-1911
WB enlisted in the CSA in 1861 in the same unit with five of his brothers-in-law. One period letter has survived written (one section) by WB to his sister-in-law, Rebecca Jones Garner, with a note included for "Catherine" (attached to his memorial page).
WB did not survive the war, appearing to have died missing in action in Tennessee, perhaps in March of 1864 during the last major fighting in that area, following which Nancy continued to raise her children alone, but with family support, and never remarried.
She first applied for a widow’s pension in 1889 in Clay County, AL, was found as a boarder with the elderly Watsons in 1900 in Poplar Spring, Tallapoosa, AL, and filled a final widow’s application for pension in 1915 in Coosa County, AL, now age seventy-seven. She disappears from all records after that application and is assumed to have passed not long after that date in Coosa. Oddly, no death or burial records have been found to date. She had outlived many of her siblings and one daughter. No references are found to her death or burial in records found for her other offspring or step children. It is assumed she was buried in Coosa, but perhaps Clay or Tallapoosa, where her parents and some siblings were likely buried.
Perhaps a Find a Grave member will one day find her headstone somewhere in Alabama and add it here.
Allan Garner
She married widower William B “WB” Fields on Oct 4, 1857 in Tallapoosa County, AL. His first wife was Nancy’s older sister, Sarah Jones, born in 1834 in Carroll County, GA, and died in Tallapoosa County, AL in about 1856. WB and Sarah had three offspring before her death, which may have been in childbirth:
- William Francis Alexander Fields, 1851-1936 – memorial no. 5905492
- Sarah Ellen Fields, 1855-1948 – memorial no. 95589222
- Emily Fields, 1856-unk/aft 1860 – may have died in childhood.
Nancy raised her sister’s children as her own. Sarah’s youngest, Emily, disappears after the 1860 census and appears to have died in childhood. WB and Nancy Catherine Jones Fields then had two known offspring of their own:
- Eugenia “Jennie” Catherine Fields, 1858-1918
- Artelia Arabelle “Belle” Fields, 1863-1911
WB enlisted in the CSA in 1861 in the same unit with five of his brothers-in-law. One period letter has survived written (one section) by WB to his sister-in-law, Rebecca Jones Garner, with a note included for "Catherine" (attached to his memorial page).
WB did not survive the war, appearing to have died missing in action in Tennessee, perhaps in March of 1864 during the last major fighting in that area, following which Nancy continued to raise her children alone, but with family support, and never remarried.
She first applied for a widow’s pension in 1889 in Clay County, AL, was found as a boarder with the elderly Watsons in 1900 in Poplar Spring, Tallapoosa, AL, and filled a final widow’s application for pension in 1915 in Coosa County, AL, now age seventy-seven. She disappears from all records after that application and is assumed to have passed not long after that date in Coosa. Oddly, no death or burial records have been found to date. She had outlived many of her siblings and one daughter. No references are found to her death or burial in records found for her other offspring or step children. It is assumed she was buried in Coosa, but perhaps Clay or Tallapoosa, where her parents and some siblings were likely buried.
Perhaps a Find a Grave member will one day find her headstone somewhere in Alabama and add it here.
Allan Garner
Nancy Catherine Jones was one daughter of ten identified offspring of James Newell Jones and Nancy (Eddy?) Jones, born in Carroll County, GA, as was all but one of her siblings. The birth date of Nov of 1838 is per one census record, but others conflict somewhat, and has not been confirmed with other records. She appears to have favored her middle name, Catherine, as found in most records.
She married widower William B “WB” Fields on Oct 4, 1857 in Tallapoosa County, AL. His first wife was Nancy’s older sister, Sarah Jones, born in 1834 in Carroll County, GA, and died in Tallapoosa County, AL in about 1856. WB and Sarah had three offspring before her death, which may have been in childbirth:
- William Francis Alexander Fields, 1851-1936 – memorial no. 5905492
- Sarah Ellen Fields, 1855-1948 – memorial no. 95589222
- Emily Fields, 1856-unk/aft 1860 – may have died in childhood.
Nancy raised her sister’s children as her own. Sarah’s youngest, Emily, disappears after the 1860 census and appears to have died in childhood. WB and Nancy Catherine Jones Fields then had two known offspring of their own:
- Eugenia “Jennie” Catherine Fields, 1858-1918
- Artelia Arabelle “Belle” Fields, 1863-1911
WB enlisted in the CSA in 1861 in the same unit with five of his brothers-in-law. One period letter has survived written (one section) by WB to his sister-in-law, Rebecca Jones Garner, with a note included for "Catherine" (attached to his memorial page).
WB did not survive the war, appearing to have died missing in action in Tennessee, perhaps in March of 1864 during the last major fighting in that area, following which Nancy continued to raise her children alone, but with family support, and never remarried.
She first applied for a widow’s pension in 1889 in Clay County, AL, was found as a boarder with the elderly Watsons in 1900 in Poplar Spring, Tallapoosa, AL, and filled a final widow’s application for pension in 1915 in Coosa County, AL, now age seventy-seven. She disappears from all records after that application and is assumed to have passed not long after that date in Coosa. Oddly, no death or burial records have been found to date. She had outlived many of her siblings and one daughter. No references are found to her death or burial in records found for her other offspring or step children. It is assumed she was buried in Coosa, but perhaps Clay or Tallapoosa, where her parents and some siblings were likely buried.
Perhaps a Find a Grave member will one day find her headstone somewhere in Alabama and add it here.
Allan Garner
She married widower William B “WB” Fields on Oct 4, 1857 in Tallapoosa County, AL. His first wife was Nancy’s older sister, Sarah Jones, born in 1834 in Carroll County, GA, and died in Tallapoosa County, AL in about 1856. WB and Sarah had three offspring before her death, which may have been in childbirth:
- William Francis Alexander Fields, 1851-1936 – memorial no. 5905492
- Sarah Ellen Fields, 1855-1948 – memorial no. 95589222
- Emily Fields, 1856-unk/aft 1860 – may have died in childhood.
Nancy raised her sister’s children as her own. Sarah’s youngest, Emily, disappears after the 1860 census and appears to have died in childhood. WB and Nancy Catherine Jones Fields then had two known offspring of their own:
- Eugenia “Jennie” Catherine Fields, 1858-1918
- Artelia Arabelle “Belle” Fields, 1863-1911
WB enlisted in the CSA in 1861 in the same unit with five of his brothers-in-law. One period letter has survived written (one section) by WB to his sister-in-law, Rebecca Jones Garner, with a note included for "Catherine" (attached to his memorial page).
WB did not survive the war, appearing to have died missing in action in Tennessee, perhaps in March of 1864 during the last major fighting in that area, following which Nancy continued to raise her children alone, but with family support, and never remarried.
She first applied for a widow’s pension in 1889 in Clay County, AL, was found as a boarder with the elderly Watsons in 1900 in Poplar Spring, Tallapoosa, AL, and filled a final widow’s application for pension in 1915 in Coosa County, AL, now age seventy-seven. She disappears from all records after that application and is assumed to have passed not long after that date in Coosa. Oddly, no death or burial records have been found to date. She had outlived many of her siblings and one daughter. No references are found to her death or burial in records found for her other offspring or step children. It is assumed she was buried in Coosa, but perhaps Clay or Tallapoosa, where her parents and some siblings were likely buried.
Perhaps a Find a Grave member will one day find her headstone somewhere in Alabama and add it here.
Allan Garner
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