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Elizabeth <I>Farish</I> Jones

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Elizabeth Farish Jones

Birth
Orange County, Virginia, USA
Death
16 Nov 1882 (aged 80–81)
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Thomas Farish and Mildred Dawson of Orange Co VA.

Married Thomas Wiggington Jones on 31 Oct 1822, Orange Co, VA.

Children:
John William Jones (1823-1902) CSA
John Henry Jones (1823-1862) CSA
Thomas Wiggington Jones (1827-1901) CSA
Strother Seth Jones (1831-1916) CSA
Gabriel Scott Jones (d.1899)
Mildred Jane Jones (Oct 1834-1894)

She was left a widow at the age of 34 with seven young children, her youngest and only daughter having been born in October preceding the death of her husband in March 1835. Four of her six sons served in the Confederate Army; two died, one in battle and one from the effects of imprisonment. In 1871 having educated her children and surviving the vicissitudes of war, Elizabeth Jones sold her farm to William H. Gaines of Fauquier and moved with her only daughter to Stevensburg, three miles from the home of her son Thomas Wigginton Jones. In 1881 the Joneses moved to Culpeper Court House and she died there 16 Nov 1882. She was the oldest member of the Jeffersonton Baptist Church at the time of her death.
Daughter of Thomas Farish and Mildred Dawson of Orange Co VA.

Married Thomas Wiggington Jones on 31 Oct 1822, Orange Co, VA.

Children:
John William Jones (1823-1902) CSA
John Henry Jones (1823-1862) CSA
Thomas Wiggington Jones (1827-1901) CSA
Strother Seth Jones (1831-1916) CSA
Gabriel Scott Jones (d.1899)
Mildred Jane Jones (Oct 1834-1894)

She was left a widow at the age of 34 with seven young children, her youngest and only daughter having been born in October preceding the death of her husband in March 1835. Four of her six sons served in the Confederate Army; two died, one in battle and one from the effects of imprisonment. In 1871 having educated her children and surviving the vicissitudes of war, Elizabeth Jones sold her farm to William H. Gaines of Fauquier and moved with her only daughter to Stevensburg, three miles from the home of her son Thomas Wigginton Jones. In 1881 the Joneses moved to Culpeper Court House and she died there 16 Nov 1882. She was the oldest member of the Jeffersonton Baptist Church at the time of her death.


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