At Little Sioux, Harrison Co., Iowa, on the 21st, of January, 1870, of inflammatory dropsy, Sr. Mercy, wife of David Jones, aged 63 years, 6 months, and 2 days.
She first joined the [LDS] church in 1832; moved to Jackson Co., Mo., the same year, and was driven out with the saints in 1833; was in the company that slept under the rocks; remained in Missouri with the last of the saints until they all came out to Quincy, Illinois; emigrated to Nauvoo in the year 1840, left Missouri for the western part of Iowa in 1846, and united with the Reorganized Church in 1859, her faith was undeviating until the day of her death.
Nearly her last words were, "My greatest and only desire is that I may obtain the kingdom of God." She died happy and in full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. It was the request of the mother and son that their names should be placed on the list of the 144,000.
SOURCE: True Latter Day Saints' Herald vol. 17 (1870) p. 159 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
MOTHER: Mary Elizabeth Wells
FATHER: David Ayers
HUSBAND: David Jones
m. 22 Aug 1820 - Wayne County, Ohio
CHILDREN:
Enos D Jones, b. 1828, m. Elizabeth Lear
Elizabeth Jones Kirkpatrick
Joseph Jones, 1835–
James H Jones, 1838–
Aaron Moroni Jones, 1845–1869
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. The birthdate is calculated, and the burial in this cemetery is a researched estimate.
2. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Marriage Date 22 Aug 1820
Marriage Place Wayne, Ohio, USA
Spouse David Jones
Film Number 000425753
3. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Relationship to Primary Person Self (Head)
Father David Ayers
Mother Elizabeth Ayers
Birth Date 19 Jul 1806
Birth Place Cumberland, Alleghany, Maryland, USA
LDS Temple Ordinance Data Baptism Date: December 11, 1979 Endowment Date: January 6, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Sealed to Spouse Date: January 22, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Household Members (Name) Relationship
Mercy Ayers Self (Head)
David Jones Spouse
She first joined the [LDS] church in 1832; moved to Jackson Co., Mo., the same year, and was driven out with the saints in 1833; was in the company that slept under the rocks; remained in Missouri with the last of the saints until they all came out to Quincy, Illinois; emigrated to Nauvoo in the year 1840, left Missouri for the western part of Iowa in 1846, and united with the Reorganized Church in 1859, her faith was undeviating until the day of her death.
Nearly her last words were, "My greatest and only desire is that I may obtain the kingdom of God." She died happy and in full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. It was the request of the mother and son that their names should be placed on the list of the 144,000.
SOURCE: True Latter Day Saints' Herald vol. 17 (1870) p. 159 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
MOTHER: Mary Elizabeth Wells
FATHER: David Ayers
HUSBAND: David Jones
m. 22 Aug 1820 - Wayne County, Ohio
CHILDREN:
Enos D Jones, b. 1828, m. Elizabeth Lear
Elizabeth Jones Kirkpatrick
Joseph Jones, 1835–
James H Jones, 1838–
Aaron Moroni Jones, 1845–1869
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. The birthdate is calculated, and the burial in this cemetery is a researched estimate.
2. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Marriage Date 22 Aug 1820
Marriage Place Wayne, Ohio, USA
Spouse David Jones
Film Number 000425753
3. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Relationship to Primary Person Self (Head)
Father David Ayers
Mother Elizabeth Ayers
Birth Date 19 Jul 1806
Birth Place Cumberland, Alleghany, Maryland, USA
LDS Temple Ordinance Data Baptism Date: December 11, 1979 Endowment Date: January 6, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Sealed to Spouse Date: January 22, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Household Members (Name) Relationship
Mercy Ayers Self (Head)
David Jones Spouse
At Little Sioux, Harrison Co., Iowa, on the 21st, of January, 1870, of inflammatory dropsy, Sr. Mercy, wife of David Jones, aged 63 years, 6 months, and 2 days.
She first joined the [LDS] church in 1832; moved to Jackson Co., Mo., the same year, and was driven out with the saints in 1833; was in the company that slept under the rocks; remained in Missouri with the last of the saints until they all came out to Quincy, Illinois; emigrated to Nauvoo in the year 1840, left Missouri for the western part of Iowa in 1846, and united with the Reorganized Church in 1859, her faith was undeviating until the day of her death.
Nearly her last words were, "My greatest and only desire is that I may obtain the kingdom of God." She died happy and in full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. It was the request of the mother and son that their names should be placed on the list of the 144,000.
SOURCE: True Latter Day Saints' Herald vol. 17 (1870) p. 159 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
MOTHER: Mary Elizabeth Wells
FATHER: David Ayers
HUSBAND: David Jones
m. 22 Aug 1820 - Wayne County, Ohio
CHILDREN:
Enos D Jones, b. 1828, m. Elizabeth Lear
Elizabeth Jones Kirkpatrick
Joseph Jones, 1835–
James H Jones, 1838–
Aaron Moroni Jones, 1845–1869
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. The birthdate is calculated, and the burial in this cemetery is a researched estimate.
2. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Marriage Date 22 Aug 1820
Marriage Place Wayne, Ohio, USA
Spouse David Jones
Film Number 000425753
3. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Relationship to Primary Person Self (Head)
Father David Ayers
Mother Elizabeth Ayers
Birth Date 19 Jul 1806
Birth Place Cumberland, Alleghany, Maryland, USA
LDS Temple Ordinance Data Baptism Date: December 11, 1979 Endowment Date: January 6, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Sealed to Spouse Date: January 22, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Household Members (Name) Relationship
Mercy Ayers Self (Head)
David Jones Spouse
She first joined the [LDS] church in 1832; moved to Jackson Co., Mo., the same year, and was driven out with the saints in 1833; was in the company that slept under the rocks; remained in Missouri with the last of the saints until they all came out to Quincy, Illinois; emigrated to Nauvoo in the year 1840, left Missouri for the western part of Iowa in 1846, and united with the Reorganized Church in 1859, her faith was undeviating until the day of her death.
Nearly her last words were, "My greatest and only desire is that I may obtain the kingdom of God." She died happy and in full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. It was the request of the mother and son that their names should be placed on the list of the 144,000.
SOURCE: True Latter Day Saints' Herald vol. 17 (1870) p. 159 [The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
MOTHER: Mary Elizabeth Wells
FATHER: David Ayers
HUSBAND: David Jones
m. 22 Aug 1820 - Wayne County, Ohio
CHILDREN:
Enos D Jones, b. 1828, m. Elizabeth Lear
Elizabeth Jones Kirkpatrick
Joseph Jones, 1835–
James H Jones, 1838–
Aaron Moroni Jones, 1845–1869
FURTHER INFORMATION:
1. The birthdate is calculated, and the burial in this cemetery is a researched estimate.
2. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Marriage Date 22 Aug 1820
Marriage Place Wayne, Ohio, USA
Spouse David Jones
Film Number 000425753
3. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848
Name Mercy Ayers
Gender Female
Relationship to Primary Person Self (Head)
Father David Ayers
Mother Elizabeth Ayers
Birth Date 19 Jul 1806
Birth Place Cumberland, Alleghany, Maryland, USA
LDS Temple Ordinance Data Baptism Date: December 11, 1979 Endowment Date: January 6, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois Sealed to Spouse Date: January 22, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Household Members (Name) Relationship
Mercy Ayers Self (Head)
David Jones Spouse
Family Members
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