Gravestone says, "Homesteaded on Cedar Creek in 1888. He had a blacksmith shop in Leland in 1910. In 1917, he moved to and started his shop in Southwick which he operated until his death.
The George Jones family moved from Chautauqua County, Kansas in October, 1888 and filed on a homestead in the Linden area of Cedar Creek. Their family consisted of the parents and children James, William, and Anna. The family had a cousin they had raised since he was six named Sam Tannahill. Also traveling with them were two nephews John and Ike Truesdale, and George's youngest sister, Frances, who later married William Blackington at Leland.
George's sister Mary and her husband Frank Thompson and their six children took up a homestead nearby. Gus Wagner, a neighbor from Kansas who later married one of the Magenity girls also took a homestead nearby. All the homestead cabins were built with large fireplaces and punch floors.
The children attended school that first winter in a log cabin on the Bishop (later Darby) place. The one room school was heated by a fireplace and had log hewn tables and benches. The teacher was Mollie Southwick. She drove a sleigh every day and Anna Jones remembers her picking her up each day. The second term was taught by Joe Pane. The next year the Crescent School was built.
She remembers other families moving into the area: Watkins, Slavins, Kauders, Berrimans, Tates, Magenitys, Wells, Heltons, and Bishops.
As a child growing up there Anna remembers the bad fire that raged through the timberland one summer. Everyone had to fight hard to save the homes and livestock. She has memories of the cougars screaming and the coyotes howling at night near their house. Fresh meat was plentiful in the winter and everyone picked wild berries in the summer.
When the homestead was proved up, the family moved to Leland where George operated a blacksmith shop. When George's wife, Eliza, who was blind, died in 1893, Anna was sent back to Kansas to live with her grandparents and finish her schooling.
After Eliza died, George remarried. He married Hattie Mae Yates in 1901. She had been married previously to John W. Shelby. Her children were John, Stella, and Effie. George and Hattie added on to the Jones family with four more children. Henry (Hank,) Albert, Dorothy (Dolly), and George W. (Dick).
Henry Jones Worked in the woods, CCC, WWI, alcoholic Marr by Rev. Finke on Finke Mt. Was Kendrick Fire Prot. Dist Warden. Shot himself behind the hotel where the family lived.
Albert killed in a logging accident in Oregon. Dorothy called Dollie,,cosmetician. George R managed a trading post in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
The Jones family lived on Main Street Southwick for many years. They purchased the place from Charles Miller in 1919. The Jones family sold it to Virgil Harris in 1941.
The George Jones family moved from Chautauqua County, Kansas in October, 1888 and filed on a homestead in the Linden area of Cedar Creek. Their family consisted of the parents and children James, William, and Anna. The family had a cousin they had raised since he was six named Sam Tannahill. Also traveling with them were two nephews John and Ike Truesdale, and George's youngest sister, Frances, who later married William Blackington at Leland.
George's sister Mary and her husband Frank Thompson and their six children took up a homestead nearby. Gus Wagner, a neighbor from Kansas who later married one of the Magenity girls also took a homestead nearby. All the homestead cabins were built with large fireplaces and punch floors.
The children attended school that first winter in a log cabin on the Bishop (later Darby) place. The one room school was heated by a fireplace and had log hewn tables and benches. The teacher was Mollie Southwick. She drove a sleigh every day and Anna Jones remembers her picking her up each day. The second term was taught by Joe Pane. The next year the Crescent School was built.
She remembers other families moving into the area: Watkins, Slavins, Kauders, Berrimans, Tates, Magenitys, Wells, Heltons, and Bishops.
As a child growing up there Anna remembers the bad fire that raged through the timberland one summer. Everyone had to fight hard to save the homes and livestock. She has memories of the cougars screaming and the coyotes howling at night near their house. Fresh meat was plentiful in the winter and everyone picked wild berries in the summer.
When the homestead was proved up, the family moved to Leland where George operated a blacksmith shop. When George's wife, Eliza, who was blind, died in 1893, Anna was sent back to Kansas to live with her grandparents and finish her schooling.
After Eliza died, George remarried. He married Hattie Mae Yates in 1901. She had been married previously to John W. Shelby. Her children were John, Stella, and Effie. George and Hattie added on to the Jones family with four more children. Henry (Hank,) Albert, Dorothy (Dolly), and George W. (Dick).
Henry Jones Worked in the woods, CCC, WWI, alcoholic Marr by Rev. Finke on Finke Mt. Was Kendrick Fire Prot. Dist Warden. Shot himself behind the hotel where the family lived.
Albert killed in a logging accident in Oregon. Dorothy called Dollie,,cosmetician. George R managed a trading post in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
The Jones family lived on Main Street Southwick for many years. They purchased the place from Charles Miller in 1919. The Jones family sold it to Virgil Harris in 1941.
Gravestone says, "Homesteaded on Cedar Creek in 1888. He had a blacksmith shop in Leland in 1910. In 1917, he moved to and started his shop in Southwick which he operated until his death.
The George Jones family moved from Chautauqua County, Kansas in October, 1888 and filed on a homestead in the Linden area of Cedar Creek. Their family consisted of the parents and children James, William, and Anna. The family had a cousin they had raised since he was six named Sam Tannahill. Also traveling with them were two nephews John and Ike Truesdale, and George's youngest sister, Frances, who later married William Blackington at Leland.
George's sister Mary and her husband Frank Thompson and their six children took up a homestead nearby. Gus Wagner, a neighbor from Kansas who later married one of the Magenity girls also took a homestead nearby. All the homestead cabins were built with large fireplaces and punch floors.
The children attended school that first winter in a log cabin on the Bishop (later Darby) place. The one room school was heated by a fireplace and had log hewn tables and benches. The teacher was Mollie Southwick. She drove a sleigh every day and Anna Jones remembers her picking her up each day. The second term was taught by Joe Pane. The next year the Crescent School was built.
She remembers other families moving into the area: Watkins, Slavins, Kauders, Berrimans, Tates, Magenitys, Wells, Heltons, and Bishops.
As a child growing up there Anna remembers the bad fire that raged through the timberland one summer. Everyone had to fight hard to save the homes and livestock. She has memories of the cougars screaming and the coyotes howling at night near their house. Fresh meat was plentiful in the winter and everyone picked wild berries in the summer.
When the homestead was proved up, the family moved to Leland where George operated a blacksmith shop. When George's wife, Eliza, who was blind, died in 1893, Anna was sent back to Kansas to live with her grandparents and finish her schooling.
After Eliza died, George remarried. He married Hattie Mae Yates in 1901. She had been married previously to John W. Shelby. Her children were John, Stella, and Effie. George and Hattie added on to the Jones family with four more children. Henry (Hank,) Albert, Dorothy (Dolly), and George W. (Dick).
Henry Jones Worked in the woods, CCC, WWI, alcoholic Marr by Rev. Finke on Finke Mt. Was Kendrick Fire Prot. Dist Warden. Shot himself behind the hotel where the family lived.
Albert killed in a logging accident in Oregon. Dorothy called Dollie,,cosmetician. George R managed a trading post in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
The Jones family lived on Main Street Southwick for many years. They purchased the place from Charles Miller in 1919. The Jones family sold it to Virgil Harris in 1941.
The George Jones family moved from Chautauqua County, Kansas in October, 1888 and filed on a homestead in the Linden area of Cedar Creek. Their family consisted of the parents and children James, William, and Anna. The family had a cousin they had raised since he was six named Sam Tannahill. Also traveling with them were two nephews John and Ike Truesdale, and George's youngest sister, Frances, who later married William Blackington at Leland.
George's sister Mary and her husband Frank Thompson and their six children took up a homestead nearby. Gus Wagner, a neighbor from Kansas who later married one of the Magenity girls also took a homestead nearby. All the homestead cabins were built with large fireplaces and punch floors.
The children attended school that first winter in a log cabin on the Bishop (later Darby) place. The one room school was heated by a fireplace and had log hewn tables and benches. The teacher was Mollie Southwick. She drove a sleigh every day and Anna Jones remembers her picking her up each day. The second term was taught by Joe Pane. The next year the Crescent School was built.
She remembers other families moving into the area: Watkins, Slavins, Kauders, Berrimans, Tates, Magenitys, Wells, Heltons, and Bishops.
As a child growing up there Anna remembers the bad fire that raged through the timberland one summer. Everyone had to fight hard to save the homes and livestock. She has memories of the cougars screaming and the coyotes howling at night near their house. Fresh meat was plentiful in the winter and everyone picked wild berries in the summer.
When the homestead was proved up, the family moved to Leland where George operated a blacksmith shop. When George's wife, Eliza, who was blind, died in 1893, Anna was sent back to Kansas to live with her grandparents and finish her schooling.
After Eliza died, George remarried. He married Hattie Mae Yates in 1901. She had been married previously to John W. Shelby. Her children were John, Stella, and Effie. George and Hattie added on to the Jones family with four more children. Henry (Hank,) Albert, Dorothy (Dolly), and George W. (Dick).
Henry Jones Worked in the woods, CCC, WWI, alcoholic Marr by Rev. Finke on Finke Mt. Was Kendrick Fire Prot. Dist Warden. Shot himself behind the hotel where the family lived.
Albert killed in a logging accident in Oregon. Dorothy called Dollie,,cosmetician. George R managed a trading post in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
The Jones family lived on Main Street Southwick for many years. They purchased the place from Charles Miller in 1919. The Jones family sold it to Virgil Harris in 1941.
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