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Lydia Ellen <I>Cotter</I> Jones

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Lydia Ellen Cotter Jones

Birth
Browning, Linn County, Missouri, USA
Death
21 Oct 1945 (aged 80)
Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Block F Sec 02 Lot 23 Site 01
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Missouri Death Certificate #37810. Married November 19, 1884, Brookfield MO.

On November 19, 1884, Lydia “Lydee” Ellen Cotter married Nathaniel Jones.
Nathaniel and Lydia lived in the North Salem, Mo., community for awhile. Then
they heard that there were lots of jobs in the West. They bought team and
covered wagon and headed West probably in 1888. He got a job in the logging
business in Montana, then went to
Pueblo, Colorado, for awhile. He hauled gold bullion near Pike’s Peak. They
moved back to Missouri, near Purdin, until 1905 or 1909, when they moved to the
place north of Brookfield, west of New Garden church, where they lived until
their deaths. They possibly lived in the Grove Hill district on the Moyer farm
before moving to the New Garden area.

Nathaniel Jones and Lydia Cotter had the following children: Nena (1886-1961);
Harrison (1890-1955); Earl (1892-1961); Ray (1894-1983); Bessie (1896-1953); Ica
(1898-1988). Nathaniel and Lydia are buried at Rose Hill Cemetery at Brookfield.
Missouri Death Certificate #37810. Married November 19, 1884, Brookfield MO.

On November 19, 1884, Lydia “Lydee” Ellen Cotter married Nathaniel Jones.
Nathaniel and Lydia lived in the North Salem, Mo., community for awhile. Then
they heard that there were lots of jobs in the West. They bought team and
covered wagon and headed West probably in 1888. He got a job in the logging
business in Montana, then went to
Pueblo, Colorado, for awhile. He hauled gold bullion near Pike’s Peak. They
moved back to Missouri, near Purdin, until 1905 or 1909, when they moved to the
place north of Brookfield, west of New Garden church, where they lived until
their deaths. They possibly lived in the Grove Hill district on the Moyer farm
before moving to the New Garden area.

Nathaniel Jones and Lydia Cotter had the following children: Nena (1886-1961);
Harrison (1890-1955); Earl (1892-1961); Ray (1894-1983); Bessie (1896-1953); Ica
(1898-1988). Nathaniel and Lydia are buried at Rose Hill Cemetery at Brookfield.

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Thanks very much to FAG Member, William Truhe, for providing some details added to this memorial.

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