My grandma.
Mazeppa Ada Jones Beall was born in Erath County, Texas on July 27, 1879 to Mason Grigsby Jones and Mary Crowder Jones. The 8th of 12 children born to Mason & Mary, Mazeppa was one of the 9 girls (2 of whom died in early childhood), and 3 boys they had. All were born in Erath County, Texas, where Mason owned, farmed and raised cattle on over 2,000 acres. He gifted each of his daughters a 100 acre parcel, which they could not sell or give away, but were to be worked and handed down to children and grandchildren.
Mazeppa married John Gideon Beall (1874-1933) on December 30, 1900 in Erath County. They lived on and farmed the 100 acres given to them by Mazeppa's father, and they had four children: Charles ("Chuck") Edward, Mabel Clara, Thomas Lee, and Alice May, all of them born in Erath County, Texas.
They loved the fruit trees and watermelons that John prided himself in growing. In addition to farming, John played the fiddle for square dances at local farms, he did carpentry work, and worked on farm equipment.
Her son, Chuck, remembers Mazeppa reading the Bible to them by kerosene lamp light, bathing in a metal bath tub by the fire, the littlest one first, Chuck last, and the water getting progressively colder until Chuck's turn and the bath water was like ice.
All four children were out in the barn one day, barefoot of course, running around in the hay on the floor. Mabel began playing with a pitchfork, gave it a throw, and it ended up going through the top of Tom's foot, pinning him to the floor. Their dad was out in the fields, Mazeppa came running, pulled the pitchfork loose, scooped Tom up and ran him to the porch, where she poured turpentine through the wound. Nothing ever came of it – he healed just fine.
They all came down with smallpox when Chuck was 16, which killed many people at the time. Mazeppa had the mildest case, and rubbed her husband, all the kids and herself with lard to keep them from scarring. Chuck was unconscious for 3 days his fever was so high. The country doctor came to the fence of the farm, took one look, slapped a "quarantine" sign on the fence, and rode off. They were on their own. They all recovered, but not long after that, they decided to head West to make a better life for themselves, leaving the acreage behind as per Mazeppa's father's will required.
They worked their way through Texas, New Mexico, and part of Arizona by picking cotton and other crops, making enough to move further West each season. Chuck remembers they stopped and lived in Arizona for 2 years, then headed for California. They reached Ontario, California in October 1921, where they had lived for 2 months when Mazeppa died after being hit by a car on Christmas Eve 1921 in Ontario, California. She was just 42 years old.
Mazeppa and her youngest daughter, Alice, had crossed the street in the rain to mail a letter. When they turned to go back to their house, Alice ran ahead, but Mazeppa was struck by a car that had swerved over to her side of the road to avoid what the driver said was a pothole. She suffered devastating injuries, was taken to the San Antonio Hospital in Ontario by the driver that hit her. John was at her side. She died the day after Christmas. A formal inquest determined that the driver of the car was blameless. Mazeppa's husband testified that he held no ill will toward the driver, but did believe the driver was going way too fast for the rainy, flooded conditions, and if he had been driving on his side of the road, he wouldn't have hit Mazeppa. She was taken from Ontario in San Bernardino County, California to an undertaker in Pomona, California (in neighboring Los Angeles County), and was buried December 28, 1921 in an unmarked grave in that city in a single plot purchased by her husband, John. Her granddaughter finally found that grave in Pomona, California, and Mazeppa now has a marker, arranged by the granddaughter that never got to know her.
Mazeppa's husband, John, never remarried. After Mazeppa's death, he took his children and moved to the San Francisco Bay area of California. He was killed in another tragic accident while part of a crew working on a large highway being put through the mountains outside of Hayward, California.
May you rest in peace, Mazeppa.
Mazeppa Ada Jones Beall was born in Erath County, Texas on July 27, 1879 to Mason Grigsby Jones and Mary Crowder Jones. The 8th of 12 children born to Mason & Mary, Mazeppa was one of the 9 girls (2 of whom died in early childhood), and 3 boys they had. All were born in Erath County, Texas, where Mason owned, farmed and raised cattle on over 2,000 acres. He gifted each of his daughters a 100 acre parcel, which they could not sell or give away, but were to be worked and handed down to children and grandchildren.
Mazeppa married John Gideon Beall (1874-1933) on December 30, 1900 in Erath County. They lived on and farmed the 100 acres given to them by Mazeppa's father, and they had four children: Charles ("Chuck") Edward, Mabel Clara, Thomas Lee, and Alice May, all of them born in Erath County, Texas.
They loved the fruit trees and watermelons that John prided himself in growing. In addition to farming, John played the fiddle for square dances at local farms, he did carpentry work, and worked on farm equipment.
Her son, Chuck, remembers Mazeppa reading the Bible to them by kerosene lamp light, bathing in a metal bath tub by the fire, the littlest one first, Chuck last, and the water getting progressively colder until Chuck's turn and the bath water was like ice.
All four children were out in the barn one day, barefoot of course, running around in the hay on the floor. Mabel began playing with a pitchfork, gave it a throw, and it ended up going through the top of Tom's foot, pinning him to the floor. Their dad was out in the fields, Mazeppa came running, pulled the pitchfork loose, scooped Tom up and ran him to the porch, where she poured turpentine through the wound. Nothing ever came of it – he healed just fine.
They all came down with smallpox when Chuck was 16, which killed many people at the time. Mazeppa had the mildest case, and rubbed her husband, all the kids and herself with lard to keep them from scarring. Chuck was unconscious for 3 days his fever was so high. The country doctor came to the fence of the farm, took one look, slapped a "quarantine" sign on the fence, and rode off. They were on their own. They all recovered, but not long after that, they decided to head West to make a better life for themselves, leaving the acreage behind as per Mazeppa's father's will required.
They worked their way through Texas, New Mexico, and part of Arizona by picking cotton and other crops, making enough to move further West each season. Chuck remembers they stopped and lived in Arizona for 2 years, then headed for California. They reached Ontario, California in October 1921, where they had lived for 2 months when Mazeppa died after being hit by a car on Christmas Eve 1921 in Ontario, California. She was just 42 years old.
Mazeppa and her youngest daughter, Alice, had crossed the street in the rain to mail a letter. When they turned to go back to their house, Alice ran ahead, but Mazeppa was struck by a car that had swerved over to her side of the road to avoid what the driver said was a pothole. She suffered devastating injuries, was taken to the San Antonio Hospital in Ontario by the driver that hit her. John was at her side. She died the day after Christmas. A formal inquest determined that the driver of the car was blameless. Mazeppa's husband testified that he held no ill will toward the driver, but did believe the driver was going way too fast for the rainy, flooded conditions, and if he had been driving on his side of the road, he wouldn't have hit Mazeppa. She was taken from Ontario in San Bernardino County, California to an undertaker in Pomona, California (in neighboring Los Angeles County), and was buried December 28, 1921 in an unmarked grave in that city in a single plot purchased by her husband, John. Her granddaughter finally found that grave in Pomona, California, and Mazeppa now has a marker, arranged by the granddaughter that never got to know her.
Mazeppa's husband, John, never remarried. After Mazeppa's death, he took his children and moved to the San Francisco Bay area of California. He was killed in another tragic accident while part of a crew working on a large highway being put through the mountains outside of Hayward, California.
May you rest in peace, Mazeppa.
My grandma.
Mazeppa Ada Jones Beall was born in Erath County, Texas on July 27, 1879 to Mason Grigsby Jones and Mary Crowder Jones. The 8th of 12 children born to Mason & Mary, Mazeppa was one of the 9 girls (2 of whom died in early childhood), and 3 boys they had. All were born in Erath County, Texas, where Mason owned, farmed and raised cattle on over 2,000 acres. He gifted each of his daughters a 100 acre parcel, which they could not sell or give away, but were to be worked and handed down to children and grandchildren.
Mazeppa married John Gideon Beall (1874-1933) on December 30, 1900 in Erath County. They lived on and farmed the 100 acres given to them by Mazeppa's father, and they had four children: Charles ("Chuck") Edward, Mabel Clara, Thomas Lee, and Alice May, all of them born in Erath County, Texas.
They loved the fruit trees and watermelons that John prided himself in growing. In addition to farming, John played the fiddle for square dances at local farms, he did carpentry work, and worked on farm equipment.
Her son, Chuck, remembers Mazeppa reading the Bible to them by kerosene lamp light, bathing in a metal bath tub by the fire, the littlest one first, Chuck last, and the water getting progressively colder until Chuck's turn and the bath water was like ice.
All four children were out in the barn one day, barefoot of course, running around in the hay on the floor. Mabel began playing with a pitchfork, gave it a throw, and it ended up going through the top of Tom's foot, pinning him to the floor. Their dad was out in the fields, Mazeppa came running, pulled the pitchfork loose, scooped Tom up and ran him to the porch, where she poured turpentine through the wound. Nothing ever came of it – he healed just fine.
They all came down with smallpox when Chuck was 16, which killed many people at the time. Mazeppa had the mildest case, and rubbed her husband, all the kids and herself with lard to keep them from scarring. Chuck was unconscious for 3 days his fever was so high. The country doctor came to the fence of the farm, took one look, slapped a "quarantine" sign on the fence, and rode off. They were on their own. They all recovered, but not long after that, they decided to head West to make a better life for themselves, leaving the acreage behind as per Mazeppa's father's will required.
They worked their way through Texas, New Mexico, and part of Arizona by picking cotton and other crops, making enough to move further West each season. Chuck remembers they stopped and lived in Arizona for 2 years, then headed for California. They reached Ontario, California in October 1921, where they had lived for 2 months when Mazeppa died after being hit by a car on Christmas Eve 1921 in Ontario, California. She was just 42 years old.
Mazeppa and her youngest daughter, Alice, had crossed the street in the rain to mail a letter. When they turned to go back to their house, Alice ran ahead, but Mazeppa was struck by a car that had swerved over to her side of the road to avoid what the driver said was a pothole. She suffered devastating injuries, was taken to the San Antonio Hospital in Ontario by the driver that hit her. John was at her side. She died the day after Christmas. A formal inquest determined that the driver of the car was blameless. Mazeppa's husband testified that he held no ill will toward the driver, but did believe the driver was going way too fast for the rainy, flooded conditions, and if he had been driving on his side of the road, he wouldn't have hit Mazeppa. She was taken from Ontario in San Bernardino County, California to an undertaker in Pomona, California (in neighboring Los Angeles County), and was buried December 28, 1921 in an unmarked grave in that city in a single plot purchased by her husband, John. Her granddaughter finally found that grave in Pomona, California, and Mazeppa now has a marker, arranged by the granddaughter that never got to know her.
Mazeppa's husband, John, never remarried. After Mazeppa's death, he took his children and moved to the San Francisco Bay area of California. He was killed in another tragic accident while part of a crew working on a large highway being put through the mountains outside of Hayward, California.
May you rest in peace, Mazeppa.
Mazeppa Ada Jones Beall was born in Erath County, Texas on July 27, 1879 to Mason Grigsby Jones and Mary Crowder Jones. The 8th of 12 children born to Mason & Mary, Mazeppa was one of the 9 girls (2 of whom died in early childhood), and 3 boys they had. All were born in Erath County, Texas, where Mason owned, farmed and raised cattle on over 2,000 acres. He gifted each of his daughters a 100 acre parcel, which they could not sell or give away, but were to be worked and handed down to children and grandchildren.
Mazeppa married John Gideon Beall (1874-1933) on December 30, 1900 in Erath County. They lived on and farmed the 100 acres given to them by Mazeppa's father, and they had four children: Charles ("Chuck") Edward, Mabel Clara, Thomas Lee, and Alice May, all of them born in Erath County, Texas.
They loved the fruit trees and watermelons that John prided himself in growing. In addition to farming, John played the fiddle for square dances at local farms, he did carpentry work, and worked on farm equipment.
Her son, Chuck, remembers Mazeppa reading the Bible to them by kerosene lamp light, bathing in a metal bath tub by the fire, the littlest one first, Chuck last, and the water getting progressively colder until Chuck's turn and the bath water was like ice.
All four children were out in the barn one day, barefoot of course, running around in the hay on the floor. Mabel began playing with a pitchfork, gave it a throw, and it ended up going through the top of Tom's foot, pinning him to the floor. Their dad was out in the fields, Mazeppa came running, pulled the pitchfork loose, scooped Tom up and ran him to the porch, where she poured turpentine through the wound. Nothing ever came of it – he healed just fine.
They all came down with smallpox when Chuck was 16, which killed many people at the time. Mazeppa had the mildest case, and rubbed her husband, all the kids and herself with lard to keep them from scarring. Chuck was unconscious for 3 days his fever was so high. The country doctor came to the fence of the farm, took one look, slapped a "quarantine" sign on the fence, and rode off. They were on their own. They all recovered, but not long after that, they decided to head West to make a better life for themselves, leaving the acreage behind as per Mazeppa's father's will required.
They worked their way through Texas, New Mexico, and part of Arizona by picking cotton and other crops, making enough to move further West each season. Chuck remembers they stopped and lived in Arizona for 2 years, then headed for California. They reached Ontario, California in October 1921, where they had lived for 2 months when Mazeppa died after being hit by a car on Christmas Eve 1921 in Ontario, California. She was just 42 years old.
Mazeppa and her youngest daughter, Alice, had crossed the street in the rain to mail a letter. When they turned to go back to their house, Alice ran ahead, but Mazeppa was struck by a car that had swerved over to her side of the road to avoid what the driver said was a pothole. She suffered devastating injuries, was taken to the San Antonio Hospital in Ontario by the driver that hit her. John was at her side. She died the day after Christmas. A formal inquest determined that the driver of the car was blameless. Mazeppa's husband testified that he held no ill will toward the driver, but did believe the driver was going way too fast for the rainy, flooded conditions, and if he had been driving on his side of the road, he wouldn't have hit Mazeppa. She was taken from Ontario in San Bernardino County, California to an undertaker in Pomona, California (in neighboring Los Angeles County), and was buried December 28, 1921 in an unmarked grave in that city in a single plot purchased by her husband, John. Her granddaughter finally found that grave in Pomona, California, and Mazeppa now has a marker, arranged by the granddaughter that never got to know her.
Mazeppa's husband, John, never remarried. After Mazeppa's death, he took his children and moved to the San Francisco Bay area of California. He was killed in another tragic accident while part of a crew working on a large highway being put through the mountains outside of Hayward, California.
May you rest in peace, Mazeppa.
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Henrietta Virginia Jones Jones
1866–1948
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Mary Lucy Jones
1868–1872
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Mason Overstreet "Street" Jones
1871–1963
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Rachel Martha Jones Shipman
1873–1914
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Ella Nora Jones Burnett
1875–1967
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Dr Moses Alfred Jones
1877–1946
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Warren Grigsby Jones
1881–1963
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Othilla Mina Jones Jones
1883–1905
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Sarah Viola "Ola" Jones White
1885–1978
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