The first generation of church pioneers have left this scene of action. The second generation are also slipping away rapidly. Of this second generation belongs my mother, Sarah Ann Richards Jones. She is the daughter of Thomas W. Richards and Charlotte Thomas Richards and was born in Brigham City, Utah, June 11, 1855, where she lived until she was …
History of Martha Lucrettia Lusk Jones
Grandma Jones was a small framed little woman. Her shoe size was a four. She always wore her hair up in a bun on top of her head. She was a very serious woman, a very hard working lady. She was very generous. When someone would come to visit her, she would go to her vegetable garden or fruit trees or flower …
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History of Jeremiah Jones
Jeremiah Jones was born January 19, 1854, in Llanasa, North Wales, a son of William and Sophia Jones. His parents were born in Denbigh, North Wales and immigrated with their family to Utah, April 30, 1866. He was one of eleven children, three brothers, Mark and twin boys Joseph and Hyrum, who passed away before the …
History of David S. Jones and Charlotte Owens Jones
David Stephen Jones was born in Pencader, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, July 4, 1865. He came to America when he was one year old. He came with his parents, David C. Jones and Mary Stephens Jones. They lived in Willard, Utah, until he was 10 years of age. The family then came to St. John, Idaho, to make their home where …
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Grandfather William John
By Isabell John Griffiths 2nd child William John was the oldest son of Thomas John and Margaret Thomas. He was born 7 Nov. 1841 in Killyladen, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. His younger years and up until he was twenty were spent in Wales. All children at the age of seven were required to learn a trade of some kind. William was an …
Frederick Eugene Jones
By his daughter Sharon Lee Jones One of sixteen children, Frederick Eugene Jones, known as “Bud” to all his friends and family, was born October 3, 1901, at Malad City, Oneida, Idaho. He was the son of Daniel and Mary Jane Thomas Jones. He was reared and educated in Malad City, Idaho. A life long member of the Church of …
Farrell W. Jones
Following biographical sketch concerning Farrell W. Jones, former Oneida county man and now one of California’s foremost trainers of race horses, was recently written for the magazine, “The California Horseman”, by N.A. Pogson. Oct. 30, 1958 Mr. Jones is the son of Warren Jones of Malad. “Pen Portrait of a trainer” A trainer who during the just concluded Del Mar season …
Elizabeth S W Jones (Bessie)
I was born on September 14, 1889, in a little two room log house about eight miles north west of Malad at the home of my grandmother Elizabeth Williams. My mother Mary Williams was born in Sacramento, California on June 4, 1869 a daughter of David and Elizabeth Williams. My father, Reese Williams Waylett was born at Brigham City, Utah on September 2, 1864 a …
Earnest W. Jones “Earn”
In Memory of Earnest W. Jones (“EARN”) (Newspaper article, October 9, 1919) The only boy from Malad who was called upon to pay the SUPREME SACRIFICE in the WORLD WAR. Killed in action in the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 9, 1918. Headshot photo of “EARN” . Earn was a boy we all adored, A …
David C. Jones and Mary Stephens Jones
By Mrs. Anna J. Lewis David C. Jones was born October 16, 1841, in South Wales, son of David and Ann Griffiths Jones. In 1862 he married Mary Stephens. They came to America in 1867 with their two children, Ann and David S. After landing in New York, they crossed the plains from Missouri to Utah. He drove an …
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