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1508. Linus
Hayes JONES was born on 5 Feb 1805 in Barkhamstead, Litchfield , Connecticut.695,1281
He died on 21 May 1895 in Wayne, Ashtabula, Ohio.1281 Biography of696
Linus Hayes, the oldest son of Samuel Jones, Sr., was born in Barkhamstead,
Litchfield County, Conecticut, February 5, 1805, and came to Ohio with his parents
in the fall of 1811. The winter following a school was taught in a part of the
dwelling occupied by Titus Hayes, of which Linus and a younger brother, Flavel,
formed the first class. His opportunities for education were then confined to
the common schools of the district, with a finish of a few weeks of private instruction
in the old log meetinghouse of sacred memory. In December 1824, he commenced
teaching a common school; the same employment being pursued for eight consecutive
winters, and in each spring returning to the labors of the farm. After this,
not satisfied with the monotony of farm life in winter, the teaching of "singing-schools"
furnished the needed stimulus to keep the mind in action, which was followed
for several consecutive winters in different parts of Ashtabula and Trumbull
Counties. These services were fully appreciated. Although his qualifications
as teacher were greatly below what are required in these later days, yet they
were much beyond what could often be found in any "home-made" Ohioan.
In the spring of 1826 he commenced cutting down the forest upon lot No. 66, where
Mr. D.T. Beardsley now resides. November 11, 1827, he married Miss Mary P. Phelps,
who died September 15, 1828. This bereavement caused him to change his plans
for a home, and by the advice and an arrangement with his father, he changed
his location, and settled upon the north part of lot No. 28, where he has continued
to reside since his second marriage. January 20, 1830, he married Miss Eliza
Seager, an orphan, formerly of Ontario County, New York, who died January 15,
1840. She was the mother of one child, Deborah Elizabeth, born May 21, 1837,
and died November 23, 1839.
October 28, 1840, he married Mrs. Lucy Ackley Rowe, widow of Dr. Albert G. Rowe,
who died in Corydon, Indiana, September 10, 1838, aged twenty-nine years. The
husband and wife were formerly from Hartford Township, Trumbull County, whose
children were Cornelia Ann, born March 25, 1835, who married David Smilie, of
Wayne, February 7, 1856. Their children (Cornelia Ann & David's) are William
Albert, born December 21, 1858; Emily Lucy, born January 19, 1863; Linus David
born October 21, 1870; Ralph Bliss, born January 22, 1877. The step-son (of Linus
Jones by third wife Lucy Rowe), Albert Gallatin Rowe, was born April 7, 1839,
and was a respected member of the congregational Church of Wayne. He enlisted
in the One Hundred and fifth Ohio Infantry in the autumn of 1862, and after nearly
two years of faithful service was mortally wounded while on the skirmish line
near Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 14, and died at the field hospital, June
16, 1864. He was highly respected by his officers and beloved by his comrades.
He was buried in the National Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia, in the grave numbered
seven hundred and eight-two.
The children of Linus H. and Lucy A. Jones were: Flavel Erasmus, born in Wayne,
December 23, 1841; served three months in the Eighty-Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry;
he has been a school teacher, and is a surveyor and farmer by occupation; he
married MIss Sylvia A. North, September 15, 1863, who died March 13, 1865, leaving
an infant daughter, Sylvia North, born March 8, 1865. February 24, 1869, he married
Miss Mary A. Hezlep. Their children are Charles Hezlep, born January 11, 1870;
William Cowdery, born October 3, 1871; Benjamin Samuel, born November 30, 1873.
Linus Brainard, second son of Linus H. and Lucy A. Jones was born February 26,
1844; married Miss Rhoda W. Woodworth: June 20, 1866, enlisted in the One Hundred
and Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the battle at Cynthiana,
Kentucky. Their children are Katie Maria, born April 30, 1867; Mabel Elizabeth,
born November 20, 1868; Albert Rowe, born September 26, 1870; Franklin Palmer,
born July 27, 1877. Willie, the third son of LInus H. and Lucy A. Jones, was
born December 1850; died September 11, 1854. Mary Caroline was born October 18,
1855, who married Emery F. Treat of Colebrook, June 15, 1876. Their only child,
Willard Hayes, was born in Austinburg, Ohio, August 18, 1877. ...."
"Except as a teacher, the active life of Linus H. Jones has been spent in
his own township. He was for many years a teacher and leader of the choir of
the First Congregational Church of Wayne, and has served in various offices of
the township, such as clerk, trustee, assessor, captain of the militia, and justice
of the peace, and, for many years, has been connected with the school interests
of the township, and now, at the age of seventy-three, would be looked upon as
an old man but for the greater age of his father.
Linus Hayes JONES and Mary P PHELPS were married on 8 Nov 1827 in Wayne, Ashtabula,
Ohio.1281 Mary
P PHELPS was born about 1799.80
She died on 15 Sep 1828.80 Linus
Hayes JONES and Elisa SEAGER were married on 20 Jan 1829 in Wayne, Ashtabula,
Ohio.1281 Elisa
SEAGER was born about 1803.80
She died on 15 Jan 1840.80 Linus
Hayes JONES and Lucy Ackley BRAINARD were married on 28 Oct 1840.1281 Lucy Ackley BRAINARD
was born on 4 Jan 1813.80
She died on 7 Apr 1888 in Wayne, Ashtabula, Ohio.1281 Linus Hayes JONES and Lucy Ackley BRAINARD had the
following children:
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