Sixth Generation

1513. Emily JONES was born on 22 Oct 1817.⁶⁹⁵ Biography of⁶⁹⁶ Emily J., youngest daughter of Samuel Jones, married Dr. Thomas E. Best, October 22, 1839, who served in the War of the Rebellion as a surgeon in the Forty fourth Wisconsin Infantry, and died at Agency City, Iowa, October 5, 1877. Her children born in Wayne were Hannah P., a graduate of Lake Erie Female Seminary, and now a teacher at Burlington, Iowas, born July 29, 1841; E. Swift, born October 31, 1842, who, at the outbreak of the Rebellion, enlisted in the Second Wisconsin Infantry, was severely wounded and taken prisoner at the first battle of Bull Run, and confined in various prisons nearly a year, - leaving the service, he was admitted to the bar in 1864; Deborah Jane, born February 4, 1846, died June 12, 1851; Edward Thomas, born January 17, 1848, died August 27, 1849. The family removed to Wisconsin in the spring of 1849, settling at Portage City, where the following children were born: Edward Thomas (2d), born February 22, 1850, printer, publisher of the Chariton, Iowa, Leader; Samuel Jones, born August 23, 1853, died September 3, 1853; Almira Fanny, born September 10, 1854, died June 20, 1855; Charles Jones, born January 4, 1858, now editor of Agency City, Iowa's Independent. In the Spring of 1866 the family removed to Iowa, settling at Agency City, where they now reside, except as stated above.

Emily JONES and Dr. Thomas E. BEST were married on 22 Oct 1839.⁶⁹⁶