Eber Jones & Laura Emma Dakin Family Outline

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Citation;
"Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa
ed. by William J. Moir. Indianapolis: B. F.
Bowen, 1911."

Zebulon F. Jones, pp. 516-519
The name of Zebulon F. Jones, honored and substantial farmerand stock raiser
of Jackson township, Hardin county, needs no introduction to the readers of
this book, for he is well known throughout this locality, havinglived here a
long time and always assisted in whatever way possible in furthering the
general interests of the same.

Mr. Jones was born in Greene county, Ohio, June 7, 1836. He is the son of Eber
and Laura E. (Dakin) Jones, the father anative of Clinton county, Ohio, and
the mother of Rensselaer county, New York,he of Welsh stock and she of English
descent. The paternal grandfather, Rev. Ambers Jones, was a minister in the
Methodist church in Massachusetts, New Yorkand Ohio, preaching for several
years in Cincinnati. His father came to this country from Wales. The maternal
grandfather, William Dakin, was a native of NewYork; he married a Miss
Belchener and they settled in Clinton county, Ohio, on a farm. Mr. Dakin was a
good business man and at one time owned three thousandacres; his family
consisted of fourteen children, all of whom received large tracts of land from
their father. Eber Jones, father of the subject, received only a limited
education, but he was a splendid business man and became the owner of four
hundred acres of good land in Greene county, Ohio, whither he moved after
marrying in Clinton county, that state. He maintained a large dairy of
sixty-five cows, made cheese and shipped them to New Orleans, where his
brother, Nathan, contracted the yellow fever, having gone there with a boat
load of cheese,and the cheese was lost. Eber Jones was also a pork packer in
Cincinnati for four years. In 1853 he moved to Bureau county, Illinois, taking
eighteen hundredsheep and other live stock with him, and there he lost seven
hundred sheep inone night in a blizzard. He sold out in that county in 1856
and came to Hardincounty, Iowa, bringing fourteen head of horses and thirty
head of stock in all.He settled east of Hubbard, in Tipton township, and
became well established there, his son, Zebulon F., hauling the lumber from
Iowa City with which to construct the house, here he owned about four hundred
acres. He sold out in about 1870 and went to Macon county, Illinois, where he
purchased a large and valuablefarm, moving later to Red Oak, Iowa, where he
bought one hundred and sixty acres of good land. He was prominent in all the
communities where he lived; his death occurred on April 4, 1880, and his wife
died on September 24, 1886; they were active workers in the Methodist church
. Mr. Jones dealt extensively in live stock. His family consisted of eleven
children, namely: Akon, who was a farmer in Hamilton county, Iowa, is
deceased; Elanson, who taught school for some timein Illinois and Ohio, is now
living in Texas; William is living in Colorado; Zebulon F., of this review;
Mary Jane, who married Thomas Hay, is deceased; Silasdied on August 31, 1858,
in Hardin county, Iowa; Sylvester lives in Macon county, Illinois; James H.
lives in Oklahoma; Alexander lives in Ogden, Utah; Henrylives in Missouri;
Granville lives in Oklahoma.

Zebulon F. Jones received only a common schooling, and he came West when
eighteen years of age with his parents. He was married on June 15, 1865, to
Mary E. Higginbotham of Greene county,Ohio. She was the daughter of John and
Jane E. (January) Higginbotham, both natives of Greene county, Ohio, the
father the son of James Higginbotham, a native of Pennsylvania; he married
Susan Chapman of Virginia; they lived in Ohio, and they came to Hardin county,
Iowa, in 1856, where they died. James January wasthe son of Robert and Mary E.
(Woodman) January, of England; they spent the latter part of their lives in
Jamestown, Ohio, where they died. John and Jane (January) Higginbotham were
the parents of the following nine children: Joseph H.is living in Hardin
county, Iowa; James A., living on the old place in Hardin county; Sallie M.
died when eighteen months old; Robert R., of Eldora, Iowa; Mary E., wife of
the subject; William H. died in Leadville, Colorado; Amanda died in 1907 in
Illinois; Susan M. lives in Atkins county, Minnesota; Florence, who was the
wife of George A. Link, died in November, 1872, when nineteen years old,
leaving one child, a daughter, who lived to be fifteen years old, when she
also died.

John Higginbotham was the owner of a fine farm near Springfield, Illinois,
but he did not live there. In 1856 he came to Hardin county, Iowa, and bought
five hundred acres in Clay and Jackson townships, making his home in Clay
township; his death occurred in 1894, and his wife died on September 24, 1891.
He was an extensive stock dealer and shipped a great deal to Chicago. He was a
Democrat, held several township offices, and was a member of the Christian
church and a man of influence in his community.

The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Zebulon M. Jones:
Henry F., born May 8, 1866, is a large contractor at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; he
married Clara Wright and they have two children, Florence and Leta; Harley
died in January, 1868; William W., born April 17, 1870, married Gertrude
Ayers, and they live on the old homestead, which he operates for the subject;
Ida May, born December 6, 1873, married Captain Sargent, of Eldora, Iowa, and
they have four children: Russell and Margaret E. were twins, Margaret being
now deceased; Lyle and Dorotha are the other two children. Walter L. Jones,
who is unmarried, was born February 14, 1877; he was a school teacher, later
learning the merchant tailor's business with J. J. Mitchell & Company, of New
York City, and is now engaged in his trade at Ft. Dodge, Iowa; Jennie E.
Jones, born December 12, 1880, married William E. Fain, a commission merchant
of Houston, Texas, and they have two children, Ruth and Sinclair. Mr. Jones's
children all received good education and some of them made successful
teachers.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jones located on the land opposite where
they now live in Jackson township. Mr. Jones hauled the lumber from
Marshalltown with which to build his house. He erected his present home in
1892, and he has made all the improvements on the place. He has devoted
considerable attention to live stock, raising short-horn cattle and a good
grade of horses and hogs. He has a fine and well improved farm and is one of
the substantial citizens of his township. Politically he is a Republican and
in religious matters a member of the Christian church.

Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabiog/hardin/pp1911/pp1911_j.htm

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1830 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS: Clinton County, Ohio, Cheste Township, NARA
Series M19, Roll 129 , page 235, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line
28: Eber JONES, enumeration: [M: 200001.. . - F: 00001...].
ANALYSIS: 2 males under 5 (1826-1830, Akin 1827, Alanson 1829), one
male 30-40 (1790-1800, Eb er 1804), one female 20-30 (1800-1810, Laura 1809).

1840 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS: Greene County, Ohio, Silver Creek Township,
NARA Series M704, Rol l 396, page 297, Enumeration Date: not recorded.
Line 27: Eber JONES, enumeration: [M: 112001 ... - F: 010001...].
ANALYSIS: one male under 5 (1836-1840, Zebulon 1836), one male 5-10
(1830-1835, William 1833) , 2 males 10-15 (1825-1830, Alanson 1829,
Akin 1827), one male 30-40 (1800-1810, Eber 1804) , one female 5-10
(1830-1835, Mary Jane 1831), one female 30-40 (1800-1810, Laura 1809).

1850 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS: Greene County, Ohio, Silver Creek Township,
NARA Series M432, Rol l 683, page 412A, Enumeration Date: 21 September
1850. Line 20, dwelling 880, family 880: Eber JONES, age 45, farmer,
birthplace: New York. Laura, age 40, birthplace: Ohio. Children were
born in Ohio. Alanson, age 21. Mary J., age 19. Wm, age 17. Zebulon,
age 14. Silas, age 8 . Sylvester, age 6. James H., age 3. Alexander, age 1.
NEIGHBOR: dwelling 879, Akin JONES (son).

1856 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS: Hardin County, Iowa, Pleasant Township
in the household of Akin Jones Age 28 & Mary Jones Age 26, along with
Morris C.Jones Age 2, Eber Jones Age 51, Sylvester Jones Age 12

(following census has first letter initial only)
1860 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS: Hardin County, Iowa, Pleasant Township,
Point Pleasant Post Office , NARA Series M653, Roll 323, page 93,
Enumeration Date: 10 July 1860. Line 21, dwelling 659 , family 637:
E[ber] JONES, age 56, farmer, birthplace: New York. L[aura] E[mma], age
51, bir thplace: Ohio. Children were born in Ohio. S[ylvester], age 16.
J[ames] H[arvey], age 13. Wm , age 27. Z[ebulon], age 24. A[lexander],
age 11. C[harles] H[enry], age 10. G[ranville], ag e 7.

1870 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS: Macon County, Illinois, Austin Township,
Maroa Post Office, NARA S eries M593, Roll 249, page 298B, Enumeration
Date: 27 June 1870. Line 3, dwelling 21, famil y 21: Eber JONES, age
66, farmer, birthplace: New York. Laura E., age 61, keeping house, birth
place: Ohio. Children were born in Ohio. Alexander, age 21. Charles
H., age 19. Wesley C., a ge 17. Laura E. DAKIN, age 11, birthplace:
Iowa. Brown DONEGAN, age 20, work on farm, birth place: Illinois.

Eber also apears in the 1880 U. S. FEDERAL CENSUS:
in LIBERTY TOWNSHIP,MARSHALL COUNTY,IOWA
Coicidentally the year of his death, it shows him alone in the census
(a notation looks like it says "suffering")(most likely he was convelesing from an illness) it also says that he is married
(Wife laura is recorded in the house hold of thier son James H[arvey] JONES in Hardin County, Iowa, Pleasant Township, Eldora)