WILLIAM JONES and
ROSA BELLE (GREATHOUSE) JONES

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John Jones, known as Jack[1], was born 5 September 1895 and died 23 August 1964[2] in Linn county, Missouri. He was a resident of Bevier, Missouri. The informant on his death certificate was his brother Earl Jones[3]. Jack was a World War I veteran.

Edith Jones was born in June 1897 in Bevier. She married G. E. (George Edward, known as Ed) Montgomery and died 12 March 1916 in Narrows Township, Macon county, Missouri[4]. Her cause of death was puerperal peritonitis, which is an infection following childbirth. She was 18. If the child died also, there is no death certificate for him or her in the Missouri Digital Heritage website.

In the 1900 census, William and Rosa were living in Bevier, Macon county, Missouri, with children Edward, John and Edith. William was a coal miner[5].

Ethel Jones was born in 1902 and died[6] in 1959[7]. She married Ray Robey and had four children: Floyd, Janice, Maxine and Marvin[8].

Willie Jones was born 19 August 1906 and died 29 June 1910 in Macon county, Missouri. He is buried in the Richards Dale cemetery in Bevier, Missouri[9]. The year 1910 is when Missouri started requiring death certificates. Willie doesn't have a certificate on Missouri Digital Heritage website. Willie died 12 days after his next younger sister, Rose.

Rose B. Jones was born 17 November 1909 at Ardmore, Macon county, Missouri and died 17 July 1910[10] at Ardmore of cholera infantum[11]. [Death certificate gives this child the name of "Ola Jones" instead of Rose, birth year appeared to be originally 1908 and a "9" was written over the "8", and the doctor attended through June but should probably be through July.]

A child whose name we don't know was born and died before the 1910 census. Rose is listed as the mother of 7 children, 6 living at the time of the census[12].   

In the 1910 census, William C. and Rose were living East Chariton Township, Macon county, Missouri, with children Edward, John, Edith, Ethel, Willie and Rosie B. William was a coal miner[13].

Earl Jones was born 13 October 1912 and died 23 August 1986 in Missouri[14].

Jannie Jones was born 30 August 1914 in Ardmore and died 17 September 1914[15] in Ardmore. "Unviable development at birth" was given as the cause of death[16].

In the 1920 census, William C. and Rose were living in Chariton Township, Macon county, Missouri, with children John and Earl. William was a coal miner[17].

In the 1930 census, William and Rose were living in Charition Township, Macon county, Missouri, with son Earl. William was a laborer doing odd jobs. It must have been soon after this census was taken that Will moved to Loup County, Nebraska, and lived with this younger brother, Frank, and his family[18].

In the 1940 census, William was living in Sawyer Precinct, Loup county, Nebraska with his brother Frank and his family, Lizzie, Grace and Gerald[19]. Rose was living on South Macon Street in Bevier, Macon county, Missouri, with son Earl. Rose was divorced and neither she nor Earl listed an occupation[20].

Rose passed away on 21 June 1948 of pneumonia complicated by heart disease. She was 73. Her son Edd was the informant and he gave her marital status as widowed. Sadly, the death certificate states that she had had her left eye removed at some point. She was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Bevier, Missouri[21].

Will lived to be 90 or 92, depending on which birth year is right. He passed away on 3 February 1957 in Sargent, Custer county, Nebraska, and is buried beside Frank and Lizzie in the Almeria Cemetery, Loup county, Nebraska[22].

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[1] Memories of Margaret (Jackson) Johnson and Grace (Jones) Ferguson Russell. Grace took notes of conversations she and Margaret had about Will's children.

[2] Missouri Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate, file 0032027, Jack J. Jones, 23 Aug 1964, Linn County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1966," digital image, Missouri Digital Heritage, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates : accessed 28 October 2017).

[3] Find A Grave, database with images, FindAGrave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2017), memorial # 111258015, Jack Johnnie Jones (1895-1964), East Oakwood Cemetery, Bevier, Macon county, Missouri, gravestone photograph by Arlee.

[4] Missouri Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate, file 11104, Edith Montgomery, 12 March 1916, Macon County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1966," digital image, Missouri Digital Heritage, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates : accessed 26 October 2017).

[5] 1900 U.S. census, Bevier Township, Macon county, Missouri, population schedule, ED 62, sheet 17A, dwelling 327, family 338, William C. Jones family; image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 April 2008); citing FHL microfilm 1240873, NARA publication T623, Roll 873.

[6] Missouri Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate, file 59-005844, Ethel Robey, 5 Feb 1959, Macon County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1966," digital image, Missouri Digital Heritage, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates : accessed 28 October 2017).

[7] Find A Grave, database with images, FindAGrave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2017), memorial #172040948, Ethel Robey (1902-1959), Richards Dale Cemetery, Bevier, Macon county, Missouri, gravestone photograph by Norman Cross.

[8] Memories of Margaret (Jackson) Johnson and Grace (Jones) Ferguson Russell. Grace took notes of conversations she and Margaret had about Will's children.

[9] Find A Grave, database with images, FindAGrave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2017), memorial #60842618, Willie Jones (1906-1910), Richards Dale Cemetery, Bevier, Macon county, Missouri; gravestone photograph by James Snyder.

[10] Find A Grave, database with images, FindAGrave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2017), memorial #60842604, Rose Bell Jones (1909-1910), Richards Dale Cemetery, Bevier, Macon county, Missouri, gravestone photograph by James Snyder.

[11] Missouri Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate, file 24411, Ola Jones, 17 July 1910, Macon County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1966," digital image, Missouri Digital Heritage, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates : accessed 26 October 2017).

[12] 1910 U.S. census, Macon County, Missouri, population schedule, East Chariton Township, ED 72, sheet 7B, dwelling 144, family 145, William C. Jones family; image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 April 2008); citing FHL microfilm 1374809, NARA publication T624, Roll 796.

[13] 1910 U.S. census, Macon County, Missouri, population schedule, East Chariton Township, ED 72, sheet 7B, dwelling 144, family 145, William C. Jones family; image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 April 2008); citing FHL microfilm 1374809, NARA publication T624, Roll 796.

[14] Find A Grave, database with images, FindAGrave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2017), memorial #172026153, Earl Jones (1912-1986), Richards Dale Cemetery, Bevier, Macon county, Missouri, gravestone photograph by Norman Cross.

[15] Find A Grave, database with images, FindAGrave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2017), memorial #115396362, Jannie Jones (1914-1914), East Oakwood Cemetery, Bevier, Macon county, Missouri, gravestone photograph by Norman Cross.

[16] Missouri Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate, file 32796, Jannie Jones, 17 Sept 1914, Macon County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1966," digital image, Missouri Digital Heritage, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates : accessed 26 October 2017).

[17] 1920 U.S. census, Macon County, Missouri, population schedule, Chariton Township, enumeration district 71, sheet 3A, dwelling 64, family 64, William C. Jones family; image, Ancestry.com  (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 April 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, Roll 934.

[18] 1930 U.S. census, Macon county, Missouri, population schedule, Chariton township, enumeration district 61-6, sheet 8A, dwelling 210, family 216, William Jones family; image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 October 2017); citing FHL microfilm 2340946, NARA T626.

[19] 1940 U.S. census, Loup  County, Nebraska, population schedule, enumeration district 58-6, sheet 2B, dwelling 36, William Jones; image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627, Roll 2256.

[20] 1940 U.S. census, Bevier, Macon  County, Missouri, population schedule, enumeration district 61-1, sheet 8A, dwelling 193, Rose Jones; image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 October 2017); citing National Archives microfilm publication T627, Roll 2126.

[21] Missouri Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate, file 20119, Rose Jones, 21 June 1948, Macon County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1966," digital image, Missouri Digital Heritage, (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/Records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/DeathCertificates : accessed 26 October 2017).

[22] "Last Rites Held For William Jones," William C. Jones, undated clipping, ca. 1957, from unidentified newspaper; privately held by Mary Russell Hollowell [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE] Grand Island, Nebraska, 2017. Newspaper is probably the Sargent Leader.