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Husband of Paratine Saxon
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| Henry Jones & Paratine Saxon Marriage Entry, July 24, 1882 - Evergreen, Conecuh Co., Ala |
Doris Jones sent the following
obit:
The Evergreen Courant, Evergreen, Alabama, April 29,1925
Jones Killed By Train
W. H. Jones, of Durant, Okla., was a pleasant caller at this office Saturday. He was a citizen of this county in former
years, but moved away thirty-eight years ago and is on his first visit to his old home since that time. He is a splendid conversationalist
and it was interesting to hear him tell of the many changes and note marked improvemnets of this country since the last time
he went away.
Since the above was put in type, and just as we go to press, we learn that the body of Mr. Jones
was found yesterday morning at the sharp curve on the railroad near Wilcox, and it is supposed that passenger train No. 5
killed him.
Paratine Saxon Jones
Park Grove Cemetery
Broken Arrow
Tulsa County
Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section L, Block 8, Lot 4, Space 4
Photo of William Henry and Paratine Saxon Jones, taken at their home in Texas.
Wm Henry was born in Selma, AL Feb 16, 1862, s/o Ezekiel
Jones & Sarah E. ? ( Ezekial served in 38th Regiment, Alabama Infantry C.S. A.) They had 6 children,
4 of them died before 1900. The two surviving children were William Henry & Roxanna. William's brother
"Trus", shown in the 1870 census, age 5 mos., is not present in the 1880 Census. Ezekiel
b. abt 1839 & died Apr 5, 1920 in Conecuh Co., Ala. (Alabama Deaths, 1908-59; Conecuh County, Vol 15, Roll 2, pg#
7345)
Year: 1870; Census Place: Oldtown, Conecuh, Alabama; Roll: M593_10;
Page: 270; Image: 533.
Roxanna Jones, b. abt 1866 m. J. E. Beasley before
1887. In 1900, Roxana and her children, Alabama, age 13 and Charles E. age 5, are living with Ezekiel & Sarah
in Gravella, Conecuh Co. AL. Roxana died 1938 in Conecuh Co. AL
In the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery, there is a Roxana Jones (1866-1938) and a Sarah Jones (1837-1898). Could this be Roxana Jones Beasley? Is
this our Sarah Jones?
Update: "The Sarah Jones
that died in 1898 couldn't be our Sarah because she is listed in the 1900 census. Also I'm not sure that the flatrock
cemetery and saint's cemetery are the same--there is a church at the flatrock cemetery but is not the Jones Chapel-- that
is several miles down the rd."--Doris Jones, researcher
Wm Henry 1st married Georgiana Vestie Pickren on Mar 4, 1880 but she died Jan 23, 1881.
They had one
child, a son, Hillary A. Jones, on Jan. 7, 1881, Conecuh Co., AL. Hillary was about 2 weeks
old when his mother passed away. Hillary was raised by Sarah E. Jones, his grandmother, Conecuh County, Ala.
+Hillary married just shy
of his 17th birthday to Rhodia "Rhody" Etheridge, Dec 20, 1897. From this marriage, were born William
"Willie" b. abt 1908, David "Dave" b. abt 1910 and Joseph "Joe" Jones b. abt 1912.
Rhodia died Jan 13, 1923. His grandfather, Ezekiel is living with them.
Year: 1920;Census Place: Gravilla, Conecuh, Alabama;
Roll: T625_9; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 1070.
Hillary married again on Apr 2, 1928 to Lizzie Etheridge (not sure of her kinship to Rhodia) and they had Henry,
Ruby, Lewis & John Jones.
In April 1925, (before the 29th), while walking along a train track, William
Henry was hit and killed by a train. He is buried next to his father, Ezekial Jones in the Flatrock Cemetery outside
of Evergreen, Conecuh Co., Ala.
Henry had left his home to go visit Hillary. Paratine is reported
to have asked him not to go to Ala. The family story is that when Henry was killed, Paratine was scrubbing the floor and
quit, stating that Henry would not be coming back.
NOTE:
I have found family histories which show Wm HENRY as Wm HUGH Jones, s/o of Ezekiel & Sarah E. Jones, s/o "Hugh
Jones & J/Genetta Wooley." They have mixed up two familes. Please remember, any family records on the net that
cite WFT or One World Tree are NOT records. They are someone's belief.
Paratine's parents were Rev. Sanford Samuel Saxon (b. in GA abt 1825) & Maranza Anna Adams (Robeson Co., NC ) d/o Elijah Adams & Mary Lewis. In 1850, Elijah
& Mary are living in between his brother Zacheus & wife Dicey, and his father, Absalom. Absalom Adams,
born about 1767 and died after 1850, married Jane Grantham. They had the following children: Elizabeth, Mathias, Zachariah,
Zacheus, Mary, Elijah, Elisha. They were living in the Southern District of NC .
Sanford S. Saxon served in the 3rd Ala Reserves during the civil war and signed an oath of Allegiance that said he was 6'tall,
black hair, black eyes, dark skin. It is believed he was part Cherokee. In every record we have found, he used the initials
S. S.. When he married Maranza in Butler Co. Ala (1860), he was working on the railroad.
| 1850 Robeson Co. NC - Adams pg1 |
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| 1850 Robeson Co. NC - Adams pg 2 |
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| 1870 Oldtown, Conecuh Co. Ala - Elijah Adams |
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Note: There
is some thought that Absalom's father was Zachariah Adams who fought in the American Revolution. From Seventeenth Report of the National Society Daughters American Revolution, page ix: 89901. Adams, Zachariah
Paratine was born in Atlanta GA.
and died in Okla. The family came to Bastrop County Texas in about 1873 and had not been there long when Paratine's
parents died. The children were put with different families. Paratine went to the Stribling family and was put to use
as a family servant.
Henry was killed in Aug. 1925 when he was walking the train tracks and was hit by the train.
He is buried in Flatrock Cemetery, Conecuh Co., Ala.
Henry & Paratine were married July 25, 1882 in Evergreen, Conecuh Co., Ala.
Children:
1 Edna Ester JONES, b: May
12, 1884, Ala. d: Dec. 28, 1955, TX, married Count Zenzendorf Ratliff
2 Gracie E JONES, b: Jan. 29, 1885, Ala.,
3 Olif/Olief "Ollie"
Bell JONES, b: Jan 11, 1887, Evergreen, Conecuh Co. Ala.; d: Apr 5, 1962 Cleburne, Johnson
Co., TX; m: Oliver McVicker
4 Sarah Ann JONES, b: Aug 1890, Rockdale, Milam Co. Tex., d: Dec 6, 1981,
Okla.
5 Clara M JONES, b: Nov. 1891, Tex. [looks like Maryetta
(Jack Co.)]
6 William C JONES, b: May 1894, Leander, Williamson Co., Tex.
7
Stella Mae JONES, b: 1896, Leander, Williamson Co., Tex.
8 Sanford Shelly G. JONES, b: Oct. 1899,
Leander, Williamson Co., Tex
9 Addie Mabel JONES, b: 1901, Leander, Williamson Co., Tex.
10 Count JONES, b: Glen Rose, Somervell Co., Tex. died early
11
Joseph Bartes JONES, b: Jul 11, 1903, Glen Rose, Somervell Co.,Tex. d: Jul 9, 1985, Okla.
12 Maude E JONES, b:
1907, Glen Rose, Somervell Co., Tex.
| Ollie Bell Jones McVicker Death Certificate |
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| contributed by Dale Ratliff |
In the 1880 Ala Census, Paratine Saxon has returned to Elijah Adams household (her
grandparents) and is incorrectly recorded as a daughter. See: Year: 1880;
Census Place: Old Town, Conecuh, Alabama; Roll: T9_9; Family History Film: 1254009;
Page: 103.3000; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 0208.
As the story
goes, Paratine, living with the Stribling family in Bastrop TX after the death of her parents, accompanied the family onto
neighboring land. The purpose isn't known but they were trespassing. Paratine, while tending to the campfire, accidently
(or maybe on purpose) caught the grass on fire which swept a good deal of the property. The family quickly packed
their wagon and left. Fearing that Paratine would admit to starting the fire, thereby giving away the trespass, Mr. Stribling
quickly sent her back to her grandparents. It is while there that she met William Henry Jones, who would later become
her husband.
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