Obituary of Thomas Jones

Thomas Jones 28Jun1861 - 10Sep1900 Pinckneyville, Perry Co., IL Thomas Jones, son of Mr.and Mrs. Kit Jones, was born in Washington County 28 Jun 1861. In 1892 he married his cousin, Miss Maud (Amanda M.) Jones in KY. to this union were born two daughters, Della and Jessie, and two sons, George and Valley. For the past eight years he had been making his home in this county and up to his death was working Mrs. Beck's farm southeast of here. On 4 Jul he received a paralytic stroke on the left side and Monday morning after getting his team ready preparatory to taking his children to school he was visited with another stroke which ended his life. The remanins were taken to Washington County where the Rev. Alexander Rice conducted the funeral services and the body laid to rest in the Concord cemetery. His father and wife and four children, two brothers, three sisters, one half brother, one half sister are left to mourn his death.

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