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Edwin Jones

Birth	:	6 Apr 1828 China, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Death	:	23 Jul 1904 China, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Burial	:	Dirigo Cemetery, China, Kennebec County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.4056015, -69.5205994
Description	:	The eleventh and yougest of the family was Edwin, who married red- haired Mary Gifford Hoxie of Albion. It was always told that they met picking hops on China Neck. They were married in 1852 and came to live in the family home, a year before Abel's death in 1853. Mary's son says of this arrangement, Mother "had to fit into and manage a home in which lived these two strong, dominant women, Grandmother and Aunt Peace, who had long preceded her in the family and were powerfully entrenched, but Mother was plainly enough the head of the family, and... Read More	The eleventh and yougest of the family was Edwin, who married red- haired Mary Gifford Hoxie of Albion. It was always told that they met picking hops on China Neck. They were married in 1852 and came to live in the family home, a year before Abel's death in 1853. Mary's son says of this arrangement, Mother "had to fit into and manage a home in which lived these two strong, dominant women, Grandmother and Aunt Peace, who had long preceded her in the family and were powerfully entrenched, but Mother was plainly enough the head of the family, and there was never a sign of contention to mar the ordering of love. It was a home that 'nurtured' in the things that matter most for the shaping of life. We possessed little of this world's goods, though we were hardly conscious of the narrow limits, but we were very rich in those things which count as the foundations of life and charcter." (Small Town Boy, pp 24 - 25) Edwin as a boy had had attacks of a strange illness, something like epilepsy, but these attacks diminished as he grew older and disappeared altogether. His son says that Father "had a powerful body. He was physically the strongest man in our community . . .and skilled in the technique of all types of labor on the farm, an expert with any tool. . . and from him I learned the woodsman's art. He was quiet, meditative with no gifts of easy conversation and unable to express himself easily in public speech." His speaking in Quaker meeting was repetitive, but practical, "He insisted on a religion for this life here and now and on making a little 'heaven on the way to heave'. He was a straight, honest, faithful, rugged man who in his small round did his plain duty. . .and supported our large family with his hands." "One of the things Father loved best, after due care for his immortal soul., was to own and drive a fast horse. We had a remarkable colt, with a Morgan Pedigree." Was this the colt killed in the barn or a later one also from "Nelson"? "Father always took Fannie a turn round the trotting park (at the fair) and it was hard to tell whether Father was thinking of his immortal soul or of Fannie's marvellous speed!" (Small Town Boy, pp. 25 - 28) Edwin was killed in July 1904 when he walked across the trestle at Winslow. He had been at the circus in Waterville and took a short cut to catch the Narrow Gauge train back to South China. He was almost stone deaf and did not hear the train approaching, in spite of the engineer's efforts to warn him The train could not stop in time. Edwin had been given the nickname, "Doc", for he was supposed to be the seventh son of the seventh son and thus endowed with mysterious healing powers. Edwin was the seventh son of Abel, but Abel was the third child and first son of Caleb. Caleb was the third child and first son of Lemuel.

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Edwin Jones's memorial is located at: Dirigo Cemetery, China, Kennebec County, USA.
When did Edwin Jones death?
Edwin Jones death on 23 Jul 1904 in China, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
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Latitude: 44.4056015
Longitude: -69.5205994

Family Members:

Parent

Abel Jones

(1781 - 1853)

Susannah Jepson Jones

(1784 - 1877)

Spouse

Mary Gifford Hoxie Jones

(1833 - 1880)

Siblings

Eli Jones

(1807 - 1890)

Rufus Jones

(1810 - 1862)

Eunice Jones VanBlarcom

(1812 - 1857)

Peace Jones

(1815 - 1907)

Cyrus Jones

(1819 - 1851)

John Jones

(1825 - 1907)

Children

Herbert Watson Jones

(1867 - 1918)

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