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Mortimer Zell Jones

Birth	:	22 Jun 1850 Rockport, Parke County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	1901
Burial	:	Brick Cemetery, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.4206009, -95.7099991
Description	:	Mortimer was the county Surveyor of Jackson County starting in 1885 and re-lected for a second term. He was the son of Harlan Jones and Ruth Hannah Zell. His siblings were Sarah, wife of Walter Parmenter; Joanna, wife of Columbus C Crane and is now deceased; Samuel; Mary, wife of Robert Page; Rhoda; Narcissen, who lives with his mother; Albert; Mortimer; Samantha, wife of George Brassbridge and L Frank. Mortimer was 5 years old when he came to Kansas. He married Maggie McClure in 1879. She was the daughter of Thomas and Isabella McClure and was born in Ireland, near... Read More	Mortimer was the county Surveyor of Jackson County starting in 1885 and re-lected for a second term. He was the son of Harlan Jones and Ruth Hannah Zell. His siblings were Sarah, wife of Walter Parmenter; Joanna, wife of Columbus C Crane and is now deceased; Samuel; Mary, wife of Robert Page; Rhoda; Narcissen, who lives with his mother; Albert; Mortimer; Samantha, wife of George Brassbridge and L Frank. Mortimer was 5 years old when he came to Kansas. He married Maggie McClure in 1879. She was the daughter of Thomas and Isabella McClure and was born in Ireland, near Londonde------------------------- Additional Info from the Collections of Dan Fenton Death Notices M. Z. Jones was born in Rockport, Indiana, June 22, 1850, and died in the Indian Territory, where he was employed as a government surveyor, August 28, 1901, aged 53 years, two months and six days. Mr. Jones was one of a large family of children and was brought to Kansas by his parents in the fall of 1855. They lived for a short time in Leavenworth county and then moved Cedar township in this county and were among the first settlers of this county. Here Mr. Jones grew to manhood and it is greatly in his credit that he in those pioneer times managed to get a good common school education and qualified himself to teach school, a profession which he followed alternately with farming until he moved to Holton some sixteen years ago. In 1876 he was converted and joined the Methodist church at South Cedar .:e for the past number of years he has held the position of steward ... May 8, 1879, he was married to Miss Maggie McClure, to which happy union there has been born seven children, two of whom died in of diphtheria in November, 1884. The other five, four girls and one boy, together with the bereaved wife are left to mourn ... This sad death also bereaves three brothers, Samuel, A. D. and Frank, and four sisters, Mrs. Parmenter, Mrs. Page, Mrs. Bricker and Miss Narcissa, all of whom live in this county and all were present at the funeral. After moving to Holton, Mr. Jones attended Campbell University one summer, studying surveying, and in the fall Of 1885 he was elected county surveyor. His efficiency in this office and his close and careful attention to business was such that he was re-elected seven times in succession. He was re-elected in 1899 for the term ending next January. Last fall Mr. Jones was appointed surveyor of town sites in the Indian Territory, at which he had been engaged until a few weeks ago when he was stricken with the fatal disease, typhoid fever. He came home last spring and when he returned to work his family accompanied him .... The Masonic order of which Mr. Jones was a member, conducted the services at the Brick school house cemetery, four and a half miles southeast of Holton and his body was laid away besides of those of his two infant children .... The Holton Recorder, September 5, 1901rry.

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Latitude: 39.4206009
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Family Members:

Parent

Harlan Chapman Jones

(1811 - 1870)

Ruth Hannah Zell Jones

(1816 - 1893)

Spouse

Margaret “Maggie” McClure Jones

(1856 - 1952)

Siblings

Sarah Elizabeth Jones Parmenter

(1838 - 1917)

Permelia Joanna Jones Slater

(1839 - 1872)

Narcissa J Jones

(1846 - 1929)

Lemuel Frank Jones

(1855 - 1939)

Children

Isabelle Jones

(unknow - 1884)

Clara Jones

(unknow - 1884)

Agnes Jones

(1885 - 1967)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Brick Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4206009, -95.7099991

2. Bradley Family Cemetery
Holton, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4644928, -95.6813889

3. Holton Cemetery
Holton, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4611015, -95.7583008

4. Denison Cemetery
Denison, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3973389, -95.6278000

5. Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Holton, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4700012, -95.7702026

6. Wyant Family Cemetery
Holton, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4778520, -95.6614440

7. South Denison Cemetery
Denison, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3833008, -95.6219025

8. Haas Cemetery
Circleville, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4632988, -95.8107986

9. Weiss Family Cemetery
Holton, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4562000, -95.8211000

10. Cedar Grove Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3368988, -95.6564026

11. Mitchell Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3549995, -95.7996979

12. Carmel Cemetery
Circleville, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4984400, -95.7967700

13. Wells Family Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4677963, -95.5827866

14. South Cedar Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3286018, -95.6267014

15. Wishkeno Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3171700, -95.7756400

16. Mayetta Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3032990, -95.7378006

17. Thompson-Burns Cemetery
Whiting, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5062100, -95.5980710

18. Larkinburg Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4794006, -95.5706024

19. Masquat Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3821180, -95.8620510

20. Nelson Potts Family Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.3030700, -95.7757400

21. Patton - Robertson Family Cemetery
Larkinburg, Atchison County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4342900, -95.5404000

22. Wahwasuck Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2947400, -95.7682600

23. Potts Cemetery
Mayetta, Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2967000, -95.7750000

24. Estes Cemetery
Jackson County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5346985, -95.6168976