Joseph Jones ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1850 and a birth location of Virginia.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 30 on the 1880 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 10 July 1880. ²

1880 US Census
District 262, Page 420D, Dwelling 65, Family 69, Roll 0362
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Joseph Jones..Self..30..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 18 Jan 1840, then his age should have been 40 instead of 30.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Macedonia, IA on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
District 155, Sheet 8B, Dwelling 167, Family 167
Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 26 years
Joseph Jones..Head..Jan 1840..60..VA..Farmer
(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• His obituary was published in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil on 10 August 1908 in Council Bluffs, IA.

Joseph Jones of Macedonia, Iowa, aged 68 years, died at his home in that city at 10 o'clock Sunday morning of cancer of the stomach.
Ernest Jones," son of the deceased.

(Source: Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, IA, 10 Aug 1908, pg 3 (copy from microfilm at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library, 4/98, Des Moines, IA)
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• He was buried on 11 August 1908 in the Macedonia Cemetery in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA.

Joseph married Mary E. Bryan, daughter of Alfred L. Bryan and Martha A. Knave, on 4 September 1872 in , Pottawattamie County, IA.^{1 2 3} (Mary E. Bryan was born on 22 November 1852 in , Logan County, IL,^{1 2 3 4 5} died on 15 October 1909 in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA ¹ and was buried after 15 October 1909 in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, IA on 10 July 1880. ²

1880 US Census
District 262, Page 420D, Dwelling 65, Family 69, Roll 0362
Macedonia Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Joseph Jones..Self..30..VA..Farmer
Mary E. Jones..Wife..27..IL..Keeping House
Earnest Jones..Son..2..IA
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Macedonia, IA on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
District 155, Sheet 8B, Dwelling 167, Family 167
Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 26 years
Joseph Jones..Head..Jan 1840..60..VA..Farmer
Mary E. Jones..Wife..Nov 1852..47..IL..4/2
Minnie Jones..Dau..Jun 1883..16..IA
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