MRS. CHARLOTTE HONES OF HENEFER WILL BE 85 YEARS YOUNG MARCH 30

Mrs. Charlotte Jones will review a great many life experiences this Saturday, March 30, as she reaches the 85th milestone since her birth in 1878. Mrs. Jones will spend the day quietly with family members.

She was the fifth of nine children born to George Judd and Jane Belbin Paskett in Henfer, where she has lived all her life. She attended public school in Henefer and remembers well some of her teachers, William Brewer, James Ure and Marjorie Aiston.

While growing up she was a great help to her parents, washing, cooking, milking, churning and even helping in the fields of hay and grain. She also worked away from home in Park City, Ogden and Henefer.

She was married to Thomas Allen Jones Sept. 21, 1898 after traveling to Salt Lake from Echo via train. They were married in the Temple, spent a day sightseeing and buying furniture, them back home again. They were met at Echo by relatives and friends in a surrey, and a dance was help in their honor.

Mrs. Jones gave birth to 12 children, ten of whom are now living; Mabel Curry, Ronald Jones, Morgan; Gladys Sparks, Garnet Jones, Ogden; Richard Jones, Howard Jones, Henefer; Maud Shaw, Evanston, Wyo.; Merla Hiller, Murray; Annie Nielsen, Farmington; Leah Nielsen, Clearfield.

Mrs. Jones and her husband lived in a small two room log house in Henefer after their furniture arrived from Salt Lake. The building, now moved to another location is still being used as a garage. When their first son was three months old, they moved into another two room log house "over the meadow" in Henefer. When the eleventh child was small, they built a large two-story cinder block house, now occupied by Howard. The log home in which ten of their children were born still is being used as a garage by Howard.

Many strange experiences make a lifetime, but one of the most humorous in Mrs. Jones' life was what happened to a prize flock of geese at the time one of her children was born. The family arose one day to find the whole flock hanging headless beside the chicken wire fence--it turned out that a bobcat had wandered near, and as the curious geese thrust their heads through the wire, he head neatly snipped them off. It was not a total waste however, as the feathers were plucked, and since the heads had been cut off, the meat was safe, and menus were built around roast goose in several Henefer homes.

Snakes have also raised their awesome heads in the narrows, but Mrs. Jones was undaunted, and would quickly end their lives when they came too close to the home.

After all the children but one had left the home nest, Mr. Jones passed away suddenly on a holiday, July 4, 1938.

A few year later, Mrs. Jones moved into Henefer, and still resides here. She loves to garden and during the winter months, visits frequently with members of her family. She is in good health and enjoys life and is looking forward now to spring gardening tasks.

She now has 33 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren.
(Published in the Park Record March 28, 1963.)


** One child is not included in the links below:
Maud Jones Shaw (1905-1990, died in Evanston, Wyoming).