William T. Jones was born in Missouri on January 24, 1849, and at the age of 7 years old he came to California with his parents by ox team, which would have been about 1856. On this long journey, William road horseback following the oxen team. His parents were John G. and Sarah Jones, and William T. was the oldest of six children born to them.
The family settled at Oro Vista (Lynchburg) now a part of Oroville. The father, John G. Jones was a teamster. The parents of Mary Elizabeth Myers were Joseph Siewell and Minerva (Morgan) Myers who came west also by ox team from Iowa in 1852. They were among the first settlers at Oro Vista (Lynchburg). Mary Elizabeth their fourth child, was born there on February 11, 1853. And so it was at this location that the two families became aquainted.
In 1860, the Jones family was still living at Oro Vista, but the Myers family had moved into the Wyandotte Twp. to a homestead near the town of Evansville, close to the eastern boundary of Butte county. Mr. John Myers worked at mining and ranching.
By 1870, William T. Jones was twenty-one years old and had been working for the Oroville Ditch Company but his father had moved into Bidwell Bar Township to Junction House where he was running a dairy, probably for the summer season when milk was most in demand by the miners and lumbermen.
On March 27, 1873, William T. Jones married Mary E. Myers at the home of her parents in Evansville.
Mr. Jones had become a superintendant for the Oroville Ditch Company, but soon gave up that job and bought an oxen team and began hauling logs for sawmills. He logged for George Gable at Peavine (Merrimac) and the Springer Mill at Brush Creek until it burned in 1890. Then he moved over to Challenge in Yuba County and worked for A. M. Leach at his Empire sawmill, hauling logs. When A. M. Leach went out of business about 1892, William then went to work for the J. C. Knickren Company at Mohawk in Plumas County, and possibly a few other companies. On December 22, 1900, he applied for a homestead on the SE 1/4 of Sec 30 T19N R6E, 160 acres in Butte County on the Robinson Mill Road about four miles north of the Myers Ranch. Logging was seasonal work, so he and Mary were able to make their home there until he gave up logging and gave full-time to ranching. He had quite an orchard and was able to ship dried fruit to market.
William T. Jones died on May 21, 1937 at age 88. William T. and Mary E. Jones had six children: Francis Isabell, Edwin C., Burton Granville, Joseph Wilmer, Grace Elizabeth, and Winifred E who died young.
NOTE: There are several birth & death date discrepancies between the dates engraved on the family momument and those of other records. William T. Jones dates appear to match.
The family settled at Oro Vista (Lynchburg) now a part of Oroville. The father, John G. Jones was a teamster. The parents of Mary Elizabeth Myers were Joseph Siewell and Minerva (Morgan) Myers who came west also by ox team from Iowa in 1852. They were among the first settlers at Oro Vista (Lynchburg). Mary Elizabeth their fourth child, was born there on February 11, 1853. And so it was at this location that the two families became aquainted.
In 1860, the Jones family was still living at Oro Vista, but the Myers family had moved into the Wyandotte Twp. to a homestead near the town of Evansville, close to the eastern boundary of Butte county. Mr. John Myers worked at mining and ranching.
By 1870, William T. Jones was twenty-one years old and had been working for the Oroville Ditch Company but his father had moved into Bidwell Bar Township to Junction House where he was running a dairy, probably for the summer season when milk was most in demand by the miners and lumbermen.
On March 27, 1873, William T. Jones married Mary E. Myers at the home of her parents in Evansville.
Mr. Jones had become a superintendant for the Oroville Ditch Company, but soon gave up that job and bought an oxen team and began hauling logs for sawmills. He logged for George Gable at Peavine (Merrimac) and the Springer Mill at Brush Creek until it burned in 1890. Then he moved over to Challenge in Yuba County and worked for A. M. Leach at his Empire sawmill, hauling logs. When A. M. Leach went out of business about 1892, William then went to work for the J. C. Knickren Company at Mohawk in Plumas County, and possibly a few other companies. On December 22, 1900, he applied for a homestead on the SE 1/4 of Sec 30 T19N R6E, 160 acres in Butte County on the Robinson Mill Road about four miles north of the Myers Ranch. Logging was seasonal work, so he and Mary were able to make their home there until he gave up logging and gave full-time to ranching. He had quite an orchard and was able to ship dried fruit to market.
William T. Jones died on May 21, 1937 at age 88. William T. and Mary E. Jones had six children: Francis Isabell, Edwin C., Burton Granville, Joseph Wilmer, Grace Elizabeth, and Winifred E who died young.
NOTE: There are several birth & death date discrepancies between the dates engraved on the family momument and those of other records. William T. Jones dates appear to match.
William T. Jones was born in Missouri on January 24, 1849, and at the age of 7 years old he came to California with his parents by ox team, which would have been about 1856. On this long journey, William road horseback following the oxen team. His parents were John G. and Sarah Jones, and William T. was the oldest of six children born to them.
The family settled at Oro Vista (Lynchburg) now a part of Oroville. The father, John G. Jones was a teamster. The parents of Mary Elizabeth Myers were Joseph Siewell and Minerva (Morgan) Myers who came west also by ox team from Iowa in 1852. They were among the first settlers at Oro Vista (Lynchburg). Mary Elizabeth their fourth child, was born there on February 11, 1853. And so it was at this location that the two families became aquainted.
In 1860, the Jones family was still living at Oro Vista, but the Myers family had moved into the Wyandotte Twp. to a homestead near the town of Evansville, close to the eastern boundary of Butte county. Mr. John Myers worked at mining and ranching.
By 1870, William T. Jones was twenty-one years old and had been working for the Oroville Ditch Company but his father had moved into Bidwell Bar Township to Junction House where he was running a dairy, probably for the summer season when milk was most in demand by the miners and lumbermen.
On March 27, 1873, William T. Jones married Mary E. Myers at the home of her parents in Evansville.
Mr. Jones had become a superintendant for the Oroville Ditch Company, but soon gave up that job and bought an oxen team and began hauling logs for sawmills. He logged for George Gable at Peavine (Merrimac) and the Springer Mill at Brush Creek until it burned in 1890. Then he moved over to Challenge in Yuba County and worked for A. M. Leach at his Empire sawmill, hauling logs. When A. M. Leach went out of business about 1892, William then went to work for the J. C. Knickren Company at Mohawk in Plumas County, and possibly a few other companies. On December 22, 1900, he applied for a homestead on the SE 1/4 of Sec 30 T19N R6E, 160 acres in Butte County on the Robinson Mill Road about four miles north of the Myers Ranch. Logging was seasonal work, so he and Mary were able to make their home there until he gave up logging and gave full-time to ranching. He had quite an orchard and was able to ship dried fruit to market.
William T. Jones died on May 21, 1937 at age 88. William T. and Mary E. Jones had six children: Francis Isabell, Edwin C., Burton Granville, Joseph Wilmer, Grace Elizabeth, and Winifred E who died young.
NOTE: There are several birth & death date discrepancies between the dates engraved on the family momument and those of other records. William T. Jones dates appear to match.
The family settled at Oro Vista (Lynchburg) now a part of Oroville. The father, John G. Jones was a teamster. The parents of Mary Elizabeth Myers were Joseph Siewell and Minerva (Morgan) Myers who came west also by ox team from Iowa in 1852. They were among the first settlers at Oro Vista (Lynchburg). Mary Elizabeth their fourth child, was born there on February 11, 1853. And so it was at this location that the two families became aquainted.
In 1860, the Jones family was still living at Oro Vista, but the Myers family had moved into the Wyandotte Twp. to a homestead near the town of Evansville, close to the eastern boundary of Butte county. Mr. John Myers worked at mining and ranching.
By 1870, William T. Jones was twenty-one years old and had been working for the Oroville Ditch Company but his father had moved into Bidwell Bar Township to Junction House where he was running a dairy, probably for the summer season when milk was most in demand by the miners and lumbermen.
On March 27, 1873, William T. Jones married Mary E. Myers at the home of her parents in Evansville.
Mr. Jones had become a superintendant for the Oroville Ditch Company, but soon gave up that job and bought an oxen team and began hauling logs for sawmills. He logged for George Gable at Peavine (Merrimac) and the Springer Mill at Brush Creek until it burned in 1890. Then he moved over to Challenge in Yuba County and worked for A. M. Leach at his Empire sawmill, hauling logs. When A. M. Leach went out of business about 1892, William then went to work for the J. C. Knickren Company at Mohawk in Plumas County, and possibly a few other companies. On December 22, 1900, he applied for a homestead on the SE 1/4 of Sec 30 T19N R6E, 160 acres in Butte County on the Robinson Mill Road about four miles north of the Myers Ranch. Logging was seasonal work, so he and Mary were able to make their home there until he gave up logging and gave full-time to ranching. He had quite an orchard and was able to ship dried fruit to market.
William T. Jones died on May 21, 1937 at age 88. William T. and Mary E. Jones had six children: Francis Isabell, Edwin C., Burton Granville, Joseph Wilmer, Grace Elizabeth, and Winifred E who died young.
NOTE: There are several birth & death date discrepancies between the dates engraved on the family momument and those of other records. William T. Jones dates appear to match.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
