John J M Jones was both a farmer and also a coal miner so he farmed during the summer and after his crop was harvested he walked to work in the coal mines near Osage City on Sunday evening and walked back home on Saturday night, carrying a sack of groceries for the family. Later he worked in Emporia for the Santa Fe Railroad where he would also be gone for a week at a time, coming home on the weekends because of the great distance of about 20 miles and the slow means of travel, usually on foot or horseback.
This left Jane at home alone with the small children much of the time. There were few neighbors and also a few Indians who were friendly, although she had some reservations about that and often expressed her fear of the Redman. However, the story is told and it is true that Jane Jones became ill while her husband John J M was away working for the railroad in Emporia. Two Indian bucks noticed the small children playing outside but didn't see the mother so they came to the house and went inside. They found her ill with a high fever. They left quickly and in a short time returned with two Indian squaws who brought medicine for her. They came daily to care for her. She recovered and lived to be 86 years old and never forgot the kindness of the Indians.
The Indians always seemed to know when John J M had butchered a hog and always appeared for a portion of the meat. He never refused to share with them but always reminded them that he had a family to feed so could not spare very much.
Jane Jones was an excellent seamstress and having 6 daughters to sew for she was able to display this talent and pass it on to them. She was also very capable of caring for the sick and acted as nurse to not only her own family but to all the neighbors as well, in times of serious illness in the neighborhood. She was always ready and willing to help out whenever needed.
It was at this farm just north of Lebo that their daughter Margaret Ann "Maggie", who when she was about 7 or 8 years old, was playing in the pasture with her brother and sisters and stepped on a rattlesnake and it bit her on the leg. She was taken to the doctor in Osage City but their only means of travel was by team and wagon, so it was some time before she arrived at the doctor's office. The Doctor sent immediately to Burlingame by horseback for medication which in those days was whiskey and none was available in Osage City that particular day. She was kept under the influence for several days. She was ill for quite some time and it was about 10 or 14 (?) years before she fully recovered.
Jane Sloane returned to her native Wales in 1909 with her brother John Sloane for a short visit and her brother died while visiting there. He had been injured while working on a school building and had never recovered from the fall.
John J M and Jane were married for over 64 years and 56 of those years were spent on the farm near Arvonia and just 1-1/2 miles north of Lebo, Kansas. John J M died on April 24, 1930 and Jane died April 26, 1930 just 36 hours apart at their farm in Arvonia Township. Both had been in ill health for several months. The double funeral was held at the home which was the custom in those days and was conducted by the Rev. W.W. Carnine, Pastor of the Arvonia Presbyterian Church and assisted by Rev. G.J. Rhodes of the Lebo Methodist Church. Burial was in a single grave in the Arvonia Cemetery, Osage County, Kansas.
This left Jane at home alone with the small children much of the time. There were few neighbors and also a few Indians who were friendly, although she had some reservations about that and often expressed her fear of the Redman. However, the story is told and it is true that Jane Jones became ill while her husband John J M was away working for the railroad in Emporia. Two Indian bucks noticed the small children playing outside but didn't see the mother so they came to the house and went inside. They found her ill with a high fever. They left quickly and in a short time returned with two Indian squaws who brought medicine for her. They came daily to care for her. She recovered and lived to be 86 years old and never forgot the kindness of the Indians.
The Indians always seemed to know when John J M had butchered a hog and always appeared for a portion of the meat. He never refused to share with them but always reminded them that he had a family to feed so could not spare very much.
Jane Jones was an excellent seamstress and having 6 daughters to sew for she was able to display this talent and pass it on to them. She was also very capable of caring for the sick and acted as nurse to not only her own family but to all the neighbors as well, in times of serious illness in the neighborhood. She was always ready and willing to help out whenever needed.
It was at this farm just north of Lebo that their daughter Margaret Ann "Maggie", who when she was about 7 or 8 years old, was playing in the pasture with her brother and sisters and stepped on a rattlesnake and it bit her on the leg. She was taken to the doctor in Osage City but their only means of travel was by team and wagon, so it was some time before she arrived at the doctor's office. The Doctor sent immediately to Burlingame by horseback for medication which in those days was whiskey and none was available in Osage City that particular day. She was kept under the influence for several days. She was ill for quite some time and it was about 10 or 14 (?) years before she fully recovered.
Jane Sloane returned to her native Wales in 1909 with her brother John Sloane for a short visit and her brother died while visiting there. He had been injured while working on a school building and had never recovered from the fall.
John J M and Jane were married for over 64 years and 56 of those years were spent on the farm near Arvonia and just 1-1/2 miles north of Lebo, Kansas. John J M died on April 24, 1930 and Jane died April 26, 1930 just 36 hours apart at their farm in Arvonia Township. Both had been in ill health for several months. The double funeral was held at the home which was the custom in those days and was conducted by the Rev. W.W. Carnine, Pastor of the Arvonia Presbyterian Church and assisted by Rev. G.J. Rhodes of the Lebo Methodist Church. Burial was in a single grave in the Arvonia Cemetery, Osage County, Kansas.
John J M Jones was both a farmer and also a coal miner so he farmed during the summer and after his crop was harvested he walked to work in the coal mines near Osage City on Sunday evening and walked back home on Saturday night, carrying a sack of groceries for the family. Later he worked in Emporia for the Santa Fe Railroad where he would also be gone for a week at a time, coming home on the weekends because of the great distance of about 20 miles and the slow means of travel, usually on foot or horseback.
This left Jane at home alone with the small children much of the time. There were few neighbors and also a few Indians who were friendly, although she had some reservations about that and often expressed her fear of the Redman. However, the story is told and it is true that Jane Jones became ill while her husband John J M was away working for the railroad in Emporia. Two Indian bucks noticed the small children playing outside but didn't see the mother so they came to the house and went inside. They found her ill with a high fever. They left quickly and in a short time returned with two Indian squaws who brought medicine for her. They came daily to care for her. She recovered and lived to be 86 years old and never forgot the kindness of the Indians.
The Indians always seemed to know when John J M had butchered a hog and always appeared for a portion of the meat. He never refused to share with them but always reminded them that he had a family to feed so could not spare very much.
Jane Jones was an excellent seamstress and having 6 daughters to sew for she was able to display this talent and pass it on to them. She was also very capable of caring for the sick and acted as nurse to not only her own family but to all the neighbors as well, in times of serious illness in the neighborhood. She was always ready and willing to help out whenever needed.
It was at this farm just north of Lebo that their daughter Margaret Ann "Maggie", who when she was about 7 or 8 years old, was playing in the pasture with her brother and sisters and stepped on a rattlesnake and it bit her on the leg. She was taken to the doctor in Osage City but their only means of travel was by team and wagon, so it was some time before she arrived at the doctor's office. The Doctor sent immediately to Burlingame by horseback for medication which in those days was whiskey and none was available in Osage City that particular day. She was kept under the influence for several days. She was ill for quite some time and it was about 10 or 14 (?) years before she fully recovered.
Jane Sloane returned to her native Wales in 1909 with her brother John Sloane for a short visit and her brother died while visiting there. He had been injured while working on a school building and had never recovered from the fall.
John J M and Jane were married for over 64 years and 56 of those years were spent on the farm near Arvonia and just 1-1/2 miles north of Lebo, Kansas. John J M died on April 24, 1930 and Jane died April 26, 1930 just 36 hours apart at their farm in Arvonia Township. Both had been in ill health for several months. The double funeral was held at the home which was the custom in those days and was conducted by the Rev. W.W. Carnine, Pastor of the Arvonia Presbyterian Church and assisted by Rev. G.J. Rhodes of the Lebo Methodist Church. Burial was in a single grave in the Arvonia Cemetery, Osage County, Kansas.
This left Jane at home alone with the small children much of the time. There were few neighbors and also a few Indians who were friendly, although she had some reservations about that and often expressed her fear of the Redman. However, the story is told and it is true that Jane Jones became ill while her husband John J M was away working for the railroad in Emporia. Two Indian bucks noticed the small children playing outside but didn't see the mother so they came to the house and went inside. They found her ill with a high fever. They left quickly and in a short time returned with two Indian squaws who brought medicine for her. They came daily to care for her. She recovered and lived to be 86 years old and never forgot the kindness of the Indians.
The Indians always seemed to know when John J M had butchered a hog and always appeared for a portion of the meat. He never refused to share with them but always reminded them that he had a family to feed so could not spare very much.
Jane Jones was an excellent seamstress and having 6 daughters to sew for she was able to display this talent and pass it on to them. She was also very capable of caring for the sick and acted as nurse to not only her own family but to all the neighbors as well, in times of serious illness in the neighborhood. She was always ready and willing to help out whenever needed.
It was at this farm just north of Lebo that their daughter Margaret Ann "Maggie", who when she was about 7 or 8 years old, was playing in the pasture with her brother and sisters and stepped on a rattlesnake and it bit her on the leg. She was taken to the doctor in Osage City but their only means of travel was by team and wagon, so it was some time before she arrived at the doctor's office. The Doctor sent immediately to Burlingame by horseback for medication which in those days was whiskey and none was available in Osage City that particular day. She was kept under the influence for several days. She was ill for quite some time and it was about 10 or 14 (?) years before she fully recovered.
Jane Sloane returned to her native Wales in 1909 with her brother John Sloane for a short visit and her brother died while visiting there. He had been injured while working on a school building and had never recovered from the fall.
John J M and Jane were married for over 64 years and 56 of those years were spent on the farm near Arvonia and just 1-1/2 miles north of Lebo, Kansas. John J M died on April 24, 1930 and Jane died April 26, 1930 just 36 hours apart at their farm in Arvonia Township. Both had been in ill health for several months. The double funeral was held at the home which was the custom in those days and was conducted by the Rev. W.W. Carnine, Pastor of the Arvonia Presbyterian Church and assisted by Rev. G.J. Rhodes of the Lebo Methodist Church. Burial was in a single grave in the Arvonia Cemetery, Osage County, Kansas.
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