Note: cemetery records give her burial date as the 8th; her obit says she died on the 18th.
"Captain Jones was married September 1, 1864, to Miss Naomi E. Mecham, daughter of Mathew P. and Phoebe (Benson) Mecham. Three Mecham brothers came from England and settled in Massachusetts in Colonial days. The great-grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. He was also a lover of the chase, and went to Vermont on frequent hunting expeditions. This made him acquainted with the Green Mountain State, and the family finally removed thither. The grandfather, Seth Benson, was at the battle of Plattsburg, in the War of 1812. The parents of Mrs. Jones removed from Vermont to DuPage County in 1854. The mother died in 1884, at the age of eighty-five, and the father died in Wheaton, in 1887, at the age of ninety. They had six children: Rhoda E., deceased, wife of Arius Hadley, of Wheaton; Angeline, who died in infancy; Matthew F., who married Angelette King, and is a farmer of Dodge City, Kan.; Naomi E.; James S.; and David L., who died in infancy. Mrs. Jones was only twelve years of age when her parents came to Illinois. After two years spent as a student in Wheaton College, she engaged in teaching, and followed that profession until her marriage. She did what the rebels could not do — capture the Captain.
After his marriage, Mr. Jones worked at his trade as a builder and house-mover, locating in Wheaton immediately after the close of the war. In 1872 he went to Colorado, where he carried on a stock-ranch for four years, when, in 1876, he returned with his wife to Wheaton, where they have since resided. They have a pleasant home on Naperville Street, which is the abode of hospitality, and in the community they have many friends."
-Portrait and Biographical Record of Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, 1894 page 180
"Captain Jones was married September 1, 1864, to Miss Naomi E. Mecham, daughter of Mathew P. and Phoebe (Benson) Mecham. Three Mecham brothers came from England and settled in Massachusetts in Colonial days. The great-grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. He was also a lover of the chase, and went to Vermont on frequent hunting expeditions. This made him acquainted with the Green Mountain State, and the family finally removed thither. The grandfather, Seth Benson, was at the battle of Plattsburg, in the War of 1812. The parents of Mrs. Jones removed from Vermont to DuPage County in 1854. The mother died in 1884, at the age of eighty-five, and the father died in Wheaton, in 1887, at the age of ninety. They had six children: Rhoda E., deceased, wife of Arius Hadley, of Wheaton; Angeline, who died in infancy; Matthew F., who married Angelette King, and is a farmer of Dodge City, Kan.; Naomi E.; James S.; and David L., who died in infancy. Mrs. Jones was only twelve years of age when her parents came to Illinois. After two years spent as a student in Wheaton College, she engaged in teaching, and followed that profession until her marriage. She did what the rebels could not do — capture the Captain.
After his marriage, Mr. Jones worked at his trade as a builder and house-mover, locating in Wheaton immediately after the close of the war. In 1872 he went to Colorado, where he carried on a stock-ranch for four years, when, in 1876, he returned with his wife to Wheaton, where they have since resided. They have a pleasant home on Naperville Street, which is the abode of hospitality, and in the community they have many friends."
-Portrait and Biographical Record of Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, 1894 page 180
Note: cemetery records give her burial date as the 8th; her obit says she died on the 18th.
"Captain Jones was married September 1, 1864, to Miss Naomi E. Mecham, daughter of Mathew P. and Phoebe (Benson) Mecham. Three Mecham brothers came from England and settled in Massachusetts in Colonial days. The great-grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. He was also a lover of the chase, and went to Vermont on frequent hunting expeditions. This made him acquainted with the Green Mountain State, and the family finally removed thither. The grandfather, Seth Benson, was at the battle of Plattsburg, in the War of 1812. The parents of Mrs. Jones removed from Vermont to DuPage County in 1854. The mother died in 1884, at the age of eighty-five, and the father died in Wheaton, in 1887, at the age of ninety. They had six children: Rhoda E., deceased, wife of Arius Hadley, of Wheaton; Angeline, who died in infancy; Matthew F., who married Angelette King, and is a farmer of Dodge City, Kan.; Naomi E.; James S.; and David L., who died in infancy. Mrs. Jones was only twelve years of age when her parents came to Illinois. After two years spent as a student in Wheaton College, she engaged in teaching, and followed that profession until her marriage. She did what the rebels could not do — capture the Captain.
After his marriage, Mr. Jones worked at his trade as a builder and house-mover, locating in Wheaton immediately after the close of the war. In 1872 he went to Colorado, where he carried on a stock-ranch for four years, when, in 1876, he returned with his wife to Wheaton, where they have since resided. They have a pleasant home on Naperville Street, which is the abode of hospitality, and in the community they have many friends."
-Portrait and Biographical Record of Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, 1894 page 180
"Captain Jones was married September 1, 1864, to Miss Naomi E. Mecham, daughter of Mathew P. and Phoebe (Benson) Mecham. Three Mecham brothers came from England and settled in Massachusetts in Colonial days. The great-grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. He was also a lover of the chase, and went to Vermont on frequent hunting expeditions. This made him acquainted with the Green Mountain State, and the family finally removed thither. The grandfather, Seth Benson, was at the battle of Plattsburg, in the War of 1812. The parents of Mrs. Jones removed from Vermont to DuPage County in 1854. The mother died in 1884, at the age of eighty-five, and the father died in Wheaton, in 1887, at the age of ninety. They had six children: Rhoda E., deceased, wife of Arius Hadley, of Wheaton; Angeline, who died in infancy; Matthew F., who married Angelette King, and is a farmer of Dodge City, Kan.; Naomi E.; James S.; and David L., who died in infancy. Mrs. Jones was only twelve years of age when her parents came to Illinois. After two years spent as a student in Wheaton College, she engaged in teaching, and followed that profession until her marriage. She did what the rebels could not do — capture the Captain.
After his marriage, Mr. Jones worked at his trade as a builder and house-mover, locating in Wheaton immediately after the close of the war. In 1872 he went to Colorado, where he carried on a stock-ranch for four years, when, in 1876, he returned with his wife to Wheaton, where they have since resided. They have a pleasant home on Naperville Street, which is the abode of hospitality, and in the community they have many friends."
-Portrait and Biographical Record of Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, 1894 page 180
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