Lydia was the wife of William A. Jones. She appears to have committed suicide at age 30.
Obituary:
JONES, Lydia, May 22, 1876
"Lydia, wife of W. A. Jones and daughter of Mr. Seneca and Mrs Clarissa Benjamin, died in this place on Wed, May 10th. She was born in the township of Amherst May 8th, 1846. Mrs Jones was a woman of good understanding and simplicity of mind, conjoined with marked gentleness, tenderness of disposition and general affability. Her parents moved to this town when she was 2 years old. Her father dying when she was in her 6th year. About 10 years ago, she experienced religion and joined the M. E. Church, to which congregation she has been most fondly attached, ever being ready and willing to do all that her hands found to do. She has been a most faithful Sunday school teacher and also a member of the choir which place she occupied for many years."
(transcribed by Msmith #47320929)
Obituary:
JONES, Lydia, May 22, 1876
"Lydia, wife of W. A. Jones and daughter of Mr. Seneca and Mrs Clarissa Benjamin, died in this place on Wed, May 10th. She was born in the township of Amherst May 8th, 1846. Mrs Jones was a woman of good understanding and simplicity of mind, conjoined with marked gentleness, tenderness of disposition and general affability. Her parents moved to this town when she was 2 years old. Her father dying when she was in her 6th year. About 10 years ago, she experienced religion and joined the M. E. Church, to which congregation she has been most fondly attached, ever being ready and willing to do all that her hands found to do. She has been a most faithful Sunday school teacher and also a member of the choir which place she occupied for many years."
(transcribed by Msmith #47320929)
Lydia was the wife of William A. Jones. She appears to have committed suicide at age 30.
Obituary:
JONES, Lydia, May 22, 1876
"Lydia, wife of W. A. Jones and daughter of Mr. Seneca and Mrs Clarissa Benjamin, died in this place on Wed, May 10th. She was born in the township of Amherst May 8th, 1846. Mrs Jones was a woman of good understanding and simplicity of mind, conjoined with marked gentleness, tenderness of disposition and general affability. Her parents moved to this town when she was 2 years old. Her father dying when she was in her 6th year. About 10 years ago, she experienced religion and joined the M. E. Church, to which congregation she has been most fondly attached, ever being ready and willing to do all that her hands found to do. She has been a most faithful Sunday school teacher and also a member of the choir which place she occupied for many years."
(transcribed by Msmith #47320929)
Obituary:
JONES, Lydia, May 22, 1876
"Lydia, wife of W. A. Jones and daughter of Mr. Seneca and Mrs Clarissa Benjamin, died in this place on Wed, May 10th. She was born in the township of Amherst May 8th, 1846. Mrs Jones was a woman of good understanding and simplicity of mind, conjoined with marked gentleness, tenderness of disposition and general affability. Her parents moved to this town when she was 2 years old. Her father dying when she was in her 6th year. About 10 years ago, she experienced religion and joined the M. E. Church, to which congregation she has been most fondly attached, ever being ready and willing to do all that her hands found to do. She has been a most faithful Sunday school teacher and also a member of the choir which place she occupied for many years."
(transcribed by Msmith #47320929)
Bio by: Jim Jones
Inscription
Note that the inscription is not on W. A.'s headstone, which is unreadable, or Lydia's, which is simply marked "LYDIA," but on the large William and Catharine Jones family monument, which is engraved on all four sides. W. A. and Lydia are on one side of the monument and the inscription is getting very hard to read.
W. A. Jones
Died
Sept. 7, 1886.
Aged 44 Yrs.
Lydia
His Wife
Died May 10, 1876.
Aged 30 Yrs.
Gravesite Details
Copied from Lorain County's out-of-print publication, Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio 1980, pps. 3-24, by volunteer, Jean Diedrick
Family Members
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