Daughter of David Mouser and Lucy Thayer (pronounced Thar) Mouser, Lousia was the fourth of nine children born to that union.
She married Samuel Jones in October 1855. The two were introduced by Louisa's father - Samuel Jones was a teamster who frequented David Mouser's blacksmith shop on what is now West Church Street in Marion. It was Lousia and Samuel that introduced his brother Isaiah C. Jones to Dorothea Hinamon - Dorthea being the sister of Frederick Hinamon, who was married to Lousia's sister Abigail Mouser Hinamon.
As a wedding present, David gave Samuel and Lousia a large house on West Church Street, at the rear of his property on the corner of South Main and West Church Street.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred.
Samuel Jones died of Typhoid in 1868. Lousia never fully recovered from the loss, and every October 7th thereafter set a place for her deceased husband at dinner table to mark their anniversary according to her diary, a copy of which remains with her great-granddaughter.
After her husband's death, Lousia operated a boarding house from the house on West Church Street until her death in 1914. The house was raised in the 1950s.
David Mouser's home was sold for the construction of the Masonic Temple in downtown Marion.
She was of the Methodist faith.
She married Samuel Jones in October 1855. The two were introduced by Louisa's father - Samuel Jones was a teamster who frequented David Mouser's blacksmith shop on what is now West Church Street in Marion. It was Lousia and Samuel that introduced his brother Isaiah C. Jones to Dorothea Hinamon - Dorthea being the sister of Frederick Hinamon, who was married to Lousia's sister Abigail Mouser Hinamon.
As a wedding present, David gave Samuel and Lousia a large house on West Church Street, at the rear of his property on the corner of South Main and West Church Street.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred.
Samuel Jones died of Typhoid in 1868. Lousia never fully recovered from the loss, and every October 7th thereafter set a place for her deceased husband at dinner table to mark their anniversary according to her diary, a copy of which remains with her great-granddaughter.
After her husband's death, Lousia operated a boarding house from the house on West Church Street until her death in 1914. The house was raised in the 1950s.
David Mouser's home was sold for the construction of the Masonic Temple in downtown Marion.
She was of the Methodist faith.
Daughter of David Mouser and Lucy Thayer (pronounced Thar) Mouser, Lousia was the fourth of nine children born to that union.
She married Samuel Jones in October 1855. The two were introduced by Louisa's father - Samuel Jones was a teamster who frequented David Mouser's blacksmith shop on what is now West Church Street in Marion. It was Lousia and Samuel that introduced his brother Isaiah C. Jones to Dorothea Hinamon - Dorthea being the sister of Frederick Hinamon, who was married to Lousia's sister Abigail Mouser Hinamon.
As a wedding present, David gave Samuel and Lousia a large house on West Church Street, at the rear of his property on the corner of South Main and West Church Street.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred.
Samuel Jones died of Typhoid in 1868. Lousia never fully recovered from the loss, and every October 7th thereafter set a place for her deceased husband at dinner table to mark their anniversary according to her diary, a copy of which remains with her great-granddaughter.
After her husband's death, Lousia operated a boarding house from the house on West Church Street until her death in 1914. The house was raised in the 1950s.
David Mouser's home was sold for the construction of the Masonic Temple in downtown Marion.
She was of the Methodist faith.
She married Samuel Jones in October 1855. The two were introduced by Louisa's father - Samuel Jones was a teamster who frequented David Mouser's blacksmith shop on what is now West Church Street in Marion. It was Lousia and Samuel that introduced his brother Isaiah C. Jones to Dorothea Hinamon - Dorthea being the sister of Frederick Hinamon, who was married to Lousia's sister Abigail Mouser Hinamon.
As a wedding present, David gave Samuel and Lousia a large house on West Church Street, at the rear of his property on the corner of South Main and West Church Street.
The couple had two children, Perry and Fred.
Samuel Jones died of Typhoid in 1868. Lousia never fully recovered from the loss, and every October 7th thereafter set a place for her deceased husband at dinner table to mark their anniversary according to her diary, a copy of which remains with her great-granddaughter.
After her husband's death, Lousia operated a boarding house from the house on West Church Street until her death in 1914. The house was raised in the 1950s.
David Mouser's home was sold for the construction of the Masonic Temple in downtown Marion.
She was of the Methodist faith.
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