JENKIN JONES
Sept. 25, 1839 or 1840*
DEC. 19, 1916
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BIRTH: FAMILY RECORDS
INDICATE 1839
DEATH CERTIFICATE
INDICATES 1840
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WIFE: MARTHA
ELLWOOD JONES, JAN. 3,
1849 - NOV. 16, 1911 |
SON: DR.
EDWARD HOWELL JONES
MARCH 11, 1876
- JUNE 16, 1915 |
The
Jenkin Jones family grave
site is located in the
Oak Hill Cemetery at the
Riverside Baptist Church
(formerly known as the
Bluestone Baptist Church)
in Freeman, WV. It is
believed that thieves
stole the bronze markers
off the graves by prying
them loose from the
concrete slabs covering
the vaults. Aftwards,
some kind soul etched
some basic information
into the slabs.
Jenkin Jones'
daughter, Mary Llewellyn
Jones, is in a separate
vault near the back wall
of the Jones family
cemetery plot. Another
son of Jenkin's , James
Ellwood Jones, was
creamated. James is the
son who built the
historic mansion on the
hillside at Switchback,
near Maybeury, WV.
Jenkin Jones
was born at Glyn Neath,
Wales on Sept. 25, 1839.
He came to the U. S. in
1863, and worked as a
coal miner in
Pennsylvania before
moving to West Virginia,
where he developed coal
mines. Jones and John
Freeman formed a
partnership which opened
the Caswell Creek Coal
and Coke Co. and later,
with Isaac T. Mann, they
operated Pocahontas
Consolidated Coal Co.
Above material
furnished by Elbert
"Dizzy" Harris,
BHS Class '56 & Ken Davidson.
Below: Census records for Jenkin Jones I thought you would be interested in seeing.
1870 NORTHUMBERLAND CO PA CENSUS
# 203, of Treverton, Post Office: Sanburg, read 26 August 1870 by Jno. Kay Clement
Jenkin Jones, 28, born WALES, miner
Martha Jones 26, keeping house, b. Penn
Henry Jones 9/12, male/infant b. Penn
Lizzie Merril 30, Domestic Servant, b. Ireland
1880 FAYETTE CO WV CENSUS
#212, Mountain Cove, Dist # 29, page 20 of 22, read 12 June 1880 by C. T. Jones
Jenkins Jones 32, he and parents b. b. WALES, coal miner
Mattie Jones 36, keeping house, she and her parents b. Penn
James Jones 8, b. Penn
Edward Jones 5, b. VA (most likely at the Valley Forge, VA area-Karen EAGLE Moman)
1900 MERCER CO WV CENSUS
#733, BRAMWELL, Rock Dist 87 page 70 & 71 of 79 read 27 June 1900 by W. D. Honaker
Jenkin Jones 57, b. Sep 1841 married 31 years, he and parents b. WALES, mine operator
Martha Jones 50, wife, married 31 years b. Jan 1850 in PA, parents b. PA (sic) had had 4 children with 3 now alive
James Jones 27, son b. Nov 1872 in PA, mine operator
Edward Jones 28, son ,b March 1877 in VIRGINIA, Physician
May Jones 14, daughter, b. May 1886 in WV, student
1910 MERCER CO WV CENSUS
# 212, BRAMWELL, Rock Dist # 137, page 21 of 22, read 26 April 1910 by John T. Elliott
Jenkin Jones 69, married 41 years, came to United States in 1862 (sic), Nauralized, he and parents b. WALES, Coal Operation/Retired
Martha Jones 61, wife, b. PA, parents b. ENGLAND (Sic)
E H Jones 31, son, b. VA, Physician/NOT practicing (sic)
May L Jones 24, daughter, b. WV, no occupation listed
Census information provided by: Karen Eagle Moman
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Coal Baron Jenkins
Jones Family Grave Site 
