Thursday, January 9, 2025

Minerva Jane Seale Jones and MEB Jones gravesite

 

Manerva Jane Seales

 

Manerva Jane Seales was born on 06 Mar 1840 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA as the eleventh child of Abraham Seales and Clarissa. She had ten siblings, namely: Stephen Harmon, John Robert, Nancy Pinckney, Joshua, Martha, Amelia, Green Berry, Louisa, David, and Mahala. She died on 03 Jun 1909 in Crowell, Foard, Texas, USA. When she was 25, She married Martin Ervin Brooks Jones on 03 Jan 1866 in Shelby, Alabama.

 Manerva Jane Seales lived in Shelby, Alabama, United States in 1860. She lived in Beat 12, Shelby, Alabama, United States in 1870. She lived in Columbiana, Shelby, Alabama, United States in 1880. She lived in Tom Bean Town, Grayson, Texas in 1900.

 Martin Erwin Brooks Jones and Manerva Jane Seales had the following children:

 

1.    John Ervin Jones was born on 01 May 1869 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA. He died on 21 Dec 1871 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA.

2.    Martin Harmon Jones was born on 12 Apr 1874 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA. He died on 05 Jan 1950 in Crowell, Foard, Texas, USA.

3.    Mahala Elizabeth Jones was born on 28 Nov 1876 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA. She died on 12 Aug 1966 in Wilbarger, Texas. She married Joseph T. Skipworth in 1896.

4.    Mary Keziah Jones was born on 30 Mar 1868 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA. She died on 14 Dec 1885 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA.

5.    Nancy Jane Jones was born on 20 Feb 1879 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA. She died on 10 Oct 1966 in Taylor, Texas. She married Hugh Springfield Bridges in 1896.

6.    Martha Catherine Jones was born on 07 Jul 1872 in Alabama. She died on 09 Mar 1961 in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, USA. She married James Crawford in 1891.

7.    Burwell Walter Jones was born on 01 Jul 1881 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA. He died on 22 Apr 1952 in Marietta, Love, Oklahoma, USA.

 

 

 

Martin Ewin Brooks Jones loved Mission Work

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