My Grandmother had 4 sisters, and all was well until the death of her father in 1875. after that she had to go live with a rich family and be their servant girl.

In about 1884, she met and fell in love with Richard who was a breakman for the hocking cou...  Read more »

Carl and Clara met at College. Carl was President of So. West District 4-H Club. He had a janitor job in the Extension Office for 18 months and was looking through leadership records (for officers) when he ran across a picture of Clara and thought - "pre...  Read more »

Mina had a rather interesting history. She was casually referred to as the old battle axe of a grandmother. She was a very strong-willed person, to say the least. She worked as a teacher and then as a secretary. She was one of the first women to graduate...  Read more »

When I was young, my father Ransom Jones told me about how Grandma had fallen as a young girl and bit her tongue almost off. Grandpa Daniel Webster Jones knew that she would not be able to talk unless he could sew it back in place, so that is what he did...  Read more »

Abstract of "2nd Will of Ransom Jones" with codicil. Recorded in Wayne County, Vermont"New Bk A:458-460" [Source: Wayne County, Vermont, Vital Records, WILLS, 1802-1908 and the Dick Family, Vol. Six; J. B. Bork (1983)]  Read more »