JONES, HENRY, was born August 25, 1793, in Caroline county, Va. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mary F. Chiles was born Nov. 11, 1801, in the same county, and they were married there, Jan. 9, 1819. They had six children in Virginia, and moved to Todd county, Ky., where two children were born. The family then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Springfield township, south of Sangamon river. Of their children--

SARAH A. M., born Oct. 16, 1819, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Thomas McKinnie. See his name.

WILLIAM B., born July 4, 1821, in Virginia, married Jan. 31, 1843, to Elizabeth A. McKinnie, and live five miles west of Springfield.

HENRY H., born Sept. 17, 1822, died August 25, 1835.

MARY W., born Feb. 15, 1824, lives with her mother.

JOSEPH W. and RICHARD J., twins, born Sept. 14, 1825, in Virginia.

RICHARD J. married Melinda Browning, have three children, and live in Springfield. He is a cabinet maker.

JOSEPH W., married Lucy Ransdell, have five children, RICHARD N., JOHN H., ELIJAH ARTHUR, WILLIAM E. and GEORGE E., and live in the northwest corner of Springfield township.

ELEANOR L., born June 30, 1829, in Kentucky, married Sept. 8, 1853, in Sangamon county, to Levi Bowker, who was born April 27, 1823, in Cape May county, N. J. They have seven children, WILLIAM H., JOHN L., EDMUND F., MARY E., THOMAS E., JAMES M. and ALBERT CHILES, and reside five miles northwest of Springfield,

JONATHAN F., born July 21, 1833, in Kentucky, married Nov. 29, 1866, to Martha E. Marshall, who was born Sept. 12, 1842, at Columbus, Ohio. They had two children, JENNIE B., the youngest, died in infancy. CHARLES HENRY lives with his parents, five and a half miles northwest of Springfield.

Henry Jones died Jan. 1, 1848, and his widow resides in the northwest corner of Springfield township, six miles from Springfield, Illinois.