JONES, THOMAS, was born August 31, 1770, his descendents think in Virginia, and that he emigrated to Kentucky when a young man. He was married in Bourbon county, Ky., August 20, 1799, to Polly Bryan, a daughter of the founder of Bryan's Station. They had eight children in Kentucky, four of whom died there. Mr. Jones came to Springfield in the spring of 1834, and purchased a farm adjoining Springfield on the north. He built a house on the land which is now part of the residence of Judge S. T. Logan. He returned to Kentucky for his family, and found his wife sick. She died soon after, and Mr. Jones moved, with three of his children, to Springfield, arriving in Nov., 1834. Of those three children--

SARAH, born Jan. 21, 1811, in Kentucky, was married there to N. G. Baldock. He died in Kentucky, and she came with her father to Sangamon county, where she was married in March, 1837, to Thomas P. Smith. They moved to Missouri, and both died there, leaving four children, namely: MARY, THOMAS, AFFIA and JULIA--the latter dead. Mary returned to Illinois, where she married, and now resides in Menard county, Illinois.

WILLIAM T., born May 8, 1817, in Bourbon county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., April 12, 1840, to Lavina J. Merriman. They have two children born in Sangamon county. HENRIETTA B. married Dr. Thomas M. Helm. See his name. GEORGE B. married Frances W. Ellis. They have three children, WILLIAM, ALLIE and BELLE, and live with his parents, two and one-quarter miles west of Williamsville.

THOMAS N. died, unmarried, Jan., 1838, in Sangamon county, Illinois.

Thomas Jones died Oct. 23, 1841, about three miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon county.