Sarah Jane Jones

Female1848–1883

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

When Sarah Jane Jones was born in 1848, in Iowa, United States, her father, Jefferson Jones, was 32 and her mother, Jane Black aka Winkleblack, was 31. She married Francis Melvin Jeffries on 9 July 1865, in Polk, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Spring Valley, Polk, Oregon, United States in 1860 and Polk, Oregon, United States in 1870. She died in 1883, in Whitman, Washington, United States, at the age of 35.

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Family Time Line

Francis Melvin Jeffries
1833–1894
Sarah Jane Jones
1848–1883
Marriage: 9 July 1865
Loneus Cread Jeffries
1866–1954
Leonard Jeffries
1868–
Olive Olivia or Ollie Jeffries
1872–1896
Curtis Jeffries
1875–1955
Weldon Henry Jeffries
1878–1970
Claud Jeffries
1880–1943

Sources (19)

  • Sarah Jeffries, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah J Jones, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
  • Sarah Parker in entry for Curtis Jeffries, "Idaho, Nez Perce County, Brower Wann Funeral Home Records, 1925-1986"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 July 1865Polk, Oregon, United States
  • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1852

    Age 4

    Historical Boundaries - 1852: Polk, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Polk, Oregon, United States

    1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

    Age 9

    The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

    1859 · Oregon Becomes a State

    Age 11

    Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. 

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

    English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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