JOHN D. JONES

SURNAMES: JONES, WILLIAMS, VISER.

     John D. Jones, born August 24, 1865 in Bee County, Texas, was the eldest son of James and Harriet (Williams) Jones. In addition to his common-school education, he studied a year at the State Normal at Huntsville.

     In 1883 in Madison County, Texas, John D. Jones married Effie Viser - a daughter of William W. and Amanda Viser, and they had six known children by 1892: James V., Herbert C., Stella, John H., Arthur C., and Effie.

     John D. Jones started a drug and grocery store in 1885 at Mooreville. He was Worshipful Master of

Mooreville Lodge No 639, A.F. & A.M., and was appointed by President Cleveland in October 1886 as postmaster at Mooreville, and reappointed in June 1892.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 258 column 1.  
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.