WILLIAM POINDEXTER JONES
SURNAMES: JONES, BREWER, RILEY, BOYLES, ROBBINS, DILWORTH, CARTER, MARSHALL, KAY, MCMILLAN, DULANEY, WALLACE, LYON, GUINN, LAPOINTE, COLLINS, GRONER, ECHOLS.
William
Poindexter Jones, b May 9, 1852 near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, d
April 29, 1947 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Falls County, Texas -
was the tenth of eleven children of Richard George and Sarah Jane (Brewer)
Jones, natives of Virginia. In 1859, Richard George Jones came by ship to Texas
- bringing his wife and children. They lived in Navasota, Millican, and Bryan,
Texas before finally establishing a at Hog Island (present - day Rosendale)
in Falls County.
On
September 26, 1877 in Falls County, William Poindexter Jones was married to
Willie Salina Riley, b April 24, 1861 in Monroe County, Alabama, d June 29, 1930
at Reagan, and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin - the youngest daughter of
Thomas Mercer and Sarah Eliza (Boyles) Riley - plantation owners at Pineville,
Alabama. Willie had come to Falls County with her uncle and aunt - the George
Robbins family.
William
P. Jones acquired several tracts of land for farming and livestock production.
He and Willie were members of the Baptist Church in Reagan, where their thirteen
children attended school, and then several continued their educations elsewhere.
William and Willie built a at Reagan, which had to be enlarged through the
years to accommodate their growing family. It is still a gathering place for
descendants, and has been repaired by a granddaughter, who plans to retire
there.
The
thirteen children of William Poindexter and Willie Saline (Riley) Jones were:
Annie
Maude Jones, b October 10, 1878, d April 2, 1965
- married Hershel Dilworth, and
had Lula Muriel Dilworth, Houghton Dilworth, Dorothy Dilworth, Walter Earl
Dilworth, and Margarite Dilworth.
Richard
Poindexter Jones, b July 27, 1880, d July 30, 1968 - married Lela Carter.
Thomas
Riley Jones, b July 17, 1882, d April 25, 1912 and buried in Calvary Cemetery - married Annie Marshall, and had Thomas Jones and Clifton
Jones.
Byrd
Bradford Jones, b December 5, 1884, d May 2, 1975 and buried in Calvary Cemetery
- married Marietta Kay, b December 8, 1888, d July 28, 1971.
Clyde
Mortimer Jones, b March 2, 1887, d June 7, 1968 - married Lillian McMillan, and
had Christine Jones, who married L. P. Dulaney, of College Station, Texas.
Austin
Brewer Jones, b April 22, 1889, d January 21, 1970 and buried in Calvary
Cemetery - was unmarried.
Howard
Montie Jones, b July 11, 1891, d January 15, 1985 - married Mable Wallace.
Walter
Lee Jones, b February 11, 1893, d January 28, 1953 and buried in Calvary
Cemetery - married Enid Marie Lyon, b August 21, 1895, d August 26, 1959. He was a Bugler in
Company B, 360 Infantry, 90th Division, during World War I. Walter and Enid were
the parents of Virgil Lee Jones, b September 17, 1923, killed in action during
World War II on February 11,1945, while a Staff Sergeant in the European Theater
of War; and two daughters, Joy and Crystal Jones.
Chester
Earl Jones, b February 18, 1895, d October 3, 1972 - married Ivy Guinn.
Katie
Aline Jones, b November 5, 1896, d August 11,1983 - was never married.
Millard
Vivian Jones, b August 31, 1898 - alive in 1986, who married first to Ida
LaPointe, married second to Ida Collins; and his children were Joanna and Grace
Jones.
Willie
Columbia Jones, b October 20, 1901, d September 4, 1970 - married Orville
Groner.
Odis
Ponder Jones, b November 17, 1905, d September 2, 1981- married Lenora Echols.
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 259 column 2 page 260 column 1 and 2, page 261 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.