Milton Farmer Charles Jones (1833-1873)

By Muriel Bristol | April 16, 2023

Charles Jones was born in Milton, July 21, 1833, son of Levi and Sally ((Worcester) Wallingford) Jones.

Levi Jones headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years, one female aged 40-49 years [Sally ((Worster) Wallingford) Jones], one male aged 30-39 years [Joseph P. Plummer], one male aged 20-29 years [David Wallingford?], one female aged 15-19 years [Mary E. Wallingford], and one male aged 5-9 years [Charles Jones]. Three members of his household were employed in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sarah Plumer and James A. Ricker.

Father Levi Jones died in Milton, August 18, 1847, aged seventy-five years.

[Future] Father-in-law John H. Varney died of rheumatic fever in Strafford, NH, in January 1850.

Sally [((Worster) Wallingford)] Jones, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Her household included Charles P. Jones, a farmer, aged seventeen years (b. NH), Mary [E. (Wallingford)] Neal, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), Kirk B. Neal, aged five years (b. NH), Jonathan Abbott, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. ME), and Charles W. Conway, a farmer, aged twenty-two years (b. NH). Sally Jones had real estate valued at $10,000. (Mary E. (Wallingford) Neal was Sally Jones’ widowed daughter and Kirk B. Neal was her grandson). Her household was enumerated between those of Nahum Tasker, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and William Sanborn, aged forty-six years (b. NH [ME]).

[Charles Jones appeared in all the available records as bearing the middle initial “P” only in this single instance from the Seventh (1850) Federal Census].

Charles Jones married in Milton, November 11, 1857, Betsy Varney, both of Milton. Rev. Andrew Peabody performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, March 18, 1834, daughter of John H. and Betsy W. (Cloutman) Varney.

(The known children of Charles and Betsy (Varney) Jones were: Fred Plummer Jones (1859-1941), Nellie Varney Jones (1861-1925), and Charles Dana Jones (1863-1908)).

Charles Jones received an initial five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 17, 1859. (Elbridge W. Fox received an appointment on that same day).

Son Fred Plummer Jones was born in Milton, October 23, 1859.

MILTON. Justice, State, John E. Goodwin. Justice, Quorum. Eli Wentworth. Justices, John L. Swinerton, Daniel P. Warren, Joseph Pearl, Robert Mathes, Elias S. Cook, David Wallingford, Charles C. Hayes, Thomas Y. Wentworth, Asa Fox, Daniel E. Palmer, Joseph Plumer, Luther Hayes, Ezra H. Twombly, Joseph Mathes, Elbridge W. Fox, Charles Jones (Farmer, 1860).

Charles Jones, a farmer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Betsey [(Varney)] Jones, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Fred P. Jones, aged eight months (b. NH), Salley [((Worster) Wallingford)] Jones, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), Lydia Worster, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), Abba Corliss, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and F.E. [Frank E.] Wallingford, aged eight years (b. NH). Charles Jones had real estate valued at $16,000 and personal estate valued at $6,000. Salley Jones had personal estate valued at $1,000. His household was enumerated between those of E.W. Plummer, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and William Sanborn, aged fifty-six years (b. NH). (Lydia Worster (1795-1863) was a sister of Salley ((Worster) Wallingford) Jones. Frank E. Wallingford (c1852-1914) was an orphaned son of Ira and Delania D. (Thompson) Wallingford, his father having died in 1853 and his mother having died only several months before)).

Daughter Nellie Varney Jones was born in Milton, October 25, 1861.

Mother Sally ((Worster) Wallingford) Jones died in Milton, January 12, 1863, aged sixty-nine years, five months, and twenty-one days.

Son Charles Dana Jones was born in Milton, September 22, 1863.

Charles Jones and Theodore Lyman (1812-1891) were Milton’s NH State Representatives in the 1863-64 biennium. They were allotted 90 miles as the length of their round-trip mileage.

Rep. Jones of Milton, and Rep. Lyman, were among the 190 [67.4%] representatives that voted against moving the State Capitol from Concord, NH, to Manchester, NH, while another 92 [32.6%] representatives voted in favor of the move. The State Capitol remains in Concord, NH.

Rep. Jones of Milton, and Rep. Lyman, were among the 229 [79.5%] representatives that voted in favor of providing relief for the creditors of the Sullivan Railroad, while another 59 [20.5%] representatives voted against providing relief for those creditors. (The Sullivan Railroad suffered serious train wrecks in 1860 and 1863).

Rep. Little of Manchester, NH, introduced a joint resolution:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That the pay of the members of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives shall be two dollars per day, in gold, for the year 1865 and afterwards.

The NH House voted to indefinitely postpone the resolution – despite its having been reduced by amendment from $2.50 in gold to $2.00 in gold – but Rep. Hill of Manchester, NH, made a motion to reconsider. Rep. Jones of Milton, and Rep. Lyman, were among the 148 [56.3%] representatives that voted against reconsideration, while another 115 [43.7%] representatives voted in favor of reconsideration. (One may note that at least 115 of the legislators had hoped to be paid their per diem in gold, rather than in inflationary paper “Greenback” currency).

The NH House passed a resolution seeking to have the U.S. Congress propose and pass what would become in the following year the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

ARTICLE XIII. SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 

Rep. Jones of Milton voted with the 160 representatives [60.8%] that voted in favor of the resolution, rather than the 103 representatives [39.2%] that voted against it. (Rep. Lyman is not on record as having voted either way). The resolution passed the NH House and went on to the NH Senate. The actual Constitutional Amendment was in progress already in the U.S. Congress, and would come back to the NH House in the next legislative session.

Charles Jones paid a $1 tax on his 1-horse carriage, which was valued at $80, in the U.S. Excise Tax of May 1864. (See also Milton’s US Excise Tax of May 1864).

Charles Jones received a five-year renewal of his appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 9, 1864. (Elbridge W. Fox received a renewal on the same day).

The Milton Selectmen of 1866 were J.U. Simes, E. Wentworth, and Chas. Jones.

Charles Jones paid a $1 tax on his carriage, a $2 tax on his second carriage, and a $10 tax on his sawyer’s license, in the U.S. Excise Tax of 1866.

Charles Jones was one of the ten prominent Milton citizens who incorporated a private secondary school – the Milton Classical Institute – at Three Ponds Village in Milton, NH, in July 1867. The incorporators included also shoemaker  George W. Tasker, Strafford Sheriff Luther Hayes, manufacturer Hiram V. Wentworth, miller William P. Tuttle, Dr. George W. Peavey, and others.

The Milton Selectmen of 1867 were Chas. Jones, Geo. Lyman, and E.W. Fox.

Charles Jones received a five-year renewal of his appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 9, 1869. (Elbridge W. Fox received a renewal on the same day).

Charles Jones appeared in the Government of New-Hampshire entry of a NH business directory of 1869-70 as holding the District No. 2 seat on the five-seat Governor’s Council in 1870, under Governor Onslow Stearns, of Concord. By virtue of his seat on the Governor’s Council, Jones also held an ex-officio seat on the State Board of Education.

Charles Jones, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Betsey [(Varney)] Jones, keeping house, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), Fred P. Jones, at school, aged ten years (b. NH), Nellie V. Jones, at school, aged eight years (b. NH), Dana Jones, at school, aged six years (b. NH), George H. Pike, a farm laborer, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Josaphine Kimball, a domestic servant, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), and Frank E. Wallingford a farm laborer, aged eighteen years (b. NH). Charles Jones had real estate valued at $12,000 and personal estate valued at $21,000. His household was enumerated between those of Enoch W. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and William Sanborn, a farmer, aged sixty-six years (b. ME).

MILTON – Justices – Charles Jones, Luther Hayes, State; Elbridge W. Fox, Joseph Plumer, Ebenezer Wentworth, Ezra H. Twombly, Joseph Mathes, Charles A. Cloutman, Asa Jewett, Joseph Cook, Robert Mathes, Ira C. Varney, George Lyman, George W. Peavey, John S. Hersey, Geo. W. Tasker, E.W. Foss, M.V.B. Cook, Thos. H. Roberts, Henry H. Wentworth, John N. Simes, Larkin A. Lang (Claremont, 1871).

Charles Jones died in Milton, May 8, 1873, aged thirty-nine years, nine months.

Betsy (Varney) Jones, died in Milton, February 28, 1878, aged forty-one years.

Mother-in-law Elizabeth W. “Betsy” (Cloutman) Varney died in Milton, March 18, 1879.

Fred P. Jones, a farmer, aged twenty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his siblings, Nellie V. Jones, keeping house, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Charles D. Jones, at school, aged sixteen years (b. NH). They shared their residence with the household of James W. Nutter, a farmer, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and his wife, Ruth V. [(Varney)] Nutter, a housekeeper, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). (The Jones Farm is now a part of the NH Farm Museum).

Son Fred P. Jones married in Lebanon, ME, November 20, 1881, Emma Jane Cowell, he of Milton and she of Lebanon. He was a farmer, aged twenty-two years, and she was a teacher, aged twenty-two years. Rev. Benjamin Dodge performed the ceremony.  She was born in Lebanon, ME, August 27, 1859, daughter of Edmund E. and Elizabeth J. (Chamberlain) (Hussey)) Cowell. (Emma’s mother and brother were affiliated with Milton’s Classical Institute).

(The known children of Fred P. and Emma J. (Cowell) Jones were: Charles Jones (1885–1956), Robert Edmond Jones (1887–1954), Philip Cowell Jones (1891–1977), Elizabeth Jones (1894–1975), Alice Varney Jones (1896–1958), and Marjorie Jones (1899–1900)).

Son Fred P. Jones was installed as Guide of the Teneriffe Lodge’s United Endowment League, January 14, 1890. His brother, Charles D. Jones, was installed as both sentinel and medical examiner.

MILTON. Teneriffe Lodge, No. 5, United Endowment League, was successfully launched on its career Tuesday evening, January 14, by Supreme Organizer, Benjamin Holt of Lowell, Mass., and an efficient corps of assistants. The following list of officers was publicly installed for the term ending Dec. 31: President, Henry R. Johnson; vice president, John W. Avery; counsellor, A.C. Willey; secretary, Irving W. Tuttle; financial secretary, Harry L. Avery; treasurer, Hattie L. Pinkham; chaplain, Rev. G. Frank Durgin; guide, F.P. Jones; sentinel, Charles D. Jones, M.D.; medical examiner, Charles D. Jones, M.D.; guard, Hazen Plummer; trustees, Charles E. Lord, J.D. Willey, S.M. Bragden. This new comer among the fraternal orders of Milton has our best wishes (Farmington News, January 31, 1890).

(A United Endowment League was “one of a number of short-term endowment benefit fraternals that were popular in the 1880s and 1890s and then went bankrupt”).

MILTON. Miss Nellie Jones, who has been teaching in Clinton, Conn., has returned on a vacation (Farmington News, July 4, 1890).

Daughter Nellie V. Jones moved across country to Oakland, CA, in 1891, where she worked as a private school teacher, assistant principal, and, ultimately, a principal. (She would be teaching Latin at Miss [Sarah W.] Horton’s School in 1901 (Oakland Tribune, August 12, 1901)).

The Milton Selectmen of 1891 were O.F. Marsh, L.F. Corson, and F.P. Jones. The Milton Selectmen of 1892 were F.P. Jones, C.W. Gross, and W.T. Wallace.

MILTON. Lewis W. Nute grange organized Friday night, twenty-six members, by Frank P. Wentworth of Rochester. Officers elected and installed: B.B. Plummer, master; Fred P. Jones, overseer; C.A. Jones, secretary; Dr. M.A.H. Hart, treasurer; W.K. Norton, lecturer; Miss F.A. Ober, assistant lecturer; Miss Birdie B. Harte, chaplain; S.E. Twombly, steward; R.H. Shaw, assistant steward; Miss Sarah L. Benson, lady assistant steward; Mrs. B.B. Plummer, Ceres; Mrs. W.K. Norton, Pomona; Miss Minnie Woodman, Flora; L.C. Hayes, gatekeeper (Farmington News, December 23, 1892).

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. DEEDS. TUESDAY, July 11. George H. Wilson to Nellie V. Jones, lot on the west line of Chestnut street, 100 feet south from Thirty-fourth, west 27 by south 50, block 676, Oakland; $1000 (Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), July 11, 1893).

RURAL HEALTH RETREAT. ST. HELENA, June 8. – The following is a list of the guests from San Francisco and Oakland at the Rural Health Retreat: … From Oakland – Mrs. Eugene Frisbie, Mrs. Sperl, Mary Burnham, Charlotte F. Center, Nellie V. Jones, A.J. Osborne, H. Saxtorph, wife and daughter, Mrs. J.C. Ainsworth and daughter, Miss Freddie Stevens. Mrs. Frank Saxby, Percy W. Lewis (San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), June 9, 1894).

Daughter Miss Nellie V. Jones, and her fellow teachers, Miss Sarah W. Horton, and Miss Mary M. Burnham, were members of the Oakland Whist Club when it convened for an informal reception on the evening of January 23, 1895 (Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), January 23, 1895).

MILTON NEWS LETTER. … The pupils of Mrs. Fred P. Jones gave a piano recital in the Free Baptist church last Saturday afternoon, assisted by B.O. Danforth, an accomplished vocalist of Cambridge, Mass. The entire program was finely rendered and the two songs by Mr. Danforth were a rare treat to all lovers of vocal music. Among well-known guests present were Hon. Charles S. Whitehouse, Mrs. Charles Brown, Mrs. Fannie H. McDuffee, J. Edgar McDuffee, of Rochester; Mrs. and Miss Shapleigh of Lebanon, with the Ole Bull carriages, and parties from Union and Dover. Miss Prescott of Milton Mills, Miss Annie Kimball, Master Mark Dickey, Miss Mamie Marshall, and Miss Moulton of Boston were among those whose talent was specially notable (Farmington News, June 11, 1897).

MILTON. Mrs. Fred P. Jones gave a pupil’s piano recital at the A.O.U.W. hall Monday evening, assisted by Mrs. J.G. Coffin, soprano, of Rochester, and Miss Annie Kimball, violinist. The recital was in every way a complete success. All the music selected was of the best. Mrs. Coffin was a pupil of Mrs. Dexter and sang two songs, each receiving a hearty encore. All who listened to Mrs. Coffin would gladly listen again. Miss Kimball played two selections, “La Sonnambula,” arranged by Singeler, and “Polonaise,” by Allen. Both selections were rendered in a manner very pleasing to the audience, and highly gratifying to her friends. Miss Kimball has had excellent teaching from the first and is now studying with Prof. Gibson of Henniker. Her violin is a Duke, which she was fortunate enough to obtain through Mr. Gibson and which is a great help to success in playing (Farmington News, March 11, 1898).

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Miss Nellie V. Jones will leave for Europe shortly where she will remain for about six months (Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), December 13, 1898).

Fred P. Jones, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Emma [(Cowell)] Jones, aged forty years (b. ME), and his children, Charles Jones, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Robert Jones, aged twelve years (b. NH), Phillip Jones, aged eight years (b. NH), Elizabeth Jones, aged five years (b. NH), and Alice Jones, aged three years (b. NH). Fred P. Jones owned their farm, free-and-clear. Emma Jones was the mother of five children, of whom five were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Walt L. Sanborn, a farmer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), and Bard B. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH).

Richard M. Anthony, real estate & insurance, aged fifty-nine years (b. MA), headed an Oakland, CA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-three years), Lucy [(Horton)] Anthony, aged fifty years (b. MA), his sister-in-law, Sarah W. Horton, a school principal, aged fifty-four years (b. MA), his roomers, May B. Graham, at college, aged twenty-three years (b. IL), Nellie B. Jones, a school teacher, aged thirty-five [thirty-eight years] years (b. NH), Charlotte F. Center, a school teacher, aged thirty years (b. MA), Maude R. Bishop, in school, aged eight years (b. CA), and his servant, Jessie Ford, a servant, aged thirty years (b. Scotland). Richard M. Anthony owned their house at 964 Eighteenth Street, free-and-clear. Lucy Anthony was the mother of no children.

Charles D. Jones, a dry & fancy goods store [-keeper], aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fifteen years), Pauline [(Hart)] Jones, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), his children, Katharine Jones, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Levi Jones, at school, aged nine years (b. NH), Russell Jones, at school, aged six years (b. NH), and Varney Jones, aged nine months (b. NH), and his servant, Annabel Harvey, a housemaid, aged sixteen years (b. NH). Charles D. Jones owned their house, free-and-clear. Pauline Jones was the mother of four children, of whom four were still living.

LOCAL. Mrs. Fred P. Jones gave a fine musical entertainment in A.O.U.W. hall in that town on Monday evening, May 27. Mrs. Grace Coffin and J.G. Coffin of Rochester with B.O. Danforth of West Lebanon (formerly of Cambridge) assisted as vocalist; Miss Annie Kimball, violinist; W.H. Willey, cornetist; Mark Dickey, pianist (Farmington News, May 31, 1901).

Grandson Charles Jones attended Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA, in September 1901. He had graduated already from Nute High School.

MILTON. Charles Jones, eldest son of Fred P. and Emma Cornell [Cowell] Jones of Plummers Ridge and Annie Blanche Kimball of this village went to Ashburnham, Mass., Monday, to attend Cushing Academy under the instruction of Prof. H.S. Cowell. Mr. Jones is a graduate of the Nute High school and expects to spend some of his time in tutoring. Miss Kimball will continue the study of music with Prof. Whitcomb of Fitchburg, Mass. (Farmington News, September 13, 1901).

WEST LEBANON. Mrs. E.J. Cowell is at Milton with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Jones, for a few days (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), January 17, 1902).

WEST LEBANON. Mrs. E.J. Cowell, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Emma Jones of Milton, N.H., has returned to her home (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), November 17, 1905).

MILTON, N.H. Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Cowell of Denver, Col., Prof. and Mrs. H.S. Cowell of Ashburnham, Mass., and Miss Maud Brackett of Washington, D.C., were guests of Mrs. Fred P. Jones one day last week (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 10, 1906).

MILTON MILLS, N.H. At the school meeting Fred P. Jones was elected on the school board in place of Frank Horne whose term expired. It was yoted to make the necessary appropriation to continue with Wakefield the present efficient school superintendent Channing T. Sanborn (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 22, 1907).

MILTON, N.H. The Plummer Ridge circle met with Mrs. Fred P. Jones this week (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 24, 1907).

MILTON, N.H. Fred P. Jones has purchased a portable steam saw mill and has begun sawing off the timber on the lot which he has recently sold (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), November 22, 1907).

UNION. The Eastern New Hampshire Pomona grange held their regular meeting with Reunion grange, of Middleton, June 11th, a large number being present from the different granges. A closed session was called at 11 a.m. and the filth degree was conferred on seven candidates. A dinner was served to about one hundred and fifty, after which a very interesting program was listened to in the church. Mrs. Emma Jones, of Lewis W. Nute grange, Milton, gave a fine essay on charity. An address was also given by State Lecturer Richard Pattee, and an address by Frank R. Marston, of Henry Wilson grange, Farmington (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), June 26, 1908).

Son Charles D. Jones died of typhoid fever in Milton, July 2, 1908, aged forty-four years, nine months, and ten days.

MILTON. Robert E. Jones is home on a short vacation. Miss Elsye Wallace of Rochester visited Mrs. Emma Jones last Sunday and gave an excellent vocal solo in the Congregational church in the morning. Miss Wallace’s singing is very popular in Milton (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), February 19, 1909).

Daughter-in-law Pauline E. “Lena” (Hart) Jones died of pneumonia (with pulmonary tuberculosis as a secondary cause) in Milton Mills, February 12, 1910, aged forty-four years, and three days.

Fred P. Jones, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-eight years), Emma C. [(Cowell)] Jones, aged fifty years (b. ME), his children, Robert E. Jones, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Philip C. Jones, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Elisabeth J. Jones, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Allice V. Jones, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and his servant, Henry M. Bowens, a farm laborer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH). Fred P. Jones owned their farm, free-and-clear. Emma C. Jones was the mother of six children, of whom five were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John M. Nutter, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and George B. Quint, an ice house laborer, aged fifty-four years (b. NH).

Chas. L. Goddard, a dentist, aged fifty years (b. WI), headed a Santa Barbara, CA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty years), Louise B. Goddard, aged forty-six years (b. ME), his children, Malcolm L. Goddard, at school, aged sixteen years (b. CA), and Florence, at school, aged fourteen years (b. CA), his cousin, Eleanor M. Brown, aged seventeen years (b. IL), his lodgers, Nellie V. Jones, a teacher, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), Charlotte S. Center, a teacher, aged thirty-four years (b. MA), Mary M. Burnham, a teacher, aged thirty-three years (b. MA), Adelaide Hoyt, at school, aged thirteen years (b. CA), and his servant, Mary O’Brien, a house servant, aged twenty-five years (b. Ireland). Chas. L. Goddard rented their house at 155 Splay East.

In 1910 son Fred P. Jones was paid $5 for his services as fire warden. Fred P. Jones, fire warden, and eighty-eight others, were paid $88 in total ($1 each) for fighting a forest fire “below Farmington Road,” on April 17, 1910.

Son Fred P. Jones, Union P.O. (Telephone 41-15) was State Forest Fire Warden for Milton in 1911-12, 1913-14, and 1915-16. Jones’ Forest Fire Deputies were Fred B. Roberts, Milton P.O. (Telephone 23-2); H.R. Jewett, Sanbornville P.O. (Telephone 9-4); Isaac L. Lord, Union P.O. (Telephone 6-21); and F. Leroy Tripp, Farmington P.O. (Telephone 42-15) (NH Forestry Commission, 1912; NH Forestry Commission, 1914; NH Forestry Commission, 1916).

The Milton School Board of 1912 was M.A.H. Hart, Fred P. Jones, and Joseph Boyd. The School Board Treasurer was E.F. Fox.

The New Hampshire College football team elected grandson Philip Cowell Jones of Milton as its team captain for 1912. (Gov. Fred H. Downs had the college’s name changed to University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1923). (See Milton in the News – 1911).

Daughter-in-law Emma C. (Cowell) Jones was appointed to the Reception Committee of the Milton Congregational Church in June 1913.

MILTON, N.H. The annual meeting and roll call of the Congregational church was held last Saturday afternoon and a large number was present. A most enjoyable dinner was prepared by the ladies of the church which was fully enjoyed by all. After an hour was spent in the discussing of the good things spread on the table, the members of the church for the election of the officers for the ensuing year and to listen to the reports from church officers. The report of the clerk showed a loss of two members by death the past year, George W. Tasker and Samuel Chamberlain, who had been Deacon of the church for over 53 years. Six members had been dismissed by letter to other churches. Three persons were elected to church membership to receive the hand of fellowship on Sunday. James M. Gage was elected as Deacon and Mrs. Emma Looney as clerk in place of Mrs. A.M. Roberts, who is in California. J.M. Gage was chosen as treasurer. The committees are Standing Committee, Rev. Clarence Pike, R.M. Kimball, Frank Dawson, Jr., Mrs. Chipman, and Mrs. J.B. Hart; Music, Mrs. Ella Hart, Mrs. Bertha Chipman and Mrs. Frank Dawson; Reception, Mrs. R.A. McIntosh, Mrs. Sarah Miller, Mrs. Fred P. Jones and Mrs. Ella Hart; Visiting Committee, Mrs. Ella Hart, Mrs. Lizzie Plummer, Mrs. C.L. Clements, and Mrs. Clara Corson. Letters were read from many who were unable to be present (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), June 13, 1913).

MILTON. Miss Elsye Wallace, of Boston, gave a song recital at A.O.U.W. hall last Thursday night; she was assisted by her sister, [and] Mrs. Fred P. Jones, and Miss Edith Whitehouse presided at the piano (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), June 13, 1913).

Grandson Robert Edmond Jones left the United States, June 25, 1913, arriving in Berlin, Germany, September 15, 1913, where he was engaged in “studying paintings.” His local address was Goethestr 69, i.e., 69 Goethe Strasse [Street], and the person to be informed in case of death or accident was F.P. Jones of Milton, N.H. He registered with the American consulate in Berlin, Germany, February 18, 1914.

Fred P. Jones, an owner (lumberman), aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma C. [(Cowell)] Jones, aged sixty years (b. ME), and his children, Charles Jones, Y.M.C.A. physical director, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Robert E. Jones, a theater costumes designer, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), Elizabeth Jones, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and Alice V. Jones, aged twenty-three years (b. NH). Fred P. Jones owned their farm on the Plummers Ridge Road, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles E. Perkins, a teamster (lumberman), aged fifty-two years (b. NH), and Bard B. Plummer, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH).

Richard Anthony, a real estate proprietor, aged seventy-nine years (b. MA), headed an Oakland, CA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household include his wife, Lucy [(Horton)] Anthony, aged seventy years (b. MA), his sister-in-law, Sarah Horton, a private school principal, aged seventy-five years (b. MA), and his lodgers, Nellie Jones, a private school teacher, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), Charlotte Center, a private school teacher, aged fifty-two years (b. MA), and Mary Burnham, a private school teacher, aged fifty-three years (b. MA). Richard Anthony owned their house 964 18th Street, free-and-clear.

Miss Sarah W. Horton (1844-1920), founder and principal of the Horton School, died in Oakland, CA, January 26, 1920, aged seventy-five years. Her assistant principals, Nellie V. Jones (1861-1925) and Charlotte F. Center (1867-1945), would continue the school as co-principals.

GUESTS AT FALLEN LEAF LAKE. Miss Nellie V. Jones and Miss Charlotte F. Center, of the Horton school staff, have gone to Fallen Leaf Lake for a month (Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), July 19, 1922).

CALIFORNIA. The Horton School, Perkins and Palm Sts., Oakland, was established as a day school in 1884 by Miss Sarah W. Horton, who conducted it until her death in 1920. It is now continued by Nellie V. Jones and Charlotte F. Center as joint principals. It provides instruction from kindergarten through college preparation (Sargent, 1923).

Daughter Nellie V. Jones died in Oakland, Alameda, CA, August 28, 1925. (Her co-principal, Charlotte F. Center, would run the Horton School alone for a year, before taking on Louise S. Edgar as her co-principal).

PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOL DIES. Miss Nellie Varney Jones, principal of the Horton School of Oakland, died this morning following a brief illness. Stricken on Sunday, her sickness was not regarded as serious until a few hours before her death. Funeral services will be held tomorrow from her home, 964 Eighteenth street. Miss Jones was anticipating the opening of the fall semester of the Horton School next Tuesday. She will be succeeded in the principalship by Miss Charlotte Center, associate principal, who came to California with Miss Jones in 1891, becoming a member of the Horton School faculty. Born in New Hampshire, Miss Jones finished her training in education in the Framington [Framingham] Normal School of Massachusetts. She became a teacher in the Horton School upon her arrival on the coast in 1891, and succeeded to the principalship in 1920 upon the death of its founder, Miss Sarah Horton. Miss Jones was widely known throughout educational circles on the coast. She had long been active in the Head Mistress Association of the Pacific Coast, comprised of private schools accredited to the state universities. She had held the office of state treasurer (Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), August 28, 1925).

Fred P. Jones, a farmer (general farming), aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of forty-eight years), Cowell Jones, aged seventy years (b. ME), and his daughter, Elizabeth Jones, a poultryman (poultry farm), aged thirty-five years (b. NH). Fred P. Jones owned their house on Plummers Ridge, which was valued at $5,000. They had a radio set. Their house appeared in the enumeration between those of Frank Ramsey, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and Bard B. Plummer, a farmer (general farming), aged fifty-two years (b. NH).

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Plummer Jones will be at home Friday, November the twentieth, Nineteen hundred and thirty-one, Plummer’s Ridge, Milton, New Hampshire, from three to six, to celebrate their Golden Wedding.

Fred P. Jones, aged eighty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma C. [(Cowell)] Jones, aged eighty years (b. ME), Elizabeth Jones, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and Alice B. Jones, aged forty-four years (b. NH). They had all resided in the same house in 1935, except Alice B. Jones who had resided in NY in 1935.

Daughter-in-law Emma J. (Cowell) Jones died in Milton, April 13, 1941. Son Fred P. Jones died in Milton, November 10, 1941.

Rochester Locals. Private funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the home on Plummer’s Ridge in Milton for Fred P. Jones, 82, who died at the ancestral home late Monday night. He was born in Milton, the son of Charles and Betsy (Varney) Jones and was a lifelong resident of that community. He leaves three sons, Charles, Robert Edmund and Philip Cowell Jones and two daughters, Mrs. [Miss] Alice M. Varney [Jones] and Miss Elizabeth Jones. Burial was in the family lot on the Jones property (Portsmouth Herald, November 13, 1941).

References:

Find a Grave. (2021, November 1). Charles Jones. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/233615967/charles-dana-jones

Find a Grave. (2021, August 9). Charles D. Jones. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/230522846/charles-d-jones

Find a Grave. (2021, November 4). Fred P. Jones. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/233699063/fred-p-jones

Find a Grave. (2017, October 24). Levi Jones. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/184574201/levi-jones

Find a Grave. (2021, November 8). Nellie V. Jones. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/233851065/nellie-v-jones

NH General Court. (1864). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=xjotAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA5