Elmer and Emily Jones

I was reading stories and charts from a box that was Grandma's (lots of her things ended up at my mom and dad's when she moved to the group home) and loved learning about Emily and Elmer. They are the siblings of Rollin Philemon Jones (Grandma's dad so our great great aunt and uncle).


Rollin Philemon (Grandma's dad) is the handsome one on the very right end of the top row. Elmer is the shorter boy in front of him and Emily is the girl between Elmer and their mother.

This next part is from some handwritten pages I found. I don't know by whom.

"I lived a couple of years in Mesa and used to go see Grandma Jones frequently. I remember the first year at Christmastime I went to see her and asked why she was not going to put up a Christmas tree. The pain was still there when she told me that Christmas reminded her too much of Emily's death which had happened on Christmas Day. Daddy told me that Aunt Emily had really fought death-stood right up in bed and said she would not die. Grandma Jones told me that if she had known at the beginning what she knew at the end about T.B. she could have saved all four of her children.

After eight boys, I'm sure Emily was the pride of her life. She would always laugh and tell how she even had to have a boy (Elmer)come sticking his nose in when she had her first girl.

I don't remember talking about Hugh with Grandma-so about all the information I have about him is what little daddy wrote."

*Hugh was the younger boy in the middle of the picture. He passed away about 6 months after Emily. That's what I gathered from the records anyway.

More about Emily~
Her full name was Emily Jones. She was born at Lehi, Maricopa Co. Arizona on 3 Jan 1894. She was baptized by D.P. Jones and her schooling commenced at Lehi Public school. She was a school teacher and had blue eyes and light brown hair. She was especially interested in music. Emily died of lung trouble in Lehi, Arizona on 25 Dec 1917.

I don't know who wrote this but I thought it was nice. I assume it was written for her funeral?
"Emily came into our life as a sunbeam. She had been wanted for a long time. Her eight older brothers looked upon her as an angel almost. She was the companion of her mother and the pride of her father. She counted her friends by her aquaintances, for to know her was to love her.

She was of a sunny and cheerful disposition and always willing and ready to give her service to make others happy.

She was a beautiful singer and cheered many a sad heart with her beautiful voice.

She loved life and her fellow man and for their sake she labored until she broke her health and was overtaken by that terrible disease..." Sorry, the photocopied paper cuts off here. That's all I have.

Letter to Grandma (from Mary Eleanor??)

Dearest Maida,

I have been working on the Rollin P. Jones ancestral file (4 generation sheets) and have finally finished them, and had copies made for all the brothers and sisters. In a way, you might say I took over from Mack (Maida's brother). He had brought what he had done to the family reunion, and I had taken work I had done, and it wasn't till the night before we all left that we tried comparing them. He hadn't done a lot, and I had more, so I suggested I bring them home and send the additional sheets I had to him. Well, I ended up doing the whole thing. I had several different sources, plus I called Aunt Ella a couple of times, and went over to see Aunt Elsie because she has a lot of Uncle Elmer's (I think this could be Elmer Jones. He had a twin, Emily, and I have pictures of them as well as the rest of their family) records. Uncle Elmer really was "gung-ho" on genealogy. I also called cousins, and came up with the most accurate records I could. Then I decided that instead of sending all the copies to Mack and having him mail them, it would save postage if I mailed directly to each one. Mack will send the file into Salt Lake (Salt Lake city is where the LDS church headquarters are. They keep records on file so many members submit information) with himself as the family rep. These copies are for you to keep in your book of remembrance.

I imagine Kathleen (Maida's daughter I assume) has been working on the Donald Vaughn ancestral file? If she hasn't already sent in those sheets, maybe the Jones line (and Mack line) on those sheets will be of help to her.

I finally found a woman who knew what she was doing so I know these are the way they are supposed to be.

I have also completed the Aubrey W. McCown ancestral file, so I feel pretty good about that, as well. I just could never seem to get going - guess we all needed a deadline. As you no doubt know, July 1st is the deadline. I am naming myself as the family rep for the McCown file.

We have a new member in the Aubrey McCown family - Mark Aubrey McCown was born last night around 8, and both mother and son are doing fine. He was taken Ceasarean, which had been planned all along because of all the problems Joyce has with her pregnancies and deliveries. But this time went better (the letter cuts off here)


* I thought this might be useful for you (Maida, the younger) for your project. It gives some direction as to who has what information on the family and where. Oh, I'm not sure who the Aubrey McCown family is. I'll look into that.