William Ellis Jones

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

WILLIAM ELLIS JONES

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BIOGRAPHY

William Ellis Jones was born in Wales on April 6, 1817.

Louisa Leavitt was born in Hatley, Stanstead, Canada on January 20, 1820. She died at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa on March 29, 1855.

Dinah Davies was born in Wales on February 3, 1813. She married William Vaughan on May 17,1834. Martha Vaughan was born in Wales on June 18, 1940. William Vaughan died in 1852.

William Jones married the widow, Dinah Vaughan, on February 3, 1856. Then he took Dinah's daughter, Martha Vaughan, as a polygamous wife in June of 1859.

On December 11, 1861, William went through the endowment house with his second wife, Dinah. She stood in as proxy while as William was sealed to his deceased first wife, Louisa Leavitt. Then Dinah had her choice to to be sealed to her former husband, William Vaughan, or to William Jones and she chose the latter. William adopted Dinah's children and had them sealed to him.

William was a teacher in Hebron.

Dinah was trained as and practiced as a doctor.

Martha died in Hebron on February 9, 1877 and was buried in the Hebron Cemetery.

Dinah died in Gunlock on May 23, 1895 and was buried in the Gunlock Cemetery.

William died in Gunlock on August 26, 1898 and was buried in the Gunlock Cemetery.


FAMILY

William's Parents and Siblings:
    John Jones III
    Catherine Ellis Jones
        Paul Jones
        John Jones
        Ann Jones
        John Jones
        Mary Jones
        William Ellis Jones
        Elizabeth Jones
        Elizabeth Jones
        Thomas Jones
(xx/xx/1781-xx/xx/1870)   (married 2/15/1804)
(xx/xx/1783-xx/xx/1869)
(xx/xx/1804-xx/xx/1881)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1806-xx/xx/1808)
(xx/xx/1809-xx/xx/1824)
(xx/xx/1812-xx/xx/1894)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1814-xx/xx/1882)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(4/6/1817-8/26/1898)   (married as shown below)
(xx/xx/1820-xx/xx/1823)
(xx/xx/1824-xx/xx/1907)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1828-xx/xx/1895)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Louisa's Parents and Siblings:
    Jeremiah Leavitt II
    Sarah Sturtevant Leavitt
        Mary Ann Leavitt
        Louisa Leavitt
        Clarissa Leavitt
        Jeremiah Leavitt III
        Lydia Leavitt
        Weare Leavitt
        Lemuel Sturtevant Leavitt

        Dudley Leavitt

        Mary Amelia Leavitt
        Thomas Rowell Leavitt

        Betsey Jane Leavitt
        Sarah Priscilla Leavitt

(5/30/1796-8/4/1846)   (married 3/6/1817)
(9/5/1798-4/5/1878)
(xx/xx/1818-xx/xx/1818)
(1/20/1820-3/29/1855)   (married William Ellis Jones)
(11/16/1820-4/30/1894)   (married Simon Colton)
(2/10/1822-4/12/1878)   (married Eliza Harrover)
(7/4/1823-1/9/1847)   (married William Snow)
(xx/xx/1825-xx/xx/1847)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(11/3/1827-10/28/1916)   (married Laura Melvina Thompson, Mary Craig,
      Betsy Amelia Speckler, Mary Ann Morgan, and Rebecca Gibbons Waite)
(xx/xx/1830-xx/xx/1908)   (married Mariah Huntsman, Thirza Hale Riding,
      Jeanette Smith, Mary Huntsman, and Martha Ann Hughes Pulsipher)
(2/10/1832-8/12/1893)   (married William Haynes Hamblin)
(6/30/1834-5/21/1891)   (married Ann Eliza Jenkins,
      Antonett Phelps Davenport, and Harriet Martha Dowdle Williams)
(5/12/1839-10/17/1917)   (married William Haynes Hamblin)
(5/8/1841-7/23/1927)   (married Jacob Vernon Hamblin)

Dinah's Parents and Siblings:
    Samuel David
    Dinah Simon
        David Davies
        Simon Davies
        Samuel Davies
        Susannah Davies
        Sarah Davies
        Dinah Davies
        Ruth Elizabeth Davies

(xx/xx/1775-xx/xx/1818)   (married 4/1/1800)
(xx/xx/1776-xx/xx/1878)
(xx/xx/1800-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1803-xx/xx/1837)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1805-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1808-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1810-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(2/3/1813-5/23/1895)   (married William Vaughan and William Ellis Jones)
(xx/xx/1815-xx/xx/1881)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Martha's Parents and Siblings:
    William Vaughan
    Dinah Davies Vaughan
        Martha Vaughan
        Martha Vaughan
        Dinah Vaughan
        William Samuel Vaughan
        Elizabeth Vaughan

(xx/xx/1808-xx/xx/1852)   (married 5/17/1834)
(2/3/1813-5/23/1895)
(xx/xx/1838-xx/xx/1839)
(6/18/1940-2/9/1877)   (married William Ellis Jones)
(xx/xx/1843-xx/xx/1847)
(xx/xx/1845-xx/xx/1847)
(11/14/1849-11/16/1941)   (married James Wilson Hunt)

First Wife and Children:
    Louisa Leavitt Jones
        Martha Angelica Jones
        Eliza or Louisa Jones

(1/20/1820-3/29/1855)   (married 2/28/1843)
(xx/xx/1848-xx/xx/1886)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1849-xx/xx/1921)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Second Wife and Children:
    Dinah Davies Vaughan Jones  
        Martha Vaughan
        Martha Vaughan
        Dinah Vaughan
        William Samuel Vaughan
        Elizabeth Vaughan

(2/3/1813-5/23/1895)   (married 2/3/1856)
(xx/xx/1838-xx/xx/1839)
(6/18/1940-2/9/1877)   (married William Ellis Jones)
(xx/xx/1843-xx/xx/1847)
(xx/xx/1845-xx/xx/1847)
(11/14/1849-11/16/1941)   (married James Wilson Hunt)

Third Wife and Children:
    Martha Vaughan Jones
        Thomas Davies Jones
        William Vaughan Jones
        Mary Amelia Jones
        Hyrum Ellis Jones
        Edwin Samuel Jones
        Dinah Ann Jones
        James Edward Jones

(6/18/1940-2/9/1877)   (married 6/xx/1859)
(12/1/1859-7/25/1860)
(7/31/1862-9/29/1862)
(3/28/1864-3/23/1882)
(10/11/1867-11/2/1959)   (married Nancy Jane Hunt and Mary Lois Truman)
(10/26/1870-4/25/1938)   (married Ella Maria Canfield)
(3/18/1873-1/31/1895)   (married Arthur Leo Westover)
(11/15/1875-3/5/1950)   (married Mary Lois Truman)


PHOTOS

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REFERENCES

Biography of Dinah Davies Vaughan Jones

Find-A-Grave entry for William Ellis Jones

Find-A-Grave entry for Dinah Davies Jones

Find-A-Grave entry for Martha Vaughn Jones

Death Certificate for Edwin Samuel Jones

Death Certificate for James E. Jones