Mr. Jones was married at the close of the war to Miss Mary H. Crowder, who was born in Georgia, August 24, 1846, daughter of Dr. 0. W. Crowder. Dr. Crowder was a native of South Carolina, was married in Georgia, and in 1857 came from the latter state to Texas, settling in Upshur County, where he opened up a farm and at the same time practiced his profession continuing his abiding place there for eight years. In 1865 he moved to Comanche County, where he died the following year. He was the father of eleven children:[following section taken from different source, HISTORY OF TEXAS:]...Lucretia, wife of Charles Jones, a resident of Ellis County, Texas; William, a farmer and Baptist minister of Erath County; Mary Henrietta, wife of Mason Gribsby Jones; Joseph, who died when young; Louis F., deceased; Henry, who died at about the age of twenty years; John, who died early in life; Francis, wife of J. Vestel, Ellis County; Sarah, wife of F. Parrish, a farmer of Ellis County; Street, a farmer of Ellis County; and Rachel, wife of James Perkins, also of Ellis County.
Mason G. and Henrietta Jones have these children, namely: Cumi, who died at age six years; Henrietta Virginia, wife of James Madison Jones; Mary Lucy, who died at age three years; Mason Overstreet "Street," a farmer; a baby who died shortly after birth; Rachel Martha, wife Samuel Levi Shipman; Ella Nora, wife of Robert Lee "Bob" Burnett; Moses Alford "Modie", a doctor; Mayeppa Ada, wife of John G. Beall; Warren Grigsby, a farmer; Othella Minia, wife of Walter W. Jones; Sarah Viola, wife of Samuel Sanford White; and Cornice Fredonia, wife of Walter W. Jones. [Note: this source updates the original.]
Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones were members of the Missionary Baptist church, her parents, like his, having been active and zealous workers in that church, and thus are our subject and his estimable wife following in the footsteps of their honored parents and bringing up their own children in the same religious faith. Mr. Jones has always been liberal in the support of the church and has also contributed freely of his means for the advancement of educational interests.
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