John Milum
Jones, born abt. 1825 in Paint Rock, Jackson County, Alabama, was the
son of John Jones, Sr. and his first wife (believed to have been named
Martha). John Milum Jones married
Eloah Angeline Tackitt, the daughter
of Martin D. and Cynthia Tackitt, and they resided in Spadra Township,
Johnson County, Arkansas. They had two children born in Johnson
County:
Sophronia Jones, born abt. 1853, and Felix Marion Jones, born
15 December 1855. "The Jones Train" departed from Johnson County,
Arkansas with the group of trains known as "The Poteet-Tackitt-Jones
Trains". The families that comprised this group were all relatives.
("The Poteet Train" segment did not die in the Massacre, but the
members of "The Tackitt Train", who were relatives of John Milum
Jones' wife, did.) Also traveling with "The Jones Train" segment was
John Milum Jones' half-brother, Newton Jones, who was the son of John
Jones, Sr. and his second wife Mary B. Gaines. He and Newton Jones
were planning to start a cattle ranch. Together, Newton and John Milum
Jones are said to have had four yoke of oxen and one large ox wagon,
horses, and other equipment, and John Milum Jones had about 8 head of
cattle. They traveled through
Washington County, Arkansas and camped there on the Indian Line (of
Oklahoma) for ten or fifteen days a few miles from the lands of
Francis Marion Rowan, who was the husband of John Milum Jones' niece
Elizabeth Jane (Wilburn) Rowan. Before they reached Mountain Meadows
in Utah, "The Poteet Train" segment broke off from the group
near Cedar City, Utah to head
to Nevada to look for gold, while "The Jones Train" and "The Tackitt
Train" segments continued on to Mountain Meadows.
John Milum Jones, his wife
Eloah Angeline, and daughter
Sophronia, all
died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. His son, Felix Marion
Jones, survived the Massacre, and was returned to relatives in
Arkansas in 1859. John Milum Jones was 32 years old when he died.
© 2008 A.C. Wallner for the Mountain Meadows Association. All rights
reserved
Inscription:
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE VALLEY BELOW BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 AND 11, 1857, A COMPANY OF
MORE THAN 120 ARKANSAS EMIGRANTS LED BY CAPT. JOHN T. BAKER AND CAPT.
ALEXANDER FANCHER WAS ATTACKED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS
EVENT IS KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
JOHN MILUM JONES, 32
Please note that the names of the victims of the 1857 Mountain Meadows
Massacre that appear here are those who we have personally researched
and verified as actual victims. In some cases this list will differ
from the names that were inscribed on the 1990 Monument on Dan Sill
Hill.
Leave
virtual flowers - MMA FIND A GRAVE
MEMORIAL
FOR
JOHN MILUM JONES
