Jones family

Scope and Contents Personal and genealogical papers of the Dean of the WVU College of Engineering from 1911 to 1932. The papers deal with academic pursuits including the controversy over the reorganization of the Engineering College in 1931-32, and his social and professional activities. Four boxes contain genealogical notes and history on some of the first Ohio Valley families including the Wickliffe, Harden, Monroe, Gambrill, and Jones families. For detailed listing of the collection see the inventory...

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Collection contains histories of the Hardin, Iglehart, Kincheloe, Waters, Wickliffe, and allied families such as Neal, Logan, Foley, Lewis, Peadro, Phelps, Monroe, Dils, McQuilkin, and others. Collection also includes Jones' correspondence relating to the above genealogies and some newspaper clippings.

Overview Collection contains one disc, which includes a PDF file containing 496 scanned pages of the book Some Descendants of James and Sarah (Ravenscroft) Jones: Including Separate Sections of the Connecting Families of Ravenscroft, Collins, Hickman, Richards and Cain, by Marion Jones Arthur (Mt. Lookout, West Virginia: M.J. Arthur, 1992). James Jones was born in 1762, Charles County, Maryland and died November 10, 1850 in Ritchie County, (West) Virginia. His wife,...