Photo of a couple identified as "Walter and Rose Jones" on the reverse. Also found with this was a photo of an older gentleman identified as "Reuben Jones - Uncle Bud"

***Also in the store is a photo that was found with this group, and was also taken in Osceola, of Lyde Russell. Same handwriting on the back.

Reuben Isaiah Jones was born 25 May 1849 in Indiana, the son of William Reuben Jones (1801 - 1871) and Edith "Edy" Hannah Rogers (1813 - 1885). On the 18th of June 1871 in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, he married Amanda Jane Wilson, born 5 January 1852 in Wapello Co., Iowa, the daughter of Isaac W. Wilson (1817 - 1867) and Rebecca Staples (1816 - 1885). Amanda died 23 September 1893 and was laid to rest in Henron Cemetery, Clarke Co., Iowa. Reuben traveled west with many of the children to Washington. He died there in Yakima 8 June 1927 and rests in Prosser cemetery in Benton Co., Washington. Reuben and Mandy's children include: Julia Ann Jones Burge (1872 - 1949), John Edward Jones (1874 - 1940), Walter Jones (see below for his photo information), Alonzo Jones (1876 - 1931), Elmer Jones (1878 - 1962), Ira Willis Jones (1880 - 1965), Elsie Mae Jones Page (1881 - 1954), Leota May Jones Lepper (1883 - 1953), Jerry Isaiah Jones (1885 - 1951), Fred Jones (1888 - 1979), Harry Gilbert Jones (1892 - 1976)

Walter G. Jones was born 4 February 1975 in Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa. On the 22nd of February 1903 in Green Bay Twp, Clarke Co., Iowa, he married Olive Rose Shaw, born 25 September 1881 in Rooks Co., Kansas, daughter of Philip Shaw (1854 - 1886) and Olive Jennie Fix (1858 - 1947). Olive died just two years later on 2 March 1905 and was laid to rest near her mother-in-law in Hebron Cemetery, Clarke Co., Iowa. Walter moved west with his father and several siblings to Washington where they farmed. He never remarried, and passed away 24 November 1956 in Prosser, Benton Co., Washington. He rests in the Prosser cemetery there.

The photos measure 5.25 x 7.25 inches. Walter and Rose's photo comes from the Currie photography studio in Osceola, and Reuben's from the D. R. Robinson studio, also of Osceola. Both are in very good condition for their age. There is aging associated with photographs over 130 years old, with rubbing on the corners, edge chipping and such. Please see photo scans for inspection. The "Ancestry Ephemera" watermark you see will not appear in the original photograph you will receive.

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