Jones, Mark E.

Born: 1811-03-31 Tennessee

Died: 1851-06-19 Moultrie County, Illinois

Flourished: Fayette County, Illinois

Mark E. Jones was a farmer and landowner. Jones was living in Fayette County, Illinois, as early as 1830. In 1836, he purchased ninety-six acres of public land northeast of Vandalia in what would become Bowling Green Township. Three years later, Jones purchased an additional eighty acres. In 1850, he was living and farming in Moultrie County, Illinois, and owned real property valued at $1,200.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Fayette County, 145:74, 122; 146:50, 96, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Fayette County, IL, 246; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Fayette County, IL, 386; Gravestone, Pea Cemetery, Sullivan, IL.