Jones Family
To read accounts of Strother Gaines Jones public life in books and
newspaper accounts, one does develop a problem rectifying those accounts
with his private life.
Since the public side of Strother’s persona is well covered lets, delve
into the hidden parts of his private life.
In about 1849 he started having marital problems with his wife
Lucy Newton Jones, and their marriage ended after a very nasty and
public divorce. His
infidelities were noted in the divorce accounts.
What ever became of Lucy Newton Jones after the divorce is not
known. In or about 1857, he
encountered Anna Gebel, the depth of that arrangement is not known but
it was intimate enough to produce a child out of wedlock- Katherine
Jones who later married Alfred Richart and then William J. Corcoran.
Anna Gebel lived under the name of Jones, and in one directory
was listed as the (widow of Strother) problem was he wasn’t dead.
Off and on over the years Strother G. Jones does sue numerous
people (rightly or wrongly) for money and or property.
This is why he probably was able to afford such a grand house.
After his marriage to Lucy Cass, Strother seems to have tamed a
lot of his impulses, and leads a public and private life that appeared
respectable.
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| Josiah Jones Jr. |
Josiah's Children
| Strother Gaines Jones | Alfred N. Jones | George Washington Jones | JF Jones |
| JH Jones | Joshua B Jones | Mary A Jones | William A Jones |
| Strother Gaines Jones |
Strother's Children
| Eliza A Jones | Ernest S. Jones | Jessie M.C. Jones |
| Lucy E. Jones | Mary E. Jones | Morris Ashton Jones |
| Shirley A. Jones | James W. Jones | Katherine Jones |