Robert Jones

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Husband Robert Jones ¹

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           Born: 20 Mar 1743 - Wales 1
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           Died: 16 Apr 1809 1
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         Father: [Father] Jones (      -      )
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Children

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1 M John Jones ¹

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           Died:  - Greene Co, PA
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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2 F Mary Jones ¹

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            AKA: Mary [Unk] 2
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         Spouse: Jesse Evans (      -      ) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Jones

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He and his brother Benjamin, both natives of Wales, came to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1792, and located in Springhill township. In 1793, Robert Jones entered a large tract of land in that township, and on that tract he, with his brother, erected in 1794 the Springhill Furnace, and commenced the manufacture of iron, Robert being the principal man in the concern. After a few years the furnace was leased (and afterwards sold) to Jesse Evans (a son-in-law of Robert Jones), who carried it on with success.
His executors were his brother Benjamin and his only son, John, but before the estate was settled John died at his residence on Whitely Creek, Greene Co. The furnace and other property of Robert Jones passed to his daughter Mary, the wife of Jesse Evans, who had leased the old furnace in 1797.

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 765.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 237.