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Descendants of Francis Marion Jones

5. FELTER⁴ (FELTON, FELDER) CLAUDE JONES (FRANCIS MARION³ JONES, WILEY², JONES¹) was born October 19, 1877 in Perry Co., Mississippi, and died July 24, 1946 in Angelina, Co., Tx. He married (1) ALLIE M. HATFIELD Abt. 1900, daughter of EPHRIAM HATFIELD and ELIZABETH MCCOY. She was born December 04, 1882, and died July 28, 1910 in Texas. He married (2) LIZZIE ? Abt. 1911. She was born September 19, 1899, and died December 1976.

Notes for FELTER (FELTON, FELDER) CLAUDE JONES:
Felter is listed in the 1880 MS. census for Hattiesburg, Perry Co. ED 135, Pg 321. He is listed with his parents and siblings.

Felter is listed in the 1900 TX. census for Zavalla, Angelina Co. ED 8, Precienct 7, Pg. 1A. He is listed with his father and two of his sister's.

Felter is listed in the 1910 TX. census for Zavalle, Angelina Co. ED 9, Precinct 8. Pg. 240. He is listed with his first wife Allie M. Hatfield and their three kids.

Felder 32
Allie M. 27
Stella 8
Travis 7
Van 5

Felter came to Texas by way of a wagon from Mississippi.

GREAT-GRANDPA'S OBIT....

Funeral service were held Friday at 10:00p.m., at the First Pentecostal Church in Zavalla for F.C. Jones, 70, who died Wedensday, July 24, at the residence of his daughter in Zavalla following a long illiness.
Rev. J.H. Polk officated. Interment was made in the Zavalla Cemetery.
Jones, a widely known citizen of Angelina County, and a resident of Zavalla for the past 13 years, was a retired timber man. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lizzie Jones of Zavalla; two sons, Travis Jones and Van Jones, both of Zavalla; four daughters, Mrs. David Batson, Mrs. Ross McGilberry, Mrs. T.B. Parker, all of Zavalla, and Mrs. Tommie Howell of Colmesneil; two sisters, Mrs. J.J. Smith of Zavalla, and Mrs Lillie Jones of Colmesneil; one brother Luther Jones of Hunington; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangments.

His name is spelled FELDER.
Texas death records have his name spelled as FELTER.
I have a newspaper clipping with a picture of Felter form the early 1920's or 1930's and his name is spelled as FELTON.

Felter is refered to as PAPA by his grandson Charles Jones. The sawmill which Felter operated employed a lot of family and friends during the depression. No one went hungry, he took care of his family. He was known to have carried around a lot of money.

Charles remembers one time that he and his PAPA were going down this dirt road in Felter's 39' Chevy Coop and a bunch of chickens were in the way. Felter tried to missed them, but did manage to kill one of the hens. The woman who owned the chickens explained to Felter that the hen was one of her best laying hens. In response, Felter asked the woman what the hen was worth. The woman replied one dollar. Felter proceeded to pay the woman. As she started to remove the dead chicken, Felter stopped her and replied that the chiken was his, since he paid a dollar for it. That night Felteer and his family had chicken for dinner.

Felter's best friend was a black man, who went by the name of Coon. Coon worked for Felter, and was paid good wages. Coon was able to send his three son's to college. When Felter died, he left Coon his house and property.

Felter was bitten by a rattlesnake just above the boot line. He lanced the area where the snake bit him, he put his boot back on, and walked to Coon's house. Coon poured gasoline into a bucket and had Felter soak his foot while his hitched up the mules to his wagon. Coon loaded Felter into that wagon, and ran those mules all the way to town to the doctor's.

Charles Jones remembers Coon. He use to tease him about the white spots he had on his face. Charles would tell him that he was turning white. When Charles left Zavalla in 1948 to join the service, Coon was still alive, but up in years. His wife had passed on, and his three sons had all left home. From the way Charles speaks about Coon, he was quite the character. He was a dear friend to the Jones family.

More About FELTER (FELTON, FELDER) CLAUDE JONES:
Address 1: Death Certificate #29710
Burial: Zavalla Cemetery

Notes for ALLIE M. HATFIELD:
Grave site: Gulliland - Boykin Cemetery, Angelina Co., TX.

Allie M. JONES
Wife of F. C. Jones
Born: December 4, 1882
Died: July 28, 1910
Faithful to her trust even unto death
foot stone: A M J

Notes for LIZZIE ?:
Lizzie had diabetes, and as a result had both legs amputated.

Children of FELTER (FELTON and ALLIE HATFIELD are:

16.	i.	STELLA FLORA⁵ JONES, b. January 24, 1901, TX.; d. January 23, 1988, TX..
17.	ii.	TRAVIS (TRAV) BOWIE JONES, b. April 04, 1902, Texas; d. October 02, 1967, Zavalla, Angelina Co., TX..
18.	iii.	VAN BUREN JONES, b. December 18, 1904, Zavalla, Tx; d. December 18, 1983, Tarrant Co. TX..

Children of FELTER (FELTON and LIZZIE ? are:

iv.

OPAL⁵ JONES, b. 1911; d. 1999; m. (1) DAVID BATSON; b. August 02, 1899; d. March 1957; m. (2) CHARLES RAY OLIVER, Aft. 1946; d. 1968.

Notes for OPAL JONES:
Opal never had any children.

Notes for CHARLES RAY OLIVER:
Ray and Opal owned a gas station, that included a bait shop and small grocery store.

19.	v.		CLAUDIE MAE JONES, b. 1912; d. April 1973.
20.	vi.		ESMER JONES, b. July 24, 1913; d. Aft. 1970, Angelina Co., TX..

6. ZELLA N.⁴ JONES (FRANCIS MARION³, WILEY², JONES¹) was born November 1884, and died Bef. 1946. She married MATHEW GLOVER.

Children of ZELLA JONES and MATHEW GLOVER are:

	i.		CLEOTHER⁵ GLOVER(TRIPLET), b. May 12, 1935.
	ii.		CLIDE GLOVER(TRIPLET), b. May 12, 1935.
	iii.		CLAUD GLOVER(TRIPLET), b. May 12, 1935.

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