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Wife of immigrant John Jones from Llandyfrydog, Anglesea, No. Wales. Mother of John S., James, and Paul.Shortly after coming to Pittsburgh he married Jane Rees (also an immigrant from Llanedi, Carmathenshire, So.Wales) , eldest daughter of Widow Mary Rees. They had three sons John S., James, and Paul. In 1846 after his injury in the mines, he was idle for a year before moving to Bradys Bend Iron Works, Pa. then in the zenith of its fame. They moved there in the spring of '48. In 1852 his wife left him and went to her people in Pittsburgh; and he "Batched" with his boys (aged 14,10, and 5 years). She returned in the fall of the same year and they divided the household property and forever after separated.
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