Louella Jones Bailey

Louella Jones Bailey was the daughter of Andrew Jolly Jones and Mary Ann Davis Jones.  The Jones' were from Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

Louella Jones married Jesse M. Bailey on November 11, 1894 in Clark County, Arkansas, both were 23 years of age.

Jesse Bailey was the son of Jesse and Susan Bailey of Amity, Arkansas.  Oddly enough, Jesse and Susan Bailey named their first two children Jesse and Susan.  Jesse Bailey, Sr. was from Georgia and Susan was from Missouri.  In the 1880's, Jesse, Sr. owned a store in Amity, but by 1900, both Jesse, Sr. and Jesse, Jr. were working as farmers in Amity.

Louella and Jesse Bailey had at least one daughter, Murrell Bailey.

Louella's father, Andrew Jones, was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, the son of William Andrew Jones and Rebecca Box Jones.  He was previously featured on this site.

According to some Jones family researchers, the Jones Family moved from Mississippi to Amity in 1848 or 1849 and lived in a log house near the present-day Jones Cemetery.  Jones Cemetery might have started as a family cemetery for the Jones', as Andrew and Mary Ann's son, Dickey Jones, who died in 1866, is one of the oldest graves in the cemetery.

Andrew Jolly Jones

Andrew Jolly Jones married Mary Ann Davis on March 1, 1847 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.

Andrew Jones was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, the son of William Andrew Jones and Rebecca Box Jones.

Andrew and Mary Ann Jones' children:  William T., Mary Jane, Jesse, John Marion, Martha Adeline, Dickey, Alice and Louella E.

According to some Jones family researchers, the Jones Family moved from Mississippi to Amity in 1848 or 1849 and lived in a log house near the present-day Jones Cemetery.  Jones Cemetery might have started as a family cemetery for the Jones', as Andrew and Mary Ann's son, Dickey Jones, who died in 1866, is one of the oldest graves in the cemetery.

During the Civil War, many men in Amity and Alpine, including Andrew Jolly Jones, first joined the Confederacy, sometimes against their will, but later escaped from the Confederate Army and made their way home, and then on to Benton where they joined the Union Army and served the remainder of the War in the 4th Arkansas Cavalry for the Union.

The family of Mary Jane Jones Tucker and William Martin Tucker. 

Mary Jane was the daughter of Andrew Jolly and Mary Ann Jones.

Unfortunately, the person who posted this photo on the internet

did not identify all the people in the photo.

Lula Childs Stinnett

Lula Childs was the daughter of Richard T. and Jennie Childs.  Richard Childs, a farmer and Georgia native, moved to Texas, then Louisiana, and eventually settled in Pike City, Pike County, Arkansas.

Lula was born in Texas but was living in Pike City, Arkansas when she married Rufus Calvin Stinnett from Kirby, Arkansas.  When they married on August 12, 1908, Lula was 26, and Rufus was 49.  Rufus was the son of Mason and Cyrena Jones Stinnett.  Mason Stinnett had been a commanding officer in the 4th Arkansas Cavalry for the Union Army during the Civil War.

Before he married Lula Childs, Rufus Stinnett had been married to Martha E. Williams, who died in 1906.  Rufus had four children with Martha, and he and Lula had two children, John Mack Stinnett and an unnamed infant.