Guide to the Archival Collections.pdf - Missouri History Museum

Papers, 1782-1918. 3 boxes; 3 volumes
Francis Jones was born in North Carolina, but was living in Tennessee when he received an
appointment to West Point. He entered the military academy July 1, 1820, and graduated July 1,
1824. His subsequent military career included duty in assisting in the removal of various Indian
tribes westward during 1835-1836, and service in the Florida War, 1836-1839. Following his
resignation from the service in 1842, Jones moved to Perry County, Missouri, where he owned a
large farm and lived until at least the mid-1850s; thereafter he operated in partnership with
[Ceran F.?] Delassus in the firm of Jones and Delassus, general merchandizers and shippers.
Accounts of Vital Beauvais, 1782-1816; letters, bills, accounts, and quartermaster records of
Francis L. Jones during his military career in various parts of the country, particularly when
stationed with the U.S. Army at Baton Rouge, Old Point Comfort, 1828-1836, and in connection
with the Florida War, 1837-1839; additional correspondence, bills and accounts of Francis L.
Jones, 1840-1866; correspondence, 1870-1881, medical records, and accounts of Perry County
physician Dr. Robert H. Bush, 1867-1879; Jessie Delassus correspondence, 1882-1918, with
family and friends; bills of lading issued by the firm of Beauvais & Delassus at Bailey's Landing,
Missouri, 1842-1848; and account books, 1839-1845. Bound volumes consist of a ledger of the
Jones and Delassus general store at Rozier's Landing, Perry County, 1854-1856, and two
volumes of bills of lading recording steamboat shipments on the Mississippi River from Jones
and Delassus Landing, Perry County, 1857-1865.
Some French.
Cite as: Francis L. Jones Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2906
Jones, George W.
Business Card, circa 1970s. 1 item
Business card of George W. Jones, general manager, St. Louis Hummers Women’s
Professional Softball.
Cite as: George W. Jones Business Card, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2878
Jones, James C., III (1915- ).
Family History Sheet, 1948 Jan 22. 2 items [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by James C. Jones, III,
which includes genealogical data on his family. Also includes typescript note signed James C.
Jones, III, to Charles van Ravenswaay, director of the Missouri Historical Society, regarding the
enclosed family history sheet.
Cite as: James C. Jones, III, Family History Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2879
Jones, Jonathan (1813- ).
Family Record, no date. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family record of the Jonathan Jones family of Ohio, which includes records of his marriage
and family births and deaths. Jonathan Jones married Rebecca Wallace, February 12, 1835.
Some of the information is too faded to read.
Cite as: Jonathan Jones Family Record, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0789