Title:

Smith-Jones family papers, 1832-1953

Creator/Contributor:

Jones, Peter S., 1835-1865, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Jones, Sally Smith Shiffer, 1791-1871, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Reichert, Bernhard, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Hare, Stella Doty Smith, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Jones, Eliza Prescott, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Spearman, Sara Eliza Simons, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Boyle, Will, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Smith, Frances, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Carleton, W. G., Mrs, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Jones, William Jedediah, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Pollis, H. W., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Porter, R., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Smith, E. D. (Ezra Delos), 1854-1926, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Reichert, Eliza P., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Allcock, Sarah E., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Doty, Jesse, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Hilleboe, P. S., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Green, Carrie Munsell, correspondent.

Mostly papers of Peter S. Jones (1835-1865), younger son of Sally (Smith) Shiffer Jones (1791-1871), eldest sister of Jedediah Strong Smith, whose life was spent mainly at Ashtabula, Ohio. With these are papers of Bernhard Reichert, who married Peter Jones's widow and reared their children in Kansas, and of Stella (Doty) Smith Hare, granddaughter of Peter S. and Eliza (Prescott) Jones, reflecting extensive genealogical investigations respecting the Smith, Jones, and cognate families. Among the papers are a warranty deed of 1866 to Eliza P. Jones, signed by Sally (Smith) Jones; three other documents relating to land transactions, 1832-1864; wedding certificate of Peter and Eliza Jones, 1859; seven letters to Peter Jones, 1851-1855, by his cousin Sara Eliza (Simons) Spearman; one by his nephew Will Boyle, 1859; one by his cousin Frances Smith (later Mrs. W.G. Carleton), 1863; six by his brother William Jedediah Jones, written en route to and from California, 1854-1856; 25 additional letters by W.J. Jones, 1863-1864, while serving in Sherman's army; 22 letters by Bernhard Reichert, 1861-1865, concerning the same campaign; and two letters from soldier friends, H.W. Pollis (1861) and R. Porter, undated. Mrs. Hare's papers include photostats of a family record from the Bible of Clarissa Weed (Shiffer) Tower, eldest daughter of Sally Jones; three letters from E.D. Smith, 1917; two of her letters to her mother, Frances Helen (Jones) Doty, 1917; letter by Eliza P. Reichert to Frances Doty, 1885; eight by Sarah E. Allcock to Mrs. Doty and Mrs. Hare, 1885, 1915-1917; and other family letters by Jesse Doty, P.S. Hilleboe, and Carrie (Munsell) Green, 1917-1953, with miscellaneous obituaries and other clippings.

Date:

1832 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ks

Jones, Peter S -- 1835-1865 -- Archives

Reichert, Bernhard -- Archives

Hare, Stella Doty Smith -- Archives

Smith, Jedediah Strong -- 1799-1831 -- Family

Land tenure

Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives

Kansas -- Description and travel

Smith-Jones family papers, BANC MSS P-W 46, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

In English.

Forms part of the Jedediah Smith family papers.

Type:

Genealogies.

Deeds.

Obituaries.

Family papers.

print

1 box (0.2 linear feet)

English

BANC MSS P-W 46 box 1

Origin:

California