John E. Jones Death Certificate*

*John E. Jones Death Certificate. John was born in Gilfield, Montgomeryshire, Wales April 20, 1837. He passed away May 3, 1905 at his home in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois. He was the son of Thomas H. and Mary Evans Jones. He came to America in 1844 at the age of 7. His family first settled in Ohio along with many other people coming from Wales to America. Later they moved to Illinois, settling on farm land in the Tilton-Catlin area. John built two homes for his wife Sarah E. Watkins Jones. The final one being the one that he passed in. John died due to a "broken heart" 3 days after his son Lewis passed.