Nancy Swisher ¹

Nancy (Swisher) Jones, the former a native of Clark county, Ohio, died in DeWitt, Il., March 21, 1882, aged 67 years, 1 month and 15 days. Mrs. Jones was born in Clark county, Ohio, February 6, 1813, and came to Illinois in 1835. In 1838 she was united in marriage to Arthur JONES, and afterward lived in DeWitt until her death. Mr. Jones died nearly eight years ago, one child in infancy. Three sons and three daughters survive her. More than forty-five years ago Mrs. Jones embraced the religion of Christ and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Afterward she and her husband united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which she remained until her death. The Savior to her was a present help in time of need. She knew whom she believed, and felt as she approached the end of her life that Jesus was with her, and underneath were His everlasting arms. She was a lover of the Bible and all the means of grace. She delighted in public services and the worship of God. And thus the righteous die, leaving behind them a bright example and a blessed testimony. An affectionate mother and a good neighbor has left us. The funeral services were largely attended, and the deep sympathy manifested by friends was highly appreciated by the sorrowing ones. She engaged in teaching in the Swisher schoolhouse in Harp township for one term. Her parents were Jacob and Rachel (Curl) Swisher. Mrs. Jones was quite young when her father died in Ohio at a comparatively early age, but her mother lived to the advanced age of ninety-two years and became the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of land in Harp township, this county. Arthur Jones became the owner of about three hundred acres of land, a part of which he entered from the government, and still owned it when the railroad was built and a part of the village of DeWitt was laid out upon his property.

Nancy married Arthur C. Jones, son of Stephen Jones and Jemima Jane Jones. (Arthur C. Jones was born on 08 Nov 1820 and died on 02 Apr 1874.)