The Jones Family, Alameda Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas

Orientation: These pictures have to do with William Joseph and Sarah Jones, parents of Jeptha Lorenzo Dow Jones, father of Minnie Lee Jones Blackford, mother of Raymond Blackford and his siblings.

On the Fourth of July weekend, 2006, Aunt Rita, Chester's wife, Jim, my husband and I took a trip from San Antonio to Eastland County, Clyde, Abilene, Midland, and Stanton, Texas.


Rita and I standing at the gate of the Alameda Cemetery. Many of the Jones family are buried in this beautiful, well kept cemetery. This cemetery is located about ten miles south of Ranger, Texas on FM571. A sign on the west side of the highway reads, Alameda Cemetery. It is located about two miles down the dirt lane.


Historical marker inside gate at Alameda Cemetery


Open air structure at the Alameda Cemetery where funerals are held.


Grave of William Joseph Jones, born January 17, 1820 in Chester District, South Carolina, died November 23, 1894 in Alameda area, Eastland County, Texas


Grave of Sarah Daniel Jones, born June 10, 1833, died July 24, 1888 in Alameda area, Eastland County, Texas.