Donald Walter * Jones

Other Events:

• Residence: 1910, , Fresno, California, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Grandson
• Residence: 1920, Sanger, Fresno, California, USA; Relation to Head: Son; Residence Marital Status: Single
• Baptism: 19 Apr 1922, Sanger, Fresno, California, USA
• Residence: 1930, Sanger, Fresno, California, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Residence: 1932, , Fresno, California, USA
• Residence: 1933, , Fresno, California, USA
• Residence: 1934, , Fresno, California, USA
• Residence: 1935, , Fresno, California, USA
• Residence: 1936, , Fresno, California, USA
• Residence: 1938, Sanger, Fresno, California, USA; Living on the corner of Webster and Hawley Streets, Sanger.
• Residence: 1940, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA; Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Wife

Notes:

Donald was born October 16, 1907 in Sanger while his parents were still living on Hoag St.
() A hand-written program for Pine Ridge camp, June 15, 1918, when he was almost ten years old, shows that he was on the program to recite "Thrift Stamp Jingle." Donald played in the Sanger City Band, as did his brother, Bill. Don played the trombone and Bill played the "bones." Once week, during the summer, there was a band concert in city park. There was (and still is) a band shell for the players, and the people sat on the grass or lawn chairs to enjoy the music. Donald was baptized at the First Christian Church, Sanger, CA. April 19, 1922. (Information per letter from current (1997) pastor of church. Letter in possession of Linda Gardner.) He graduated from Sanger Union High School in 1929, along with his sister, Peggy. According to friends of Peggy, Donald graduated two years behind his class as he stayed home to care for his mother. Donald was popular in high school and is mentioned several times in the year book. He was described as "the man of independent mind. He looks and laughs at that." During his high school years, he was in the 1928 operetta, played in the band and orchestra for all four years; appeared in "For the Love of Mike" in his third year; active in Hi-Y; entered the Music Contest in his third and fourth years, was athletic manager his fourth year, and played in the Brass Quintet. Elsewhere in the yearbook, his horoscope offered this: "has an impulse to defend the weak." As graduates, he would will "his place in the orchestra to anyone who could master the trombone, perhaps Joybelle Caine." Right after graduation, he married Helen Johnson, also a 1929 graduate. They had attended school together, and her horoscope said: Helen Johnson, born Monday, August 18, 1911; Virgo, Persistency of purpose, fond of finery. And to her classmates, she willed "her Lyric voice to Betty Scott and Emma Price." In 1926 to 1929, while still in high school, Donald worked in the Sanger Meat Market. This store was located at 920 P. Street, Sanger, and was owned by his cousin, Fred Adams. In 1931 he was working at the Bank of America as a bookkeeper. Helen worked both as a clerk in the J.C. Penny store, and later in Doctor Fleming's office as a secretary. He and Helen divorced, and again according to family stories, due to his having Huntington's Disease. On September 11, 1937, Donald married Mami Flake, whose family was from Del Rey. She also worked at the Bank of America. On November 12, 1940, while living in Raisin City, they had a son, Donald William, who was always called Billy. Donald's father, W.H. contracted to build them a house at 2106 Webster, Sanger, next door to Don's sister, Peggy. Mamie remembers the house to have been a very reasonable price, and had hardwood floors. They lived there until moving to Richmond in 1943. By this time, Donald was too ill to hold down a job, so Mamie worked nights in a shipyard as a welder, in order to be home with Billy in the daytime. Since Don was too ill to care for Billy, a neighbor was hired to serve as baby sitter.
Obituary from the Sanger Herald, which appeared on January 4, 1946 Ill Health Causes Suicide W. Donald Jones, who was born and raised in the Sanger district, died Friday afternoon of a self-inflicted bullet wound. The coroner's office listed his death as a suicide. Undersheriff John Ford said Jones shot himself in the head with a .22 caliber rifle Thursday night. He had been despondent because of poor health. He was 39 years old. Jones is survived by his widow, Mamie, and a son, Billie; a brother Wm. Jones of Richmond; and a sister, Peggy Bingham of Sanger. Funeral Services were held in the Cain and Craeger Chapel Monday with Rev. Bernard S. Davis, pastor of the Christian Church officiating. Burial was in the Belmont Memorial Park.
Donald died December 27, 1945 and was buried in Belmont Memorial Park where he lies with his parents, brother and sister. [bakupftm.FTW]
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Residence:
Township 7, Fresno, California, USA

Baptism:
Baptized in First Christian Church in Sanger, CA

Donald married on 11 Sep 1937 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married on 31 Aug 1929 in Sanger, Fresno, California, USA, and was divorced in 1935 in , Fresno, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Divorced:
o second wife on 11 August 1937.

Divorce

Other Events:

• Death Notice: 02 Jul 1896, Thu, Girard, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Medical Condition: Huntington's Disease
• Residence: 1900, Girard, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Sanger, Fresno, California, USA

Notes:

Atha Hope Engle's name first appears in the Crawford Co., Kansas as a birth record:
6 Nov. 1889, Altha Hope Engle f 1st child born; white; N. Maple St., Cherokee, KS f. Sherman S. Engle age 21 bp Girard: occupation Painter m: Nettie Jackson Engle age 19 pb Wayne Co., Iowa. Her mother's entry in the Engle family bible verifies this date.

Atha was Nettie and Samuel's first child. They would add Dora Mae, born in October, 1891, and Arthur James, born in 1894. Nettie Jackson's mother, Amelia Harris family had moved to Crawford County, Kansas from Wayne County, Iowa where the Harris ancestor, Matthew was one of the first settlers. Matthew had immigrated from England around 1800. Nettie's father, James Jackson came west with his family from Crawford County, North Carolina.

Atha married Sherman Samuel Engle, whose mother, Rebecca Teague also had Huntington's Disease and had died young. His father, John Samuel Engle was part of an early Quaker family that came to New Jersey from Millbourne, Cambridgeshire, England in the early 1600's. This early immigrant ancestor, Robert Engle, married in New Jersey, and left a will which mentioned which his two brothers still living in "olde England."

As generations passed, the Engles eventually moved west with their Quaker extended families: first to Ohio, then to Indiana, and eventually Kansas.

While in Parke County, Indiana John married Rebecca Teague. Rebecca Teague Engle was committed to Osawatomie State Hospital where she died sometime after 1870. It would be years later, in 1911 that her son, Sherman Samuel Engle would also die at Osawatomie with the same disease. They are both buried on the ground of the hospital in unmarked graves.

Sherman was one of four children born the Rebecca and John. Two children, Joshua and Sara both lived long lives, married and had children. Both families moved to Sanger before 1900 and lived close to the Jones and Bingham families. Rebecca's other son Isaac disappeared from the public records. Sherman inherited HD and died at the age of 42.

In 1901 (based on information on Atha's death certificate) Atha's father brought her and her brother, Arthur, to Sanger. Perhaps to be close to his brother, Joshua, and to find a home for the two children. His daughter, Dora had married a cousin, Fred Harris in Crawford County, Kansas and later homesteaded in Pompey's Pillar, Montana near his father and uncles.

As these things happen, neither Dora nor her brother Arthur inherited HD.

However, Atha had early onset of Huntington's Disease, or Huntington' s Chorea, as it was then known. Her three children would all inherit the disease.

Her husband and family thought Atha was just "nervous" and trips to the beach and numerous sanitariums would cure her. Neighbors told of her husband, Bill, constantly nagging her. She finally divorced him shortly before her death, citing his constant criticism. Family members said he still went home every evening for dinner. Atha was finally committed to Fresno County Hospital where she died one day after her 39th birthday. She had a tonsillectomy the day before.

The obituary appeared in Fresno Morning Republican, on Friday, November 9, 1928 and reads as follows:

Private funeral services are to be held today at Lisle Chapel for Mrs. Atha Jones, 38, of Sanger who died in Fresno Wednesday. Mrs. Jones leaves her husband, W.H. Jones, two sons and a daughter, Donald, William and Eleanor Jones and a brother and sister, Art Engle and Mrs. Dora Harris, all of Sanger. She was a native of Kansas.

Atha is buried in Belmont Cemetery in Fresno. William, and the three children rest beside her
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Notes:

Alt. Marriage:
Performed by A.C. W. Kenner, Minister

Other Events:

• Death Notice: 02 Jul 1896, Thu, Girard, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Medical Condition: Huntington's Disease
• Residence: 1870, , Crawford, Kansas, USA; Residence Post Office: Girard
• Residence: 1880, , Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1 Mar 1885, , Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1 Mar 1895, Girard, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1900, , Jasper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1903, Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, USA

Notes:

() 1880 Federal Census Crawford, Crawford Co., Kansas; FHL Film number 1254378; National Archives Film T9-0378,
p. 35D Sherman Engle orphan m s w 11 born: Kansas (parents listed as being born in NJ; should be IN) enumerated as living with Arthur Sharp and wife Mary A., also Ida Williams, orphan.
Sherman S. Engle was born in Girard, Crawford County, KS about 1868. He married Arnetta (Nettie) Jackson June 28, 1888. After she died in 1896, the children lived with their Jackson grandparents. In 1903 Sherman took Atha and Arthur to Sanger, CA. He signed for his daughter, Atha, to marry in 1905. Some time after that, he moved back to Kansas. The 1910 Federal Census shows Sherman living at the Crawford County Poor Farm as of 23 April 1910. At some time he was removed to Osawatomie State Hospital where he died on Sept. 12, 1911, at age 43. (his age based on him being 21 in 1889) He was buried on the hospital grounds.
His obituary as it appeared in the Girard Press: ENGLE-At the State hospital at Osawatomie, Sept. 12, 1911, Sherman S. Engle of Girard aged about 45 years. Burial took place at the hospital. 1869 born Girard, Crawford Co., KS
1870 census " " " age: one year
1880 census Crawford, Crawford Co., KS age: 11
1888 married Girard, Crawford Co., KS age: 19
1900 census Galena, Jasper Co., MO age: 31 (enumerated as house painter)
1905 Atha Married Sanger, Fresno Co., CA age: 36 (Sherman)
1910 census Crawford County, KS poor farm age: 41 (Ingals, Sherman S)
1911 died Osawatomie, KS age: 42
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Residence:
Crawford

Residence:
Marital status: Single

Residence:
Galena
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Boarder

Other Events:

• Medical Condition: Huntington's Disease
• Residence: 1850, , Parke, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Parke, Indiana, USA; Residence Post Office: Annapolis
• Residence: 1870, Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA; Post Office: Stanton

Notes:

Guardian Bonds for Parke County, IN. Index in Parke County Library
p .8 Knuchen Morgan, for Isaac, Irena, Rebecca Teague, heirs of Samuel M. Teague Date of appointment: 10 May 1837
p. 38 Jonathan Cooper, guardian for: Isaac and Rebecca Teague, heirs of Samuel M. Teague 13 Nov 1846.
Securies: Henry Teague, bond $300. Irena not mentioned: did she die? WP file: Guardian Bonds for Parke Co.wpd
1850 census Rebecca was living with her mother and her second husband, Jonathan Cooper. Rebecca's name is mispelled as Faye. Also in the same household is her brother Isaac, a school teacher. 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Rebecca Faye Age: 17 Birth Year: abt 1833 Birthplace: Indiana Home in 1850: Washington, Parke, Indiana Gender: Female Family Number: 518 Household Members: Name Age Jonathan Cooper 50 Sarah Cooper 44 Sarah J Cooper 23 Nancy Cooper 16 Catharine Cooper 12 Martha G Cooper 10 Mary M Cooper 8 Lucy G Cooper 6 Thomas M Cooper 4 Anna M Cooper 2 Isaac Engle 20 Rebecca Engle 17 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Washington, Parke, Indiana; Roll: M432_164; Page: 193B; Image: 391. Source Information:
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Medical Condition:
Was inmate at Osawatomie State Hospital in 1870

Residence:
Washington

Residence:
Washington

Buried:
Prob on grounds of hospital