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Given Name: Zephaniah
Surname: Jones

Gender: Male

Birth date: 21 September 1824

Birth place:
English Spelling: Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Pont-y-pwi, Monmouthshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 11 June 1883

Death place: Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States View Sources

Burial date: 14 June 1883

Burial place: Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States View Sources

Father: John Jones
Mother: Jemima Davis

Siblings

Amy Amelia Morris (1826-1857)

Married 05 July 1845 in Wales

Children

Jones, Jane
Jones, William
Jones, Zephaniah Jr.
Jones, Jemima
Jones, Emma Amelia
Jones, Joseph

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Thomas, Caroline (1832-1869)

Married 13 February 1859 in Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales

Children

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Griffiths, Mary (1819-1899)

Married June 1870 in Box Elder County, Utah, United States

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Davis/Davies, Phoebe (1841-1912)

Married 20 April 1874 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Children

Jones, Albert Davis
Jones, George Wilford
Jones, Phoebe Caroline
Jones, Samuel Davis

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1851 UK Census	Mynyddyslwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1861 UK Census	Mynyddyslwyn, Monmouthshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Willard City, Box Elder, Utah	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Malad Valley, Oneida, Idaho	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 30 May 1863 aboard the ship Cynosure.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 19 July 1863.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 15 April 2021), Zephaniah Jones entry, Company Unknown (1863).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 15 April 2021), Zepheniah Jones entry, age 40, arrived 19 July 1863 on the Cynosure.

Davis, Phoebe (Davis, Jones) - Biography
Jones, Zephaniah (2) - Biography
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Zephaniah Jones

The picture may well be of Zephaniah Jones's son, Zephaniah.

Zephaniah Jones was the son of John Jones and Jemima (Davis) Jones. He joined the church on 20 June 1858. He settled in Willard, Utah and later in St. John, Idaho. Zephaniah died on 11 June 1883.