The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: Shadrach
Surname: Jones

Gender: Male

Birth date: 17 November 1832

Birth place:
English Spelling: Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Llanelli, Breconshire, Wales

Death date: 24 June 1883

Death place:
English Spelling: Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Abertawe, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Burial date: 26 June 1883

Burial place:
English Spelling: Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales
Welsh Spelling: Abertawe, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Father: Jones, David
Mother: Lawrence, Ann

Siblings

John G. Jones
Eleazer Jones
Mary Ann Jones
Adelaide Jones

Williams, Mary Spencer (1834-1921)

Married 9 July 1853 in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales *Llanelli, Breconshire, Wales

1841 UK Census	Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Llanwenarth Ultra (part of), Monmoutshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	-----, Box Elder, Utah	Extract	Image
1870 US Census	Willard City, Box Elder, Territory of Utah	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	^Willard City^ Willard Precinct, Box Elder, Utah	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 18 November 1856 aboard the ship Columbia.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 1 January 1857.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 18 December 2020), Shadrach Jones entry, Horton D. Haight/Frederick Kesler Freight Train (1859).

"Saints By Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 18 December 2020), Shadrach Jones entry, age 24, arrived 1 January 1857 on the Colombia.

Jones, John G. - Biography
Jones, John G. - History
Jones, Shadrach and Mary Williams - Biography
Keeping Up with the Jones's

Shadrach and Mary Jones: Beautiful in good work

Shadrach Jones returned to Wales as a missionary. He died 24 June 1883 of pneumonia two months after arriving. He was buried at Ravenhill, Swansea Higher, Glamorganshire. His headstone is still standing.

More information about his missionary service can be found at this link.