I went searching for an ancestor,
I cannot find him still.

He moved around from place to place,
and did not leave a will.

He married where a Courthouse burned,
he mended all his fences.

He avoided any man who came to
take the U.S. Census.

He always kept his luggage packed,
this man who had no fame.

And every 20 years or so,
this rascal changed his name.

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;

But the weather took engraving,
and some vandals took the rest.

He died before the court clerks
decided to keep records.

No family bible has emerged in
spite of all my efforts.

To top it off,

This ancestor who caused me many
groans, Just to give me one more pain,

Betrothed a girl named JONES!!

Authur~Unknown

My Elusive ancester is John Jones, who married Joamania Unknown. They had a daughter named "Mollie Jones". Mollie married Perry B. Barbery. Mollie and Perry were living Marion VA, in 1904. This is when my grandmother Anna Lou Barbery was born and her siblings, Douglas, Conn, Rose, and one child who died in infancy.

Do You Know My John, Jomania and Their Daughter Mollie?

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