John Wiley Jones

JONES, J. Wyly - Mr. J. Wyly Jones died Monday night at his home at Big Spring, five miles south of Prairie Grove. He had been suffering for several months with a stomach trouble but it was not until last Friday that his condition became serious.. Mr. Jones was about 67 years of age and the greater part of his life was spent in the community in which he died. He was a quiet law abiding citizen, and had the respect of all his acquaintances. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate army and was a good soldier. He is survived by his wife and six children. The burial was in the Howell graveyard. Mr. Jones was a member of the Prairie Grove Camp of Confederate Veterans and a number of the Camp attended his funeral. [Prairie Grove Herald 10/11/1906]

Mrs. H.M. Jones, widow of Wiley Jones, who died on October 8, 1906, filed Widow Application #13250 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed August 15, 1907 at the State, citing her husband’s service with the Confederate Army. Mrs. Jones died May 28, 1934. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]