Jerusha Jones

Jerusha was born on March 12th, 1852 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Jerusha's father was Pleasant Carter Jones and her mother was Poriade Serginer.  Her paternal grandparents were Robert Jones and Mary Gardiner. She had five brothers and eight sisters, named William, Landon C., Alexander, James Marion, Jesse, Mahaley, Jane, Martha Jane, Patience, Mary Or Polly, Sarah, Elizabeth and Rosannah Or Rosa.  She was the seventh oldest of the fourteen children.  She died at the age of 65 on December 27th, 1917 in Emery, Graham, Arizona.¹