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Johnston-Jones Family Papers. 1783-1948 Mss 1054 Johnston-Jones Family Papers - Mss 1054 Cincinnati Museum Center Johnston-Jones Family Papers. 1783-1948 Mss 1054 Creator Johnston-Jones Family (Author/Creator) Abstract This collection contains the correspondence and family histories of the Johnston and Jones families and other related families such as the Fosdick and Hinchman families. A large portion of the collection is letters from the Civil War. Quantity 8 boxes and 2 oversized folders (3.6 cubic feet) Date Span 1783-1948 Call Number Mss 1054 Repository Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Scope and Content The collection is comprised primarily of correspondence of the Jones Family and other related families including the Johnston, Fosdick and Hinchman families. Box 7 contains genealogical and historical information on the Archer, Patterson, Horton, Fosdick, Hinchman, Frink, Thompson, DeCamp, Pendleton, Johnston and Crosby families. Much of the genealogical information was compiled by Grace Ella Hinchman Jones, wife of Charles D. Jones, and there is correspondence between her and members of other branches of the family. There is a wealth of material from the Civil War era in this collection, including letters from Frank, Charlie and William Jones. There are copies of testimony in the court-martial of Major General Alexander McCook after Chickamauga. The letters from Ford DeCamp Hinchman and his friends and family are from the same era but are interesting because he was too young to fight in the war. His letters tell a different tale than that of the Jones brothers, one of school and friends. There are some letters from his Uncle Marshall, who was in the Michigan Infantry during the war, but the majority of the letters are not about the war. The letters of John Johnston are also a highlight of the collection. Box 1 folder 58 contains the copybook which recorded the letters Johnston sent as a Factor for the U.S government in 1802-1804. The letters detail the work he was doing with the Shawnee and Delaware tribes mainly and describe the many trials of working and living in the Old Northwest frontier. Many of the letters of the Fosdick family and John D. Jones describe doing business in the early Cincinnati region. The letters are often to suppliers or from people placing orders. The letters often note what supplies were ordered. Historical/Biographical Information Colonel John Johnston (1775-1861) was an Indian Factor who came to America in 1786 as a child. He joined the military and served under General Anthony Wayne, making lifelong relationships with well- connected people along the way, such as William Henry Harrison. In 1802 Johnston married Rachel Robinson (1886-1840) and they had fifteen children together. Also in 1802 President Thomas Jefferson appointed Johnston as the Indian Factor in Ft. Wayne. He was in charge of the Indian agency http://library.cincymuseum.org/ Page 1 of 58 Thursday, April 21, 2011 Johnston-Jones Family Papers - Mss 1054 Cincinnati Museum Center in Piqua, Ohio as well and mainly dealt with the Shawnee, Wyandot and Delaware tribes. In 1812 when, due to war with Great Britain, some tribes began to attack the forts he moved his family to Piqua and stayed there until the mid-1840s. He moved to his daughter Margaret's home in Cincinnati briefly. When Margaret died in 1849 he moved to Dayton, Ohio to stay with his daughter Julia Patterson. Two of Johnston's sons, Steven and Abraham (A. R.) Johnston, fought and were killed during the Mexican War. Johnston died in 1860 while in Washington D.C. seeking reimbursement for supplies he provided to the tribes while a factor. He was also there to request a West Point appointment for a grandson. The majority of the collection is about the family of John D. and Elizabeth Jones. John D. Jones' grandfather, Jonathan Jones, emigrated with his family from Wales and lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Jonathon Jones was a Lieutenant Colonel of a Pennsylvania Regiment during the Revolutionary War. His grandson John Davies Jones came to Cincinnati in 1819. John D. Jones (1798-1878), the owner of the Jones Company in Cincinnati, married Elizabeth Johnston Jones (1807-1878), daughter of Colonel John Johnston, in 1823 in Upper Piqua, Ohio. They had thirteen children, six of which are mentioned in this collection: George W. Jones (1826-1884), John J. Jones (1832-1889), William G. Jones (1837-1863), Frank J. Jones (1838-1927), Charles D. Jones (1841-1865) and Walter St. John Jones (1850-1934). William G., Charles D. and Frank J. Jones fought in the Civil War. William G. Jones attended West Point and became an officer in the 10th U.S. Regiment and Colonel of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.). He initially served in Arizona and in 1860 transferred to the Texas Infantry. When Texas seceded he was arrested and held prisoner, but was exchanged in February 1862. He then joined the Union's Army of the Potomac and participated in the Peninsular Campaign. He was briefly in the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry and then became aide-de-camp for General Edwin Sumner. He participated in many battles including Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Malvern Hill, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He became Colonel of the 36th O.V.I. and in September of 1863 was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. The collection contains letters of his family's attempts, mainly Frank and his cousin James K. Reynolds, to obtain his body which was behind enemy lines. His body was retrieved and brought to Cincinnati in December 1863. There is now a hill on the Chickamauga battlefield named for him. Charles D. Jones (1841-1865) graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis and served under Admiral Farragut on the U.S.S. Hartford during the war. Charlie died of a heart attack in 1865 while still on duty. The majority of the letters are from Frank J. Jones. Frank served as a major in the Union Army during the Civil War and was a prominent attorney and businessman afterward. There are many letters from his time at Yale University and in the army as well as a diary from 1863. Frank fought in many battles, including Cheat Mountain, Shiloh, Gauley Bridge, Chickamauga and Perrysville, where he was taken prisoner in 1862. After his release he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Alexander McCook in the Army of the Cumberland. After the war he enrolled at the University of Cincinnati's law school and passed the Ohio Bar. In 1866 he married Frances Fosdick and had five children. Frank was the president of the Little Miami Railroad Company, the Cincinnati Equitable Fire Insurance Company, Dayton & Michigan Railway Company as well as director of Spring Grove Cemetery and president of the Board of Trustees for the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum, Cincinnati Street Rail Company, Ohio Medical College, National Lafayette Bank, Jones Brother Electric Supply Company and Niles Tool Works. He was an active member of veteran groups such as the Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Republic and was a vestryman and senior warden at Christ Church in Glendale for over fifty years. Charles D. Jones (1878/9-1935), Frank and Fannie Jones' son, followed in his father's footsteps. After http://library.cincymuseum.org/ Page 2 of 58 Thursday, April 21, 2011 Johnston-Jones Family Papers - Mss 1054 Cincinnati Museum Center graduating from Yale in 1893 he attended the University of Cincinnati's Law School and passed the Ohio Bar in 1895. He became the president of the Little Miami Railroad Company and was also Chairman of the Board of Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company as well as director of the Central Trust Company, Equitable Fire Insurance Company, Cincinnati Street Railway Company, Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, Dayton & Michigan Railway Company and the director of Spring Grove Cemetery. He was also an honorary commander of the Loyal Legion. The collection also contains letters of the Fosdick and Hinchman families. Frances Fosdick was married to Frank J. Jones. She was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Wood Fosdick. Samuel was the son of Richard and Phebe L'Hommedieu. The collection also has some letters of the L'Hommedieu family. Grace Ella Hinchman was married to Charles D. Jones, Frank and Frances Jones' son. Grace's parents were Ford DeCamp Hinchman and Mary Thompson. Ford DeCamp Hinchman was a co-director of the Detroit White Lead Works which made paint and varnish, and part of Hinchman & Sons law firm. Ford DeCamp Hinchman's parents were Theodore Hinchman and Louisa Chapin. Louisa's parents, Marshall Chapin and Mary Crosby were early settlers of Detroit. The Chapin line also includes the King, Horton, Foster, Tuthill and Horton families. Mary Thompson Hinchman's parents were Alexander and Louisa Archer. The Archer family includes the Pendleton, Hancock and Old families from Fabius, New York. There is information on all of these families and their connections in Series II. (This information was gathered from U.S. census records, writings of Frank J. Jones and Mary Chapin Hinchman, Julia Johnston Patterson and others included in this collection, as well as the letters themselves.) Related Resources Summary of Related Archive Materials See also: Frank J. Jones, Civil War Letters, 1852-1876, Mss qJ767C Colonel John Johnston Papers, Mss qJ72 Frank Johnston Jones Papers, Mss fJ767 Related finding aids Fort Wayne Indian Agency letterbooks, 1809-1915. The WIlliam L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan has a letterbook from the Fort Wayne Indian Agency compiled by agents John Johnston and Benjamin Stickney. http://www.clements.umich.edu Archival Arrangement The collection is divided into three series, Series 1.
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