Notes:

Anna is the daughter of Alice Willson & Samuel Osborne.

Anna Osborne married Judge Orson Hough, at Potsdam, New York.

Notes: In 1831there was a mortgage an their home in Madison & the death of her husband in 1832 left this outstanding issue. Not until 1847 was a final legal decision given in favor of Mrs. Anna Hough. With this debt & poverty resolved, Anna Osborne Hough mad a journey to Toronto to reacquaint with her remaining family ties in Canada. No doubt she carried news of the welfare of her brother John Willson Osborn back in Indiana - P J Ahlberg, 2016.

Children of ORSON HOUGH & ANN OSBORN are:
i. ALMON VAN ZANDT HOUGH, b. 1816, New York; d. 1874.
ii. REBECCA ANDRAS HOUGH, b. 1819.
iii. WILLIAM OSBORN HOUGH, b. 1821, New York.

- Anne, widowed in1832, when Julia was about 4 years old, grieved by the death of 2 of her children, stricken at the same time by diphtheria, & worn out by the struggle to support her remaining children - with her needle, was becoming more & more exhausted. Julia often told how she had to quit school to help her mother with the sewing, how she never had proper clothes to wear, & of how her mother, remembering better days when she was the wife of the judge, was gradually becoming a recluse.
Alfred, her oldest son, who should have been her mainstay, was of no help. He drank & squandered the money his father had left them.
Mack, the younger son, was of course too young to be of much help to his mother. Before the death of her husband & 2 children, Anne was a normal person, gay & fun-loving.
She liked to go to parties & dances; she enjoyed her home & the people around her. But the blow of the sudden bereavement caused an emotional disturbance from which she never fully recovered. Turning to religion, she withdrew from the bright world she had known, & as time went on the gloomy religion of her day weighed her down. She became a "shoutin" Methodist, & in her later years seemed to prefer a life of solitude.

> In the spring of 1847, Anne Hough, widow of Judge Orson Hough, left her home in Madison, Indiana, for an extended journey. She was accompanied by her 2 daughters, Julia & Mary. Julia was 20 & Mary somewhat older. They went to Mt. Meridian, Indiana, where Anne left her 2 daughters in the care of her brother, John Osborn, keeper of the Half Way House.

Anne then journeyed on to Toronto, Canada alone to visit her native homeland.

This memorable summer visit must have been one of rare adventure for the girls, Julia & Mary. Their trip was undertaken with eager anticipation. What romance the mysterious West held for them. The Half Way House in Mt. Meridian was one of the earliest taverns on the National Road. It was called the Half Way House because of its location half way between, Indianapolis & Terre Haute. There was, of course, the excitement of living at the Half Way House, with its constant stream of guests coming & going. With their cousins, Uncle John's three attractive daughters, they established life-long friendships. But little did Julia & Mary suspect that they were on a one-way journey, never to return to their beloved Madison, home of their childhood.

There was, of course, the excitement of living at the Half Way House, with its constant stream of guests coming & going. With their cousins, Uncle John's three attractive daughters, they established life-long friendships.

But little did Julia & Mary suspect that they were on a one-way journey, never to return to their beloved Madison, home of their childhood. These attractive girls, brought up in a thriving river town on the Ohio, daughters of a prominent lawyer, were willing to leave Madison for the primeval forests around Mt. Meridian. It was not that they deliberately came seeking husbands, for they did not lack attention in Madison. Mary, an exceedingly pretty, dark-eyed girl, loved to tell of her romance with a young man of a fine, well-to-do family in Madison, which was broken off by her mother because of their poverty. For this Mary never quite forgave her mother, although her husband, Mr. Allen, was a very good husband.

Imagine her surprise & dismay when she returned to Mt. Meridian to find both of her daughters married. Mary became Mary Allen, known to us as Aunt Mary Allen or just "Auntie" Julia married Peter Alexander Jones, son of Benjamin Jones, Methodist minister.' She is our grandmother.'
Ref: Jones Family Tree, by Ruby Alice Jones, 1957.

Birth:
Alt DOB: 1796 5 30.

Died:
Alt DOD: 1867 5 30. Putnam Co. IN

Anna married Judge, Orson Elam ORRIN HOUGH in 1815 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., New York. Orson was born on 22 Oct 1794 in Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 26 Sep 1832 in Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Almon married Martha R MORRIS on 25 Feb 1838 in Jefferson County, Indiana. Martha was born on 24 Oct 1820 in Indiana; died on 8 May 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Civil War
. 1863 June, Indiana Subject to do military duty in the 7th District: Parke Putmans County, Vermillion Vigo Clay & Sullivan Green & Owen, Hough, Americus O, Age 40, Baggage master, b. Indiana.

. 1864 Tax Assessment: Hough, A. O., Terre Haute, Duty on 1863 Income: Hough, A. O., Terre Haute, Valuation $135. Income Tax $6.75;
. 1865 June Tax Assessment: Hough, A. O., Terre Haute, Mineral Coal. 30. 3.5 tons. Total $0.21;
. 1866 Tax Assessment: Hough, A. O. Lost Creek Twp., Tax upon particular article: One Carriage. Tax $1.00

Americus married Elizabeth H LIZZIE BLACK on 31 Aug 1852 in Putnam Co., Indiana. Elizabeth was born on 25 Feb 1827 in Kentucky; died on 10 Mar 1886 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Washington ALLEN. Washington was born in in Indiana; died before 1860 in Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Julian Ann is the daughter of Orson Hough & Anne Osborne Hough.

Birth:
Alt DOD: 10 Oct 27 Ref: her Death Cert.

Died:
COD: Chronic Bronchitis, Aged 73y 3m 23d

Buried:
Putnam Co.

Julia married Peter Alexander JONES on 21 Jan 1848 in Putnam Co., Indiana. Peter was born on 9 Mar 1824 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana; died on 18 Mar 1899 in Mt. Meridian, Putnam Co., Indiana; was buried in Mt. Meridian Methodist Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1877 Polk Indianapolis Directory
Harry G Hough, res, 29 W Pratt, Madison, Indiana. - - -

Buried:
Greencastle.

Notes:

. 1870 Mar 26 Hotel Arrivals at the principal hotels during the 24 hours ending with 12 o'clock. Sherman House, Indianapolis: O E hough, Greencastle.

Birth:
Alt Name: Orson Emerson Hough. Verify.

Buried:
Kansas, Plot S33 R13 G12.

Notes:

Died:
Spouse Fannie L Hough

Notes:

. 1877 Polk Indianapolis Directory
George O Hough, res. 20 W Pratt, Madison, Indiana
Jesse D B Hough, res, 29 W Pratt, Madison, Indiana
Harry G Hough, res, 29 W Pratt
Mrs Martha Hough, Res 29 W Pratt
Orson E Hough, conductor, 29 W Pratt, Madison, Indiana. - - -

Buried:
Greencastle.

Notes:

Died:
Not present on Census 1860 with her family.

Family/Spouse: Malfus M CHITTENDEN. Malfus was born in Feb 1845 in Indiana; died on 7 Apr 1917 in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1877 Polk Indianapolis Directory
George O Hough, res. 20 W Pratt, Madison, Indiana

Buried:
Indianapolis, Plot Sec 37, Plot 1465.

Notes:

. 1877 Polk Indianapolis Directory
Jesse D B Hough, res, 29 W Pratt, Madison, Indiana - - -

Notes:

Buried:
Greencastle.

Notes:

Buried:
Greencastle.

Notes:

Died:
Wife of Alex Black

Buried:
Greencastle.

Notes:

. 1899 - When I was a small boy newspapers, were not common. After I began to road, J. W, Osborne* started a newspaper at Greencastle, called The Western Plough Boy. It was a 6 column paper & was printed & published "every Friday by J. W. Osborne. Osborne was the [grand] uncle of Julia Hough Jones, wife of Peter A. Jones. The Western Ploughboy was the first newspaper in Putnam County, Indiana.
For a long time I read his name Big W. Osborne. It seemed to me that the subscriber & the undersigned had more business than one else, except Mr. Co. who monopolized a good part of the paper in advertising. When I was about 8 years old [c. 1836] I went to the printing office to see them print & Mr. Osborne explained how was done.
The writer is Mastin H Jones was born in a log cabin near Greencastle in Putnam County, Indiana, January 7, 1828. His father was Benjamin Jones, who was born in Queen's County, Maryland, about 1779.
Ref: The Advance of Civilization by Mastin Jones*, June 1899, Davis Co., Iowa.

Note: Mastin H Jones, 1828-1899, buried Mt. Meridian Methodist Cemetery, IN. Mastin H is the son of Benjamin Jones & Esther Alexander. - - -

Buried:
Mount Meridian, IN.

Family/Spouse: Eliza ALLEE. Eliza was born on 14 Jan 1850; died on 18 Nov 1932 in Mt. Meridian, Putnam Co., Indiana; was buried in Providence Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Anna Eve HEINLEY on 31 Aug 1881 in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas. Anna was born in 1858 in Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania; died in 1938 in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas; was buried in Lyons Municipal Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Americus married Charlotte LOTTIE ALLEE on 24 Dec 1885 in Putnam Co., Indiana. Charlotte was born on 21 Sep 1866 in Putnam Co., Indiana; died in 1943 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma COX. Emma was born est 1867 in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ada WALLACE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Trixie HILL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alva Lee FOSTER. Alva was born in 1879; died in 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Paul Americas marred1 Thekla Fisher, 2 children; &
married2, 1947 to Laura Weide, Prather, no children.

1950 Jan 5, Tues. - Obituary Death Takes Paul Jones, Lyons Editor
LYONS - Paul A Jones, 71, editor of the Lyons Daily News for nearly 36 of the 48 years the newspaper has been in existence, died late Monday night in a hospital at Sterling, Kas.
Jones, whose editorials & paragraphs were widely quoted in Kansas newspapers, underwent an abdominal operation last September & it was determined at that time he was suffering from cancer. The author of 2 books, he became known as the Admiral of the Kansas Navy because of his name & because he was an ardent went in a dry state.
Jones was born in Lyons May 31, 1882, the son of a pioneer lawyer, Horace Jones. He was educated in the Lyons schools & attended DePauw University at Greencastle, Ind., where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
He went to Tulsa, then to Indian territory, after two years at DePauw, worked for a short time in the Tulsa postoffice, then went to work for the Chetopa (Kas.) Advance, where his uncle for whom he was named, Paul Jones, was owner & editor.
Later he worked as a reporter in Joplin, Mo., & Coffeyville, Kas., then engaged for a time in the job printing business at Coffeyville. About 1910 he established the Coffeyville Sun, a morning daily. He sold this paper in 1915 & went to Pittsburg, where he established another daily of the same name.
Selling his interests there he returned to Lyons in 1918 & purchased the Lyons Daily News from Martin Laud. Six years later, with several others who held minor interests, a corporation was formed to buy the town's other paper, the Republican, from Jack Lawrence. The Republican was operated for a year as a weekly, then merged with the News.
Jones' first book, "Coronado & Quivera," was published as a result of research into the history of Coronado's visit to this locality in 1541. To gather facts for the book, Jones traveled extensively in New Mexico & Mexico. In 1941 he was chairman of Kansas' Coronado Quarte Centennial Commission, which sponsored observances of the 400th anniversary of Coronado's exploration of Kansas. His latest book, "Blue Feather," a novel about Pueblo Indian life in New Mexico before the coming of the white man, was issued only recently.
Jones was married in Lyons in 1912 to Thekla Fisher. They became the parents of two children, now Mrs Charles Haas of Tulsa & Mrs George L Gill of Sterling.

After the death of his first wife in 1944 he was married in 1947 to Laura Weide Prather of St John, who survives. Also surviving are a sister, Mary Alice Jones, & a brother, Horace Jones, managing editor of the Lyons Daily News.
Paul Jones was a former postmaster at Lyons, served on the school & library boards & was Democratic Central Committee chairman for Rice County. A Democrat since the election of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency, he continued as such all his life although he did not list himself as a New Dealer & usually was a severe critic of the Roosevelt administration.
He supported Republican Alf Landon for president & traveled with him on his campaign train. He was a state delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Houston. At one time he was mentioned prominently as a Democratic candidate for governor, but did not permit his name to receive formal consideration. He was a member of the Elks & Masonic lodges.
He had practically retired from the newspaper operation the last 10 years & following a heart attack 6 years ago contributed only through a personal column which he wrote at his home.
A private burial service will be held early Thursday afternoon with only members of the family attending. It will be followed by a memorial service at 2:30 p.m. that day at the Crawford & Miller Mortuary. Burial will be in the Lyons Public Cemetery.
The family asked that no flowers be sent.
Ref: The Hutchinson Newspaper. - - -

Family/Spouse: Thekla Adolphi FISHER. Thekla was born on 2 Aug 1884 in Racine, Meigas Co., Ohio; died on 6 May 1944 in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas; was buried in Lyons Municipal Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roy WAKEFIELD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Obituary 1972 Jun23 Fri. - Mary Alice Jones
LYONS - Mary Alice Jones, 85, died Thursday at Pioneer Manor after a short illness. Born April 2, 1887, at La Crosse, she was an employe & became part owner of the Lyons Daily News. She moved to Lyons in 1920.
She was a member of the PEO, the Rice County Historical Society & the Lyons Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include a brother: Horace, Lyons.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Crawford - Miller Mortuary. Burial will be in the Lyons Cemetery. The family suggests memorials to the Rice County Historical Society.
Ref. The Hutchinson News - - -

Notes:

1981 Aug 5 - Samuel Horace Jones, 79, died Monday at Lyons District Hospital. Born Nov 24, 1901, at Lyons, He married Mary Vermillion July 10, 1932, at Greensburg. He was the retired editor of the Lyons Daily News & was a longtime resident of the area.
He was the past director of the Kansas State Historical Society; co-founder of the Rice County Museum; past director of the Lyons Chamber of Commerce; past member of the Lions Club & Kiwanis Club, all of Lyons.

Survivors: widow, of the home; son, Paul, Lyons; daughter, Mrs Carolyn Sayler, Lyons; 5 grandchildren.
Funeral will be 10:30 am Thursday at the Sillin-Crawford-Miller Funeral Home, Lyons; the Rev Jay Anderson. Burial will be at the Lyons Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 pm until 9 pm.
Ref: Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Reno Co, Kansas. - - -

Family/Spouse: Mary Ruth VERMILLION. Mary was born on 19 Oct 1902 in Vermillion County, Indiana; died on 29 Aug 1982 in Lyons, Rice Co., Kansas; was buried in Lyons Municipal Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bernice ALLEN. Bernice was born in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Green castle, IN.

Family/Spouse: Clara SHARP. Clara was born in 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Raleph PRICE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William SHAFFER. William was born est 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]