Talk:Jonesville, Florida

East end of Newberry I think there is an error on the section describing the east boundary of Jonesville set because east of the road is the city of Gaiensville. I live on Tower Road, AKA SW 75th and I know the city limits of Gainesville have just been extended to a parcel on this road and a google map search for "city of Gainesville" shows the west end of the city limits stopping at I-75. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.51.92.77 (talk) 19:37, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=WnVsxOp_0TqfItCdVkCaXgq6Gqb06A--&csz=newberry+fl+32669&country=us&new=1&name=&qty= link to a map that shows the town of jonesville zoom out to level 4

If the existence of Jonesville, Florida is in fact in question, note that the US Postal Service provides a ZIP code (32669) for it. &mdash;Triskaideka 16:22, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thank you, that was just there so that the page was not deleted. Thank you for wikifying this, my writing skills are not that good.

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John Joseph Jones
I added the short bit of info on John Joseph Jones, with citations. I am a member of Friends of Dudley Farm, which is the volunteer organization at Florida's Dudley Farm Historic State Park. I do living history out there, as well as other activities.

John Jones moved to Alachua County in 1849, when he was 16, having been born in 1833. At that time, he established his own farm a bit south of the entrance to Dudley Farm State Park on Newberry road

Jones also served in the Civil, as the 1st lieutenant in an infantry company, and his commanding officer in C Company, 7th Florida was Captain Benjamin Dudley, Sr., who was also his father-in-law twice. Jones married Dudley's almost-14-year-old (13 years and 11 months) daughter, Mary Ann, in 1858, when he was 25. They had two children, but she died at the age of 19 in 1864. Jones returned from the war on sick leave in 1864, and married Dudley's 18-year-old (18 years and 9 months) daughter, Virginia in 1865 when he was 32. They had seven children together.

Family lore states Jones fought at the Battle of Olustee with his father-in-law. But no records exist to prove this. Jones was listed as AWOL from the 7th Florida when he didn't return from sick leave, but this was corrected after the war when it was realized he served with the military in Florida until the end of the war.

As the store at the Dudley homestead was used as the area's post office in the early 1870s, before a permanent post office was established in "Jonesville," there is some speculation Ben Dudley, Sr. used his political connections to secure the office of postmaster for his son-in-law. At that time Dudley Sr. was on the county school board and was superintendent of county roads.

The new information is based partially on data from Family Search and Find A Grave. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 01:34, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Research on John Joseph Jones
I have volunteered at Florida's Dudley Farm Historic State Park since December 2013. This park is now a National Historic Landmark. Due to our need to republish and correct some information in the Dudley Farm history book I've done research into the Dudley Family and their relations. John Joseph Jones married two of the Dudley girls from the 2nd Dudley farm generation. He married Mary Ann in September, 1858, she died in May 1864, leaving two daughters. Jones then married Virginia Emeline, Mary's young sister, in October 1865. Jones and Virginia had seven children. This research also led me to the conclusion Jones left Alabama in the early 1850s, as the 1850 census still had him listed in his father's household in Alabama.

Apparently, after the Civil War, Jones tired of farming, and let this be known to his father-in-law. So, his father-in-law, Phillip B.J. Dudley Sr., who was politically active in the county, probably used his political connections to have his son-in-law appointed the postmaster. This latter 'fact' is just an assumption on my part, but it makes the most sense. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 00:56, 23 November 2021 (UTC)