Mary Ellen Fulbright, oldest child of Wilson Fulbright and Louisa J. Hooker Fulbright, married Thomas M. Jones in Harrison, AR on Jan. 21,1872. After her father had died in 1852 her mother, Louisa, had married Rev. William Jones [no, there was no connection between Thomas and the Rev. William]. Louisa had three more children with William to go with the four with Wilson F. The birth dates I have for all are:

Maiy Ellen F. Feb. 8, 1845
William Leander F. Sept. 27, 1847
Almarinda F. Mar. 4, 1849
Wilson F. June 12, 1851
Eugene Jones June 5, 1861
Phila Jones June 7, 1863
Charlie Lee Jones Apr, 27, 1866

When Louisa died in 1867 Mary Ellen apparently became surrogate mother to the younger children and when she married Thomas Jones in 1872 the sons of Louisa and William Jones moved with her and Thomas. They took the boys with them when they moved to Evansville, Wash. Co., AR and the boys returned to Missouri when they grew up. Mary Ellen and Thomas M. had six children of their own:

Wilson Lee Jones b. Apr.20, 1873 d. Sept.13, 1876
Minnie M. Jones b. Nov.20, 1874
William F. Jones b. Aug.21, 1876 d.June 15, 1878
Alfred Guy Jones b. Sept. 8, 1878
Lula B. Jones b. July 10 1880
Ella M. Jones b. Oct.12, 1883

All the girls attended Pea Ridge Seminary and trained as teachers. They all taught for some time and Ella and Minnie later taught school.in Alaska in the village of Ouzinkie on Spruce Island where Ella's husband 0. L. Grimes had a salmon cannery. Before the turn of the century Thomas and Mary Ellen moved across the line to Stilwell, Flint District, Cherokee Nation, I. T. The building of what we now know as the K. C.S. [Kansa City Southern] railway brought a spurt of prosperity to the Boston Mountains. Alfred Guy worked for the railroad until he died of a ruptured appendix in 1921 leaving my grandmother, Rose Blanchard Jones, with 5 girls from 5 years to 16 years. That begins an entirely new story.

I've mentioned Ella and her husband. Minnie and Lula both married osteopaths. Minnie and Dr. Wyly were married in Stilwell but removed to Idaho after a land scandal grew up around a partnership in which Wyly was involved. After they were well established he repaid Aunt Minnie's faith and support by running off with a young nurse. She then went to Alaska to teach and retired from the school system there to Seattle.

Aunt Lula married a Dr. Toms and lived several years in Muscatine, IA. She had one son, Hender Toms, who worked many years for Grimes Packing as manager of the company store and cannery accountant and later joined a partnership to buy and operate the cannery after 0. L. Grimes died.

Mary Eflen had six grandchildren; Guy and Rose Jones had 5 daughters and the Toms had one son. Their children are my generation and of course there now are two more generations. I am documenting all.

If there is anything here which I have wrong I welcome comments or corrections. I have a few other marriage and death dates which I will organize.

Genealogists Are Nice Folks
by Bob Griffith

Just a few months of intensive trial and error on the net
Have convinced me genealogists are the nicest folks I've met.

Unfailingly responsive when I make a most naive request,
Their courtesy and kindness have encouraged me in my quest.

So, returning to the question regarding logic in this serarch,
Without kindnesses from others logic might have left me in the lurch.