Rice Andrew Jones
Fitzhugh, Pontotoc County

Rice Andrew Jones was born on January 30, 1851 near Oleander In Marshall Co., Alabama.  Rice moved through a number of states on his way eventually settling in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).  In 1870 he was living in Henderson co., Tennessee. 1871 daughter Martha J. born in Alabama. 1873, a son, James Jones was born near Jackson Co., Mississippi. 1875 son Walter Jones born in Missouri. In 1880, living in Yell County, Arkansas.  He moved to Indian Territory about 1883 and a daughter, Myrtle, was born there in 1892.  He moved to Fitzhugh in Pontotoc Co., Indian Territory in 1898 where he settled and lived in tents until he could build a log house where he and his wife lived until he died in 1926.  After that a daughter lived in the house, and then a great-grand daughter and her family.  The logs remained standing until 1953 when a tornado blew it away.  Rice Andrew was affectionately known as "old Uncle Andy".