Margery & Edward Jones; dtr. of Col. W.F. Elkin
My recent D.A.R. Newsletter has a photograph of an old school and the following:
"Jones School and Abraham Lincoln Connection - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois - Built in 1865 on land owned by Edward A. & Margery Elkin Jones on what was knwn as the Bloomington Road.Edward and Margery Jones lived in Sangamon County before moving to Macon County in 1854.Mrs. Jones well remembered President Lincoln as he appeared prior to his going to Washington.She met him in his own home and in the home of her parents.Lincoln lived for a time at the American House where Miss Elkin had to pass on her way to school.Frequently she would see Lincoln there and when the streets were muddy, Lincoln used to help her over the precarious crossing.Because of his long legs and great strength, she remembered, he would stand her on one of his feet and swing her across mud puddles in that manner.Her father, Col. W. F. Elkin served in the Black Hawk War with Abraham Lincoln."
I am not researching this family, and have no further information.