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MARGARET PARKIN HADLEY JONES
Wife of Daniel Webster Jones, 19th Governor (1897-1901)
Born: February 11, 1845
Died: February 10, 1914
Children: seven
Original Home: born in Tennessee, raised in Arkansas.
Margaret "Maggie" Hadley married the future Governor of Arkansas after a two-week courtship during the Civil War. The family moved to Little Rock when Jones was elected Attorney General. Although she did not campaign with her husband, she was a devoted wife and mother. Governor and Mrs. Jones frequently entertained at their home in Little Rock.
She was a member of the Episcopal Church and also of the Memorial Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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