The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Eel River Township, pages 576-577
Mrs. Mary Jones was born March 12, 1831, and is a native of North Carolina. She is a daughter of John and Lydia Robbins, who came to Hendricks County in 1835, Mr. Robbins remaining here till his death in March, 1881. The mother is still living with her children, six of whom, one son and five daughters, are living. Our subject was married Aug. 12, 1852, to James D. Walker, son of Goodlow and Rebecca Walker, of this county, the former deceased. To this marriage were born four children, two now living--Oliver M., married Lydia A. Conover, daughter of Samuel J. and Ella W. Conover, of New Albany, Ind., and has three children--Laura E., Lottie O. and W. Treat; and Hattie A. married Horace Cook, son of Henderson, deceased, and Nancy J. Cook, of Eel River Township, this county, and to them have been born one child---Nellie L. Mattie J. was born Nov. 9, 1855, and was married Jan. 29, 1874, to J.J. Clay, and died Jan. 9, 1877, leaving one child---Charles C., born Nov. 23, 1874. Charles F., born June 24, 1858, died April 23, 1862. In 1858 Mr. Walker settled on the farm now owned by our subject. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Seventh Indiana Infantry, and participated in many of the important battles of the war, in one of which he was taken prisoner by the Southern troops. He was confined in Andersonville Prison about three months and in other prisons for the same length of time, from the effects of which he died at Florence, S.C., Dec. 4, 1864. Our subject was again married May 12, 1872, taking for her second husband David D. Jones, son of William and Eleanor Jones, of Hendricks Co. He, too, was a soldier in the Union army and died in 1873 from diseases contracted while in the service. Mrs. Jones and her children are members of the Christian church.