75 Years Ago

Items taken from weekly issues 75 years ago, from the Daniels County Leader, est. 1922 (continuation of the Scobey Sentinel, est. 1912).

January 12, 1950

George Jones, 69

Ill Three Days

Dies Friday–

Last Friday morning, George Jones, 69, resident of this community since 1915 and second clerk of court for the county, passed away.

Services were conducted from the Methodist Church on Monday by the Rev. James Knorr at Scobey. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Maud Jones; a daughter, Mrs. Ed Leibrand of Scobey, and a son, Stanley, of Colorado Springs. A daughter, Doris Margaret Sargent, died June, 1937.

Arriving in Daniels County in 1915 the Jones family homesteaded nine miles northwest of Scobey u...