Born about 1842, son of John & Elsie J. Hill Jividen
Married March 29, 1861, in Mason County, WV,  to Melissa Jane Searles
Melissa was born ca. 1846, the daughter of Gideon Searles & his second wife, Sarah (Hill) Lyons.
Jonathon died in 1910 in Mason County, WV
Melissa died Feb. 10, 1901, in Mason Co. WV
Both buried Warner Church Cem., Union Dist., Mason Co.

(Machir, V.S.  (1972).  Mason County, W.Va., Cemetery Inscriptions.  Middleport, OH:  Quality Print Shop).