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The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880

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A. H. JONES, farmer; P. O. Covington; son of Joseph Jones, a native of North Carolina; emigrated to Ohio about the year 1829 with his mother, and located in Newton Township, Miami Co.; when 14 years old, he was bound to Henry Knoop for $5 per year; while living with Mr. Knoop he learned the wagon-making trade; after he obtained his freedom, he worked at his trade about seventeen years; he then began buying and selling land until he had accumulated a great deal of property; he died in the year 1877.  A. H. was born Oct. 28, 1852, about one and a half miles west of Covington, on the Covington and Gettysburg pike; he was raised and educated as a farmer, and has always been engaged in that pursuit.  His marriage was celebrated Feb. 22, 1877, to Miss Martha, a daughter of David Ingle, a native of this county, now living in Montgomery Co., Ohio; they had one child, Edward Forest.
Source: The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880 - Washington Twp.
Page 600
JOHN JONES, farmer; P. O. Piqua; born in Dauphin Co., Penn., Sept. 28, 1830; is the son of Josiah and Catharine (Oliman) Jones; his father was born in the State of Delaware, his mother in Pennsylvania, where they lived and died; they were parents of eight children, of whom three only are now living, viz., John our subject; Louisa, now Mrs. Chatham living in Philadelphia; and Elizaeth, now Mrs. Keohler, living at Union Deposit, Penn.; Mr. Jones, the subject of this sketch, lived with his father till about 21 years of age, at which time, Jan. 16, 1851, he was united in marriage with Louisa Wagoner, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Dick) Wagoner, who was born Mar. 5, 1832, in Dauphin Co., Penn.; born by this union they had born to them ten children, viz., Elizabeth, Oct. 16, 1851, she is now Mrs. Wilkinson living on the home place; Henry, born Mar. 20, 1854, now married to Anna Bell McKinney, also living on part of the home farm; Josiah born Jan. 17, 1857, married to Anna Elizabeth Booher and living on the home farm; Catharine, born Aug. 18, 1859, and died Nov. 17, 1860; John, born Nov. 30, 1861; Emma, born June 24, 1864, died Dec. 30, 1869; Mary, born Apr. 12, 1867; Willie, born Feb. 12, 1871; Laura, born Jan. 15, 1875; and Louisa, born Feb. 19, 1877, dying in 1878; Mr. Jones after his marriage lived in Pennsylvania about seven years, when he emigrated to Ohio and located in Miami Co., Apr. 8, 1858, on the farm where he still resides; he first bought 90 acres of land, since which he has added to it by purchase from time to time, till now he owns 314 acres, of which about 250 acres are in cultivation; he has made great improvements, has a fine house and a very large brick barn and numerous comforts and conveniences; this has mostly been accomplished by his own industry and economy; Mr. Jones and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lockport; they have a large family of children, all living with and near him, with a good competency for all.
Source: The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880 - Washington Twp.
Page 603 -
A. T. KINGSLEY, restaurant, Piqua; is the son of Samuel and Betsy Kingsley, and was born in Washington Co., Maine, where his childhood and earliest youth were spent; in 1858, he went to California, where he remained until 1864; previous to this, however, he had been married in 1857 to Miss Abbie L. Bucknan, who died Oct. 7, 1864.  That same season, after his return to Miami, he built a schooner and sailed to the West Indies; returning to New York the following spring—1865—he was in that city at the time of President Lincoln’s assassination.  Mr. Kingsley came West that season, and started in Detroit, Mich., in the hotel business; after remaining six months, however, he went to Canada, and engaged in the oil trade, but eventually returned to Detroit and resumed his hotel life; he remained in Detroit five years, when he came to Piqua in 1875, where he is at present engaged, and has a fine restaurant on Main street. Politically, Mr. Kingsley is a Republican. In 1875, Mr. Kingsley was married a second time, to Miss Agnes Burley.

Source: The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880 - Washington Twp.

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