BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Clinton County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
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Albert J. Brown, A.M.
Supervising Editor
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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ILLUSTRATED
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B.F. Bowen & Co., Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
Contrib. by Sharon Wick
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ALFRED JAMES. The
late Alfred James, who, at the time of his death on Oct. 10,
1899, owned a fertile farm of one hundred and forty-eight acres in
Marion township this county, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, Nov. 11,
1827, the son of Joseph and Catherine (Kelly) James, natives of
Virginia and Clinton county, Ohio, respectively.
Joseph James moved from Virginia to Clermont
county, Ohio, in pioneer times, and in 1831 came to Clinton county,
settling on a farm of five hundred acres of land in Marion township.
He cleared most of this before his death, which occurred in 1862, at the
age of seventy-five years. Catherine (Kelly) James, his
second wife, died in 1872, at the age of seventy-six years.
Joseph and Catherine (Kelly) James had nine children, of whom the
late Alfred James was the third born. The others were
Elijah, Malinda, Nancy, Sarah, Peter, Rachael, Amanda and Mary.
Joseph James had been previously married to Rebecca Garnet,
by whom he had two children, Thomas and Mahalla. Early in
life he was identified with the Whig party, but at the formation of the
Republican party, he became a Republican and voted that ticket until his
death.
Born on the farm, the late Alfred James was
reared in the country and received his education in the country schools.
He lived at home with his parents until his marriage in Clinton county,
to Josephine Kelly, who was born Oct. 10, 1859, the daughter of
George and Sarah (Stevens) Kelly, pioneers in this part of Ohio.
Mrs. Josephine (Kelly) James died on October 18, 1913, a short
time after the death of her husband. They had five children,
Pearl, Lester, Goldie, Ray and Charles, all of whom are
living. Lester, married Bessie Newkirk, who was born
near Greenbush, Ohio, and has two children, Ethel and Eliza,
the former born on Nov. 21, 1909, and the latter, Oct. 1, 1911.
Goldie, the third in the family, is the wife of Harry Spencer
and has three children, Carl, Erma, and Robert. Charles
married Flora Folks. Lester James and his brother,
Ray, rent the old homestead farm of one hundred and forty-eight
acres.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 822 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Charles E. Jenkins |
CHARLES E. JENKINS
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 856 |
Mr. & Mrs.
Andrew J. Joiner |
ANDREW J. JOINER
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 848 |
Mr. & Mrs.
William Turner |
HENRY DEBOLT JONES.
Henry Debolt Jones, who, for many years, was a well-known
business man of Cincinnati, Ohio, and later a successful farmer of Clark
township, Clinton county, Ohio, was born at Newtown, in Hamilton county,
Ohio, May 19, 1844, a son of James and Eliza (Debolt) Jones, both
of whom were natives of Newtown, Hamilton county. James Jones
was a farmer in Hamilton county, and his parents were pioneers of
Hamilton county.
The paternal grandfather of Henry Debolt Jones
was Henry Debolt Jones was Henry Debolt, Sr., and he built
the Debolt Exchange in the city of Cincinnati. He owned
hundreds of acres of land in Hamilton and Clermont counties, having been
one of the best-known pioneer citizens of southern Ohio.
Henry Debolt Jones received his elementary
education in the public schools of Hamilton county, Ohio, and
supplemented this by a course at the St. Xavier school at Cincinnati, a
Catholic institution. He learned bookkeeping at the "Favorite"
store in Cincinnati, and followed this occupation practically all the
time he lived in that city, with the exception of three or four years
when he was engaged in the commission business on his own
responsibility. Cincinnati was his home until his death, on Feb.
19, 1908.
On Oct. 17, 1885, Henry DeBolt Jones was married
to Minnie M. Turner, a native of Clark township, who was born on
the farm where she now lives on Jan. 7, 1861. She is a daughter of
William and Nancy Jane (McCann)
Turner both of whom were born at
Perintown, Clermont county, Ohio.
Mrs. Jones' paternal grandparents were Daniel
and Susan Turner while her maternal grandparents were William and
Elizabeth (Carter) McCann of Lynchburg, Virginia, who located in
Perintown, Clermont county, Ohio, in an early day. They died in
Clark township, Clinton county.
WILLIAM and NANCY JANE TURNER were educated in
the schools of Clermont county. The former was a farmer during his
life, who came to Clinton county some time prior to his marriage in
1859. He was the owner of one hundred and eighty-five acres of
land and during his life erected a magnificent brick house and also
built large and commodious barns, and otherwise improved his farm.
He was a member of the Grange, in the welfare of which organization he
was deeply interested. He and his wife were the parents of three
children, Minnie M., Daniel and an infant son. They also
reared Daniel H. Turner, who was a son of Mr. Turner's
brother, Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Jones were the parents of one
daughter, Mabel Turner, who is living at home with her mother.
She is the wife of Robert T. Conlin a native of Canada, and they
have one son, Robert Henry. Mrs. Jones is an earnest and
devoted member of the Society of Friends, and takes an active interest
in the affairs of that denomination.
The late Henry Debolt Jones was a
well-known citizen, not only in Clark township, but of Cincinnati, Ohio,
where, for some time, he was a prominent figure in the business life of
the city.
Mrs. Jones now owns the home place, known asa
the "Fox" Turner farm of one hundred and thirty-five
acres, also fifty acres in another tract, all in Clark township.
Source: History of Clinton County, Ohio - Publ. 1915 by B. F. Bowen &
Co., Indianapolis, Ind. - Page 640 |
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