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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Delaware Co., Ohio
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
1880
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REV. J. C. JACKSON,
Pastor of St. Paul M. E. Church, Delaware; was born in Fairfield
Co., Ohio, June 14, 1850, and is the son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Collins) Jackson; his father was born in Perry
Co., Ohio. Mr. Jackson was raised on a farm, where he
remained until 19 years of age, when he entered the Union
Academy of Fairfield Co., from which institution he graduated;
then engaged in teaching school; in 1873, he came to Delaware
and entered the junior class of the Ohio Wesleyan University,
from which he graduated in 1874, with a class of thirty-four.
Mr. Jackson then went to Lancaster, Ohio, where he was
Principal of the city schools for one year, and soon afterward
commenced preaching; he was for three years Pastor of the Third
Street M. E. Church of Columbus, when he came to Delaware, and
took charge of St. Paul’s M. E. Church. Mr. Jackson
married, Nov. 25, 1879, Miss Eva M. See, daughter of the
Rev. A. B. See.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 629-630
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WILLIAM JACKSON,
farmer; P. O. Jerome, Union Co.; was born Jan. 27, 1813, in
Stark Co., Ohio, and, at the age of 11 years, his parents,
Francis and Elizabeth Jackson, moved to Licking Co. Mr.
Jackson’s great-great-grandfather on his father’s side was
one of a number of men who drew their wives by lot out of a ship
load of women that came to the New World as helpmates for the
brave men who had preceded them; this ancestor drew a “little
fat Dutch girl” who proved to be a helpmate indeed, making him a
true wife and their children a loving mother; when our subject
was 15 years of age his father died; he remained at home about
one year thereafter, after which time he was employed on public
work until he reached the age of 22. He was then married to
Miss Kittie McKitrick; they have had twelve children, eight
of whom are living––Mary A., Elizabeth L., Susan M., James
A., Arthur F., Marcella A., Emma O. and Harvey D.;
those deceased being Emily, William H., Francis L. and
Smith A.; two of their sons were in the army during the late
war; William H. died in Missouri; his body was brought
home and buried. In Mr. Jackson’s family, there is a
little girl who was born on his farm; her father and mother’s
name was Hamlin; the mother died soon after the child’s
birth; her maiden name was Jackson; she claimed to have
come from Texas; the whereabouts of the father is not known.
Mr. Jackson has a good farm of 236 acres adjoining the State
farm on the south, the Scioto River forming its eastern
boundary.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 744
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EDWARD JACOBUS
(deceased); was one among the prominent and successful farmers
in this county, who was born May 22, 1821, in Essex Co., N. J.,
and emigrated to this State when he was 17 years of age; his
parents settled in Trenton Township June 7, 1842. He was married
to Mary C. Condit, who was born in Essex Co., N. J.,
daughter of Joseph and S. Condit, the former a soldier in
the war of 1812. Mr. Jacobus and wife remained in Trenton
where he was engaged in farming; in 1864, they moved to Shelby
Co., Ill., but the climate not being satisfactory, they remained
but one season, and returned to Delaware Co., locating in the
northern part of Berlin on the pike; his death occurred Dec. 24,
1879; he begun life poor, yet was a very successful farmer; had
accumulated at the time of his death, about 600 acres of land,
which was clear of any incumbrance [sic]; they have had
nine children, eight living, all married but one, and doing for
themselves. Mr. Jacobus and wife were members of the
Presbyterian Church; Mrs. Jacobus resides on the
homestead with her son Charles.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 699
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Radnor
Twp. –
JOHN
JAMES, stock-raiser
and farmer; P. O. Radnor. Was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales,
Feb. 14, 1821; is the son of John and Jane (Roberts) James;
our subject was the only child in the family; when but a small
lad he was left an orphan by the death of his parents; after
their death he was installed in the family of his uncle,
Thomas Roberts, with whom he lived for sixteen years, and
learned the trade of milling; it was about this time that Mr.
James emigrated to America, locating at Utica, N. Y., where
he pursued his chosen occupation for two years; at the
expiration of that time, he removed to Rochester, N. Y., working
at the same trade; he lived here one year and was married to
Jemima Evans, daughter of Owen and Ann (Jones) Evans;
from Rochester our subject moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he
engaged in the milling business for two years; at the end of
that time, he discontinued the business and followed mercantile
business for four years; in 1850, he purchased 100 acres of land
in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, and the year following
moved his family to the home he had selected for them, where he
has remained ever since pursuing the occupation of farming; he
is the father of eight children, three of whom are yet living––Mary
J., born Aug. 14, 1852; Samuel E., born Oct. 8, 1855;
William, born March 20, 1862. The names of those deceased
are John T., Ann, Lucy A., and Owen T. Mr.
James is a Republican; his wife is a member of the Methodist
Church, and the husband a member of the Congregational Church;
has held various township and district offices; is a man who
wishes all landable [sic] works success, and is an honest
and enterprising man.
Source: History of Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 759
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Delaware Twp. -
GEORGE W. JAMISON,
stock-raiser and farmer; P. O. Delaware; was born in Delaware
Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, Jan. 18, 1841, and is the son of
James M. Jamison, whose biography appears in this
history. Mr. Jamison remained on the farm until he was
about 13 years of age, when he went to Greenville, Darke Co.,
where he was engaged in the court house as a clerk in the
Treasurer’s and Clerk’s office for some six years; he went into
the army from Greenville at the breaking-out of the late war in
1861, enlisting in the 11th O. V. I., and served in this
regiment his full term, three months; in the same year he
enlisted from Delaware in Co. E, 66th O. V. I. for three years
as private, but was was [sic] made Sergeant on the
organization of the regiment. Mr. Jamison participated in
all the battles and marches of his regiment up to November,
1862, when he was honorably mustered out on account of sickness;
he came home to Delaware, and soon after went out with the 55th
O. V. I. as sutler, where he remained about eight months, then
returned home and went to Greenville, where he filled the
position as agent for the Columbus c& Indianapolis Central R.
R., for some eighteen months, then came to Delaware Co., and
engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Jamison
married, in 1864, Miss M. J. Nigh, daughter of William
Nigh; they have two children.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 629
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Delaware Twp. -
JAMES M. JAMISON,
retired; P. O. Delaware; is one of the oldest settlers of
Delaware Co. now living; he was born in the Pan Handle district
of Virginia on the 4th day of March, 1808, and is the son of
Robert and Esther (Baird) Jamison, his mother a native of
Virginia, and his father of Pennsylvania; in 1811, the family
emigrated to this county and located in Delaware Township; here
they commenced farming, in a wild and unsettled country; the
elder Jamison served as a soldier of the war of 1812, and
died on the old homestead in Delaware Township, in 1840, at 72
years of age; Mr. Jamison’s mother died in 1852, at 82
years of age; Mr. Jamison remained on the farm until
1866, when he moved into Delaware, where he has resided ever
since. In 1835, he married Elizabeth High, who was born
in Berks Co., Penn., in 1816, the daughter of Benjamin High,
who came to Delaware Co. in 1832, and settled two miles north of
the town of Delaware, where he died in 1834; Mr. and Mrs.
Jamison have had eight children, two died in infancy; by
hard work and many sacrifices, three daughters––Angelina,
Esther and Millie––qualified themselves as teachers,
and each had taught school about five years when they were
married; Angelina married George Martz; Esther,
Jacob Martz, of Darke Co., and Millie, William
McGeegin, one of the proprietors of Olive Furnace, Lawrence
Co.; Annie Elizabeth died in 1876, loved by all;
George W. married Mary J. Nigh; when 18 years old, he
enlisted in the Union army, and served nine months in the 66th
O. V. I, in the Army of the Potomac; after undergoing many
perils and hardships, he was transferred with about eight
hundred other sick and wounded, to Fairfax Seminary, Virginia,
where Mrs. Jamison went to nurse him, remaining there
about two weeks, when he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital,
New York; Mrs. Jamison remained with him there about four
weeks, when he was discharged, and both came home; the youngest
son, Robert. B., graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan
University, in 1879; Mrs. Jamison has lived in Delaware City and
vicinity since her father came to Ohio, in 1832; Mr. Jamison
has accumulated sufficient property to render himself and family
comfortable in his declining years.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 630
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DANIEL B. JANES,
farmer; P. O. Constantia; was born Nov. 30, 1837, on the farm
where he now lives, located in the southeast part of Berlin,
east of Alum Creek; the son of Harry Janes, who was born
on Grand Isle, Vt., in 1799; he started West with his parents in
1812, got as far as Massachusetts, and anticipating trouble with
the Indians, they remained there three years, and arrived here
in 1815 and settled on the west side of Alum Creek in Berlin
Township; Daniel’s father was engaged in his early
manhood in the manufacture of potash, and acquired enough means
to enable him to enter 100 acres of land; he built him a cabin.
He married Alma Dickerman, sister of Benoni Dickerman,
and came with the family in 1815; he remained on the place where
he settled until his death, Feb. 14, 1865; his wife died the
year following. Daniel was raised at the old homestead,
and was married, Oct. 25, 1860, to Sarah Adams, born March 1,
1839, in Berkshire Township; she was the daughter of Rev.
Bartholomew and Helen (Van Nostrand) Adams, both natives of
New York; since the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Janes, they
have remained on the farm where they now live; they have two
children––Lurie A., born in November, 1864; Harry,
May 17, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Janes are members of the
Presbyterian Church; he has 207 acres of land; Mr. Janes’
great-grandmother was a convert under the preaching of George
Whitefield (of John Wesley’s time); she lived to the
age of 103 years.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 700
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M.
T. JANES, farmer; P.
O. Constantia; started West in the spring of 1833, a lad of 19
years of age, with his earthly possessions encased in a
pocket-handkerchief; wended his way on foot from Franklin Co.,
Vt., to Pittsfield, Mass., where he took the stage to Albany;
then by canal, he came to Buffalo, and by lake to Cleveland, and
by stage again to Sunbury; he was born March 15, 1814, in the
county and State from which he made his start West, the son of
Elijah and Anna (Baker) Janes, Nov. 14, 1833; same year
of his arrival in Sunbury, he was married to Marcia Caulkins,
who was born in Berlin Oct. 9, 1812, the fourth child of
Lovel Caulkins; after their marriage, they located on Alum
Creek, in Berlin. In 1837, they made a visit to Vermont, where
they remained unto 1840; while there, Mr. Janes was
drafted in the Canada rebellion, and afterward, at the hands of
Abraham Lincoln, received a land warrant in consideration
for his services; after their return to this county in 1840,
they located on the place Mr. Janes now owns, which he
bought for $4 per acre––built him a cabin and began work in
earnest. They have had seven children, but five of whom are now
living––Elbert, now of Knox Co.; Charles M., of
Delaware; Alfred T., now practicing medicine at Pettis
Co., Mo.; George L. and Willie, in Delaware.
Mr. Janes did his part in furnishing men to put down the
rebellion––sent three sons, Elbert, Alfred and Lester,
the two first were in the 43d O. V. I., and served three years
or more; Lester was in the 100-day service. All of his
boys have left him and are doing for themselves. Mr. Janes
has 107 acres of land, and is a well-to-do farmer. He is a
stanch Republican, and one of Berlin’s substantial citizens.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, pp. 699-700
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Oxford Twp. –
SILAS JENKINS,
farmer, See. 1; P. O. Ashley; is a son of Martin and Mary
(Brown) Jenkins; his parents were born in Virginia, and
emigrated to Delaware Co. among the early settlers and made his
first settlement in Oxford Township, where the subject now
lives, and bought eighty acres of land at 12½ cents per acre;
his father died May 24, 1862; his mother is still living; they
had four children––John W., Silas, Jonathan, Benjamin;
Silas was born May 5, 1840, on the present farm where he has
always remained. Ile was married, Dec. 15, 1862, to Emeline,
a daughter of William and Marilla Smith; her parents had
eight children––Lorenzo, Winfield, Leroy, Genoa, Luseta,
Mandana, Jennetta, Emeline; Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have
had five children––Elmer M., Gladdes, Olive, Addie; they
came in possession of the present farm in 1865, by buying out
the heirs; he now owns 150 acres of well-improved land among the
best land in the country. He is a member of the Baptist Church,
in which he has taken quite an interest.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 793
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Genoa
Twp. –
HARRIS
JOHNSON, farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O. Galena; is a son of Dr. Harris Johnson,
who was born in Massachusetts, and at 21 years of are went to
Pennsylvania, locating in Luzerne Co., and in 1820 united in
marriage with Miss Mary A. Ingels; the next day, they
started West in a wagon and came to Galena in this county where
the Doctor practiced medicine a few years and then moved to
Harlem Township, near where the village of Harlem now stands,
where he practiced five or six years; in the spring of 1829, he
started on foot to Cincinnati, where he contemplated locating
but on his way was taken sick, and died in Cincinnati in May,
1829, and on Dec. 1, 1829, the subject was born, and with her
six children the widowed mother remained at their old home until
in May, 1830, when she was married to B. M. Fairchild, of
Hartford Township, where she is still living, her second husband
having died in 1872. Mr. Johnson remained with his mother
and step-father until he was of age, when he commenced working
in his step-father’s saw and grist mills at Harlem. On July 24,
1853, he was united in marriage to Miss C. Marshall, but
continued to work in the mills until April 1, 1858, when they
moved to his present farm, which he had bought about a year
before; it then contained 107 acres, he has since added more to
it; Mrs. Johnson died Feb. 11, 1872, she had from
childhood been a devout Christian; they had five children, of
whom Florence E., Elmina H., Cary W. and Jessie F.,
still survive, Dwight H., deceased; the two oldest are
married; June 24, 1873, Mr. Johnson was married to
Mrs. Elvina L. Horbach. Mr. Johnson has given
considerable attention to breeding and improving his stock, and
at the present time has two or three hundred fine merino sheep;
on his farm he has a fine large brick residence and other great
improvements. He is a member of the Republican party; he has
filled the office of Township Trustee, and has been almost
continuously a member of the School Board.
Source: History of
Delaware County and Ohio; Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers, 1880, p. 851
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DAVID W. JONES , farmer; P. O.
Radnor; is son of Rees T. and Sarah (Williams)
Jones; was born in Breconshire, Wales, Sept.
15, 1840; he, with his parents and brothers and
sisters, emigrated from Wales to this country,
coming direct to Radnor Township June 7, 1861; in
his father's family there are five children
– three sons and two daughters – all of
whom are living in Ohio, and married. On arrival,
our subject's father bought 200 acres of land
near the village of Radnor, known as the
"Old Warren Place;" here David
spent his youthful days going to school, and in
later years assisting his father on his farm; in
1864, he commenced doing business for himself,
although still making his home with his father.
Oct. 31, 1867, he was united in marriage to Mary
Thomas, eldest daughter of James Thomas,
of Radnor Township. Mr. Jones, in connection
with his brother Rees, owns 170 acres of
nicely improved property; he is a stanch
Republican; both himself and wife are members of
the Congregational Church.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O. L.
Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 757 |
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Radnor Twp. -
EVIN T. JONES,
farming and stock-raising; P. O. Radnor; was born in South Wales
July 23, 1818; son of Thomas and Mary (Jenkins) Jones.
Mrs. Jones, the mother of our subject, died in 1825; the
father, together with his family, came to this country about
1838, and followed farming as a business; our subject was then
in his 19th year. In 1843, he was united in marriage to a
widow lady, by name, Eleanor T. Jones, daughter of
David O. and Eleanor (Haskins) Jones; she was first married
to T. T. Jones in 1832; by her first husband, there were
two sons - Wm. F. and David T.; both enlisted in Co. G,
121st O. V. I.; the youngest was promoted to the office of
corporal for his bravery and meritorious conduct; after three
yeas in his country' service, he came home and died from the
effect of disease contracted while serving his country.
Wm. F. was mustered out at the conclusion of the war; their
father died in 1840; the mother's marriage with our subject
resulted in seven children, four of whom are yet living -
Elizabeth, Thomas, Timothy and Mary E.; Benjamin,
John and Eleanor, deceased; those living are not
married. Mr. Jones is a Democrat; is a member of
the Congregational Church; owns 240 acres of nicely improved
land, on which he has been living for about forty-two years;
takes little part in politics, ad has the esteem and well wishes
of his neighbors.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 759 |
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GEORGE W.
JONES , farmer and stock raiser; P. O.
Radnor; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1839.
His father, David L. Jones, and mother Elizabeth
(Evans) Jones, were both natives of South
Wales, the former being born in the year 1808,
and the latter in 1807; there were eleven
children in this family, six of whom are yet
living – three sons and three daughters; the
father and mother were married in South Wales,
and came to New York in 1836, where they made
their home for two years, Mr. Jones
following his trade of blacksmith for a
livelihood; after two years, they came to Licking
Co., Ohio, where our subject was born; in 1849,
they came to Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio,
where they have ever since made their home. Feb.
25, 1869, the marriage ceremony of George W.
Jones and Elizabeth Humphreys was solemnized;
the wife's father's name was Humphrey
Humphreys; in this family there were five
children, one son and four daughters; there are
no children in the subject's family. Mr. Jones
owns fifty acres of land in Radnor Township, and
226 acres in Prospect Township, Marion Co., Ohio.
Politically, he is a Democrat, firmly adhering to
the principles advocated by the National
Democratic party. Mr. Jones and wife are
members of the Congregational Church, at Radnor.
He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion;
enlisted in Co. E, 66th O. V. I.; was mustered
out on the 14th of March, 1865; was first in the
Army of the Potomac, but was transferred to the
Southwestern Army, then under Gen. Hooker,
in the fall of 1863; was at the battles of
Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, Lookout
Mountain and a number of others; was wounded
three times, first at Cedar Mountain, Va.;
second, at Antietam; third, at Gettysburg. Mr.
Jones is a man of good school education;
takes an active part in any matter that will
prove to be a benefit to the community.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 758 |
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Troy Twp. -
ISAAC M. JONES, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O.
Delaware; is a son of Robt. C. and Janes (Glenn) Jones;
his father was born July 30, 1805, in York Co., Penn., his
mother in the same in 1804; his father emigrated to Belmont Co.,
Ohio in 1830, where he married Miss Glenn in 1832, who
had come to that county in 1829. They had five children -
Thomas, who married Elizabeth McMaster, and is
engaged in the loan branch of the Treasury Department at
Washington; Isaac M.; John J., who married
Maggie Smith, and is a cashier of the Exchange Bank, at
Wheeling, Va.; Robert A., married Mary Davis,
lives at Bridgeport, and is a carpenter at Bridgeport.
Mr. Jones' father was captain of a military company in
Pennsylvania; his grandfather Jones and brothers were all
Revolutionary soldiers; the father of our subject was a member
of the Presbyterian Church, and died, in 1871, in the triumphs
of that faith. Mr. Jones was born July 3, 1835, in
Belmont Co.; at the age of 17, he began boating from Wheeling to
Cincinnati and Louisville, continuing the same about five years.
He was married Sept. 27, 1860, to Mary, daughter of
James and Elizabeth (Nesbit) Tarbet; her parents were
natives of Pennsylvania; her mother emigrated to Belmont Co. in
1817; her father died in 1857, in Belmont Co.; her mother is
living with our subject, and is hale and hearty at 83 years;
Mrs. Jones was one of eight children - John
(deceased, James (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased,
Jane (deceased), David (living in Belmont Co.),
Margaret (deceased), Mary, and Harvey (living
in Jefferson Co., Iowa); Mr. Jones' wife was born Feb. 4,
1834, in Belmont Co., they lived in that county for some time
after marriage, and, March 25, 1879, they bought 75 acres where
they now reside of John Evans, who had bought the same of
Robert Pool, it being part of what is known as the "Porter
section." Mr. Jones was blessed with eight children
by his marriage - Glennie, Annie, Ross (deceased),
Maggie, John, Helen, infant (deceased), and Harry.
He was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Co. A, militia, Belmont
Co.; is a member of Lodge No. - , A. F. & A. M., at Bellaire;
they are members of the Presbyterian Church; he votes the
Republican ticket, and takes great interest in informing himself
on the issues of the party.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 774 |
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Radnor Twp. -
MRS. J. B. JONES, Radnor, wife of the late
John B. Jones, and daughter of John and Mahala (Jones)
Ellis, was born the 19th of March, 1828, in Belmont Co.,
Ohio. Was united in marriage to John Smails Nov.
16, 1844; tow children were the result of this union - Thomas
A. and John S.; Thomas is now living in
Indiana. Mr. Smails departed this life in 1848.
Mrs. Smails married again July 24, 1853, to Mr. Jones;
three children were the fruit of this union - Martha J. and
Margaret E. (deceased) and James W. Mr. Jones
died Dec. 5, 1864, in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., from
disease contracted while in his country's service. Dec.
30, 1869, Mrs. Jones and John B. Jones were
married; the father of this man was David Jones; John B.
was born in North Wales, and came to this country in 1832; he
was a fuller by trade and a farmer by practice; from his
marriage with his first wife, Gwen Jones, in 1833, there
were six children, three of whom are living and three are dead -
David N., Edward M. and Cassie F., living; those
deceased were David, Festus and Dorothy A.; his
first wife died Sept. 23, 1866; Mr. Jones has no children
by his second wife, the subject of this sketch; he died Dec. 11,
1876. During his life, he held the responsible position of
Infirmary Director for three years; besides this office, he has
held almost all the township offices. Mr. Jones was
a man of good, steady habits, moral character and of
considerable ability. Mr. Jones is a Christian lady
of good education, and an active worker in the temperance cause,
and a woman who reads upon the issues of the day.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 757 |
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JOHN A. JONES , retired farmer and
shoemaker; P. O. Prospect. There is probably not
a single one of the old settlers of Radnor
Township more deserving of notice than the
subject of this sketch; he was among its earliest
pioneers. Mr. Jones was born in South
Wales in April, 1796; he was the son of Thomas
and Gwen (Byner) Jones; the father's second
wife, Miss Humphreys, was grandmother of Morris
Humphreys, whose biography appears in this
work; they had ten children, three of whom are
yet living; they emigrated to this then almost
unbroken wilderness in the year 1818; they
located in Radnor Township, where our subject has
remained ever since. The marriage ceremony of John
A. Jones and Lettie Ludwig was
celebrated in the spring of 1825; the young wife
was a native of North Wales, coming to this
country at a very early day; the result of this
union was four children, two of whom are living
– Gwen B. and Lettie L.; both are now
married, the former to William Gast,
deceased, the latter to Isaac Roberts;
from the eldest's marriage to Mr. Gast,
there were five sons and one daughter – John
A., Albert, Lafayette, James M., Alies D. and
Lettice M.; all are married excepting the
youngest son, Alies. Mr. Jones' second
daughter's marriage bore the fruit of three
children – John J., Isaac M. and Levi
V. Mrs. Jones, wife of our subject, departed
this life at her residence Aug. 11, 1878; her
marriage with Mr. Jones was one of
unalloyed happiness, spending fifty-three years
of her life assisting her husband in the toils
and hardships of their new home. She and her
husband were consistent and devoted members of
the Baptist Church; Mrs. Jones was an
exemplary Christian and a devoted mother, her
death leaves an aged husband and many friends to
mourn her loss. Mr. Jones lives with his
daughter, Gwen B.; in former days, he was
shoemaker for the whole neighborhood, a business
he followed for a number of years. Is a stanch
Republican and an honest, upright man in his
dealings with men. He is 84 years old, and the
oldest voter in Radnor Township; he has four
great-grandchildren living, and is a man
respected and loved by all his friends and
acquaintances.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 758 |
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REV. JOHN H. JONES , minister of
the Welsh Church, Delaware; was born in
Glamorganshire, South Wales, in 1814, and is the
son of William and Alice (Harrison) Jones, both
natives of South Wales; while living in Wales, he
engaged in farming and working in the coal mines,
and, at 20 years of age, he commenced preaching;
in 1842, he emigrated to America and located in
Cincinnati, Ohio; here, in 1842, he was ordained
and licensed to preach; his first charge was with
the Lawrence Street Welsh congregation of that
city, where he remained about five and a half
years; he next had charge of two congregations,
one at Pomeroy and the other at Minersville;
after remaining in Pomeroy nine and a half years,
he received a call from Columbus, and preached in
Columbus three years and four in Brown Township;
in 1863, he came to Delaware, where he has since
been in charge of the Welsh Church; in 1865, he
moved to Delaware, which has been his home ever
since; in 1878, he also took charge of a church
in Putnam Co., where he preaches about two
Sundays every month. He was married, in 1846, to Miss
Lydia Jones, of Butler Co., Ohio; they have
had four children, all deceased.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 629 |
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Scioto Twp. -
JOHN W. JONES, farmer and stock-raiser; P.
O. Delaware; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Mar. 25, 1832; his
father was born on the ocean while his parents were on their way
from Wales to the United States; this was in 1803; soon after
coming to the United States, they removed to Radnor Township,
Delaware Co., Ohio; there our subject's father was reared, and
married to Miss Betsey Smart; they were the
parents of seven children, six of whom are now living; the
father died when John W. was about 14 years of age; the
mother is still living, and is one of the oldest living settlers
in Delaware Co. Our subject passed his youth and early
manhood working on a farm; he received such education as the
schools of that early day afforded; at 21 years of age, he began
for himself without any means whatever, and what he now
possesses is the result of strict attention to his business,
combined with honesty and industry. He was united in
marriage with Mary S. Shoup April 10, 1853; from this
union there were six children, five of whom are living -
William M., Sarah J., Marian R., Joseph McL. and John E.
Mrs. Jones was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Oct. 23, 1830;
her parents, David and Sarah (Smith) Shoup, were among
the first to settle in Scioto Township. Mr. Jones
is a member of Ruffner Lodge No. 333, I. O. O. F.; he was the
first to enter the lodge after its organization. His wife,
himself and four children are members of the Presbyterian
Church.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 727 |
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Marlborough Twp. -
LATHAM JONES, shoemaker, Norton; was born
in Waldo Township, Marion Co., Ohio, June 26, 1842; he is a son
of Nelson and Liddie Jones, the former was born in
Loudoun Co., Va., May 18, 1807; Liddie Jones (Griffith),
born Dec. 7, 1807, in Augusta Co., Va. They were married
June 3, 1830, in Ross Co., Ohio. Mr. Nelson Jones
emigrated to Ohio from Loudoun Co., Va., Sept. 25, 1827, to Ross
Co., Ohio, remained there about eight weeks, and from there to
Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1827, and settled for some time in
Marlborough Township; from there removed to Waldo Township.
Liddie Jones was born Dec. 7, 1807, in Augusta Co., Va.;
her parents came to the State from Franklin Co., Penn.; Mrs.
Nelson Jones' grandfather was married four times, and had
nine children by each woman, making in all thirty-six. Our
subject was married to Miss Martha A. Baker, who was born
in Knox Co., Ohio, in 1849, and died Aug. 26, 1878; have two
children living - L. L. and Lola D. The
subject of our sketch has held the office of Township Clerk for
two years, and while in Waldo Township held the same position
for two years; our subject is a gentleman highly esteemed by all
how know him.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880
- Page 767 |
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PHILIP JONES , farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O. Radnor; was born in Radnor
Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, July 25, 1820; is a
son of John P. and Mary (Penry) Jones,
both natives of Breconshire, South Wales; there
they were married, and three daughters born to
them; in 1818, they emigrated to the United
States, arriving in Radnor Township, Delaware
Co., Ohio, Oct. 13 of the same year; two children
were born to them after their arrival in this
country; at the present time, four of the
children are living. John P. Jones
and wife were industrious, intelligent people,
consistent members of the Presbyterian Church,
and universally respected by all their friends
and neighbors. The father died in 1864, and the
mother in 1863. Our subject was raised upon a
farm, receiving such education as the schools
afforded; he had the care of his parents during
their old age. He was united in marriage with Jane
E. Tomley June 14, 1853; she was born in
Montgomeryshire, Wales, June 28, 1822; from this
marriage there are five children – Richard
E., Sue M., W. Guy, Jennie F. and Jessie
B. Mr. Jones has held a great many positions
of honor and trust, and is a man of more than
ordinary ability, and liberally contributes to
all enterprises that tend to build up or benefit
the community in which he lives; he owns 200
acres of nicely improved land. Mr. Jones
is a Republican.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 -
Page 757 |
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THOMAS JONES, tailor, Delaware;
among the old settlers of Delaware is Thomas
Jones, who was born in Montgomeryshire, North
Wales, Sept. 23, 1803, and is the son of John
and Elizabeth (Davis) Jones, both natives of
Wales; Mr. Jones' father died when he was
but 3 years of age; at 11, he entered a
tailor-shop to learn a trade, and served an
apprenticeship of five years; worked at 25 cents
per day, and, when 18 years old, sailed with his
parents for America; the passage was very rough,
the storm so severe as to throw the lead ballast
out of place against him, and drove Mr. Jones
against the side of the vessel; they were on the
voyage eight weeks, and landed in Baltimore; Mr.
Jones remained here but a short time, when he
came West to Ohio, and located in Delaware, where
he has remained ever since; then he first worked
as a journeyman for a short time, when he opened
a shop of his own and was at that time the
leading tailor in this vicinity, often receiving
orders for clothing from a distance of sixty
miles; he also made clothing for the Indians;
when working here by the day, he earned $1.50 per
day, he began to save, and when he had made a
little money by hard work, stitching all day and
late at night, he would invest it in real estate,
and now has laid up a little for his old age; we
will state here that he was launched into life a
cripple, but perseverance achieved a good degree
of success; he opened the business in a shop on
the west side of Sandusky street, between Winter
and Williams Streets, where he remained a number
of years, moving them to his present stand, and
is now the oldest tailor in Delaware Co. Mr.
Jones has embarked in several enterprises,
including dry goods, groceries and cattle
business, but has lost money in all his
undertakings except his tailor business. Mr.
Jones has lost four wives; he married his
present wife in 1869; her name was Mary
Bushfield, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Jones
has six children living.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 628 |
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THOMAS T.
JONES, farmer; P. O. Radnor. Thomas T.
Jones is a native of Radnor Township, being
born Sept. 10, 1848; is the son of Evan T. and
Ellen Jones, whose biography accompanies this
work; our subject passed his youthful days on his
father's farm, assisting him in his farm duties;
his education was as good as the common schools
could give. His marriage with Miss Della
Finley was solemnized Dec. 25, 1870; she is
the daughter of George W. and Angelina
(Williams) Finley; in her father's family
there were five children, three of whom are yet
living; the result of the union of Mr. Jones
and Miss Finley bore the fruit of one child, Wray
Everette, born Nov. 16, 1878. Mr. Jones
and wife are consistent and active members of the
M. E. Church. Is a Democrat. Mr. Jones is
a man that keeps thoroughly posted on county and
township enterprises and news, and takes an
active part in laudable county enterprises.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 -
Page 757 |
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W. W. JONES , farmer; P. O.
Radnor; the subject of this sketch was born in
Radnor Township, Ohio, in the year 1825; his
father, John P. Jones, was a native of
South Wales; his mother, Mary (Penry) Jones;
there were six children in the family, four of
whom are yet living. The marriage ceremony of Wm.
W. Jones and Eleanor Evans was
celebrated in 1852. The wife's father's name was John
Evans, and his wife's name was Margaret
(Jones) Evans, there were five children in
this family; the number of children in the
subject's family is seven – Margaret A.,
John P., Francis C., Harvey, Elizabeth, Charles and
Eleanor. Mr. Jones has two sisters and one
brother living in Radnor Township. Mrs. Jones
is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Jones
is a Republican. He owns 197 acres of nicely
improved land; has held the offices of Township
Trustee, School Director, Road Supervisor, etc.;
is a man of good, steady habits and unpretentious
manners; has the esteem and good, will of his
fellow-men and neighbors.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio
- Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 -
Page 757 |
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Scioto Twp. -
WILLIAM JONES. farmer, Sec. 2; P. O.
Delaware; was born in 1806, in Wales, where he remained until 36
years old, when he came to Delaware Co., and soon hired out to
Caleb Hoard for one year, and then worked at gardening
for Judge Williams. Was married in 1849, to
Hannah, a daughter of Edward and Mary (Davis) Humphreys;
her parents were born in Europe; she was one of seven children,
all of whom came to Ohio - Elizabeth (buried in
Cleveland); Thomas, David, and Edward (buried in
Radnor); Richard (buried at Granville); Mary
married Richard Pritchard, living in Cincinnati, where
her father is buried. Mrs. Janes was born in 1816
in Wales; she has had five children by her marriage with Mr.
Jones - Elizabeth (dead), two infants
(dead), Titus K. and Ruth A. They settled on this
farm in 1849, buying at that time 3 acres from her father, who
had settled the same at an early day, when no roads could be
seen, nor a stick of timber could be missed; she picked brush
while her father would go to mill, which were only hand-power.
The C. & T. R. R. runs across his farm, which company built him
a nice little cottage as a part of the damage. Mr.
Jones belongs to the M. E. Church at Radnor; his wife and
daughter are members of the Welch Congressional Church.
Mr. Jones' father and mother had three children - Thomas,
Davy and William. His father joined in war
against France, and was taken to the West Indian Islands, where
he died. His mother was again married, to William
Morgans, by whom she had Richard, Jane and
Hannah. Mr. Jones has always voted the Republican
ticket. His son, Titus K., has taught three terms
of school, and some of penmanship, all with good success; he
attended school at Worthington in 1877, and the Ohio Business
College in Delaware, in 1876; is now reading medicine with
Dr. S. W. Fowler, of Delaware.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 774 |
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Orange Twp. -
APOLLOS JUSTICE,
carpenter, Lewis Center; was born in this township Oct. 25,
1841, and is a son of Thomas and Lucy (Maynard) Justice,
the latter from Massachusetts, the former was a native of
Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1802 with
his people; he made sugar on the present site of Columbus.
Was a soldier in the war of 1812, and carried the mail
from Columbus to Chillicothe in early times; came to Orange
Township in 1838, where he died in 1864. Apollos
was married, Feb. 12, 1865, to Louisa Manter, born in
this county in 1842; she was a daughter of Daniel and Mary
Adams. He was for several years Superintendent of one
of the large factories in Lowell, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Justice
have four children - Orian L., Ella, Clarence and an
infant unnamed. He has 24 acres of land one-third mile
north of Lewis Center; for several years he has worked at
the carpenter's trade, at which he has all he can do. In
politics, he follows the footsteps of his father and votes the
Democratic ticket.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O.
L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 712 |
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