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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
Morrow, Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co.
1895
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J.
B. JACKSON, a well-known farmer and
stock-dealer of Troy township, Delaware county, Ohio, is a
native of Orange county, New York, the date of his birth being
April 4, 1825.
Mr. Jackson’s father, James
Jackson, also a native of Orange county, New York, was of
Scotch-Irish descent, and was a merchant from the time he was
fifteen years of age. He came to Delaware county, Ohio, in
1840 and located in Troy township. Subsequently he removed
to Wyandot county and settled near Sandusky, the land upon which
he located being now a part of that city. He remained
there until the time of his death, at the age of sixty years.
He was a Deacon and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and his
political views were those advocated by the Whig party.
The mother of our subject was before her marriage Miss Eliza
Board. She was born and-reared in New Jersey, and died
when J. B. was only three years old. Later the
father married Miss Emily Bruce. He had two sons
and two daughters by his first wife and four children by the
second. J. B. is the only one of the first children
now living.
Mr. Jackson was fifteen years of
age when he came out to Delaware county, and the following year
he was employed to teach school in Troy township. He made
his home with his father until he reached his majority, and
then, in partnership with his brother, engaged in farming.
Farming has been his life occupation. He now owns 360
acres of land in Troy township, nearly all of which, at the time
of his settlement here just after his marriage, was an unbroken
forest. Its excellent improvements, residence, barn, etc.,
have all been placed here by him, and the general appearance of
the premises is indicative of the energy and enterprise which
have characterized his years of labor.
Mr. Jackson was married October
4, 1848, to Sarah M. Bush, who was born on the farm where
they now live, May 8, 1827, her father having come to Delaware
county as early as 1807. Her parents, David and
Elizabeth (Wilson) Bush, were born in New York and New
Hampshire respectively, and
Mrs. Jackson was the fourth in their family of nine
children, three sons and six daughters, all of whom reached
maturity. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have had seven
children, namely: Elwyn Bush, Edgar Bruce, Lewis Bradford,
Frank Board, Harry Seward, Hattie and Bertha.
The last named died in infancy.
At an early day Mr. Jackson
affiliated with the Whigs, and since the organization of the
Republican party has given it his support. He has served
most efficiently in various local offices, such as Trustee,
Treasurer, Clerk and Assessor of the township. He and his
family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of
Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing
Co., 1895, pp. 258-259
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WARREN
S. JEWELL. ––Among the representative
farmers of Porter township, Delaware county, Ohio, the subject
of this review is particularly prominent, conducting one of the
finest and most prolific farms in the county, and having been
honored with numerous official preferments in the gift of the
people of the community. To such men we turn with peculiar
satisfaction as offering in their life histories justification
for works of this nature, ––not that their lives have been such
as to gain them wide reputation or the admiring plaudits of men,
but that they have been true to the trusts imposed, have shown
such attributes of character as entitle them to the regard of
all, and have been useful in their sphere of action.
The father of our subject was
Harrison Jewell, who was a native of Elizabethtown, New
Jersey, and of Welsh-Scotch and French extraction. He was
a brick-mason and a general mechanic by trade; was a Republican
in his political views, and was a member of the Disciple Church.
In 1830 he came from his native State to Licking county, Ohio,
where he was shortly afterward united in marriage to Mary
Miller, who was born in Knox county, Ohio. They became
the parents of eight children, namely: Elizabeth, Rachel,
Sarah, Laura, deceased, Warren S., David L. and
Mary and
Almira, (twins), both of whom are now deceased.
David
was an active participant in the late war. The father of
our subject died at Utica, Ohio, in 1879, having attained the
age of seventy years. His widow still resides near that
city, at the venerable age of eighty-two years.
Warren S. Jewell was born in
Licking county, Ohio, August 17, 1841, and he passed his youth
in his native county, attending the district schools and
supplementing his rudimentary discipline by a one year’s course
of study in the university at Granville. After leaving
college he engaged in business at Rich Hill, Knox county, where
he remained for one year. In 1864 he came to Delaware
county and took up his residence upon his present farm,
comprising 317 acres, all of which has been brought into a high
state of cultivation, and which bears evidence of the prosperity
which has attended the persevering efforts of our subject in the
way of the many substantial improvements made. The place
is known as Summit Farm and is a beautiful rural home.
Mr. Jewell is an active member
of the Republican party, and occupies a high position in the
local councils of the organization. His popularity and the
recognition of his ability are shown in the fact that he has
been called upon to serve as incumbent in the offices of
Assessor, Trustee, and as a member of the Board of Education of
Porter township for fifteen years. In his fraternal
affiliations he is identified with Porter Lodge, No. 640,
Knights of Pythias, said lodge maintaining its organization at
East Liberty.
In conclusion we turn to the domestic
life of our subject, learning that, on New Year’s day, 1867, he
was united in marriage to Miss Laura, a daughter of
Rev. William Moody, a well-known divine of the Disciple
Church in Knox county. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell have
five children, of whom we offer the following epitomized record:
Eva M. is the wife of Levi Blackledge, of Porter
township; Harry W. is a student in Hiram college, at
Hiram, Ohio; and Walter M., Mamie J., and Clifford W.
are at home. One child, the second-born, died in infancy.
Mr. Jewell is an Elder in the Disciple Church of Centerburg,
and with the same organization his wife is actively identified
as a zealous and devoted member.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of
Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing
Co., 1895, pp. 229-230
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DENISON
JOHNSON, one of the leading citizens of
Harlem township, Delaware county, was born October 19, 1827, a
son of Dr. Harris and Mary Ann (Ingalls) Johnson, natives
respectively of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The
father, a prominent physician, died at Natchez, Mississippi, of
yellow fever, in 1830, leaving six children: Caroline and
Lyman (deceased), Mary Ann, Joseph, Denison and
Harris (of this county). The mother departed this life
in Harlem township, Delaware county, at the age of eighty-three
years.
Denison Johnson, the subject of
this sketch, was reared to farm labor. On coming to this
county he located on fifty acres of timber land, erected a log
cabin, and has resided there for forty years. He has added
to his original purchase until he now owns 180 acres of well
improved land, and is engaged in general farming and stock
raising. In his political relations Mr. Johnson
affiliates with the Republican party, has served as a member of
the School Board, and as Township Trustee. He is an Elder
in the Christian Church.
Mr. Johnson is a man of intelligence, well posted on the
general topics of the day, is active in education, temperance
and religion, and is one of the leading citizens of his
community.
He was married at the age of twenty-two
years, to Ellen Keeler, a native of Genoa township,
Delaware county, Ohio, and a daughter of Colonel D. and
Aurelia (Hull) Keeler, a prominent and well-known family of
this county. The father died in Genoa township.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have three children, ––Alice,
wife of Albert Mann, of this township; Jay, at
home; and Edward Lamont. One child, Orvilla,
died at the age of eleven months.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of
Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing
Co., 1895, p. 495
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HARVEY
A. JOHNSON, who follows farming in
Berkshire township, Delaware county, was born on the place which
is still his home, December 19. 1857, and is a son of Harvey
and Margaret (Cronkleton) Johnson. The father, now
deceased, was a prominent and well-known early settler born in
Berlin township, where his father, John Johnson, located
in 1805. He first married Julia Hoskins
and they became the parents of three children, two yet living,
––Mrs. Helen Carmichel, of Paulding county, Ohio, and
Mrs. Isabel Sherwood, of Pottawattamie county, Iowa.
After the death of his first wife, Mr. Johnson wedded
Mrs. Margaret Robinson, a widow and to them were born five
children, ––Mrs. Lucretia Collins, of Cleveland; Mrs.
Emma Oveturf, of Paulding county; Mrs. Elnore Young,
of Berlin township; H. A., of this sketch; and Julia,
wife of E. E. Wolcott, a prominent attorney-at-law of
Omaha. Nebraska. By her former marriage Mrs. Johnson
had two sons: William who was a soldier in the late war;
and
George, of Calhoun county, Iowa. In his political
views
Harvey Johnson, Sr., was a Republican, and in religious
belief his wife was a Presbyterian. His death occurred at
the age of seventy-four, and she was called to the home beyond
when sixty-eight years of age.
Upon the old homestead farm, Mr.
Johnson, of this sketch, was reared to manhood, and in the
common schools acquired a good English education. He
inherited from his father the old farm and is now the owner of
145 acres of valuable land, under a high state of cultivation.
The place is improved with a comfortable residence, which stands
in the midst of beautiful shade trees, and in the rear of the
house is a good barn, 30 x 40 feet, and the other buildings
necessary for the shelter of his grain and stock. Well
kept fences divide the land into fields of convenient size for
pasturage and for cultivation.
On the 31st of May, 1887, Mr.
Johnson was married, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Alice
Collins, the ceremony being performed at the home of the
bride’s parents, Leroy and Harriet Elizabeth Collins.
Her father is engaged in the jewelry business and the family is
one of prominence in the city where they reside. Mrs.
Johnson is a lady of culture and refinement and presides
with grace over her pleasant home. The household is made
happy by the presence of a little daughter, ––Vera Adelle,
born February 10, 1889.
Mr. Johnson is a supporter of
the Republican party, and a member of the Knights of Pythias
fraternity. His wife holds membership with the
Presbyterian Church. In manner he is frank and outspoken,
in disposition genial and pleasant, and wherever he goes he wins
friends, who esteem him highly for his sterling worth.
Being ranked among the leading citizens of his township he well
deserves representation in this volume.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of
Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing
Co., 1895, p. 416
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ARTHUR H. JONES, one of the most
prominent and wealthy farmers of Troy township, Delaware county,
Ohio, was born in Pickaway county, this State, Sept. 22, 1854,
but has lived in Delaware county ever since he was eighteen
months old, he having been brought here at that time by his
parents. He is a son of
Judge Thomas C. Jones, deceased, who was born in Wales
and who was for many years one of the landing men of this
county.
Arthur H. was reared a farmer
boy. After attending the district schools for some years
he took a course at the Ohio Wesleyan University, of Delaware,
and when he was twenty he engaged in farming in partnership with
his father. His early training, together with his natural
business ability and his energy and enterprise, have won for him
the prosperity he now enjoys. He has between 500 and 600
acres of land and is regarded as one of the largest land-holders
in Troy township. This land is devoted to general farming
and stock raising. Mr. Jones has given much time
and attention to advancing the interests of dealers in fine
stock. He is a director of the American Short-horn Cattle
Society, with headquarters at Chicago; and a life member of the
British Society, with headquarters at London, England. He
is also a director of the Delaware county National Bank.
His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he
is a member of the Grange.
Mr. Jones was married in February, 1878, to
Clara J. Phelps, a native of Westerville, Franklin county,
Ohio. They have four children: Thomas A., Alice
C., Florence F. and Gwen.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
Morrow, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1895
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Geo. W. Jones |
GEORGE W. JONES is
one of the representatives and leading citizens of Delaware
county, Ohio, having in many ways been identified with its
interests and with those enterprises which are calculated to
prove of public benefit. He now owns and occupies a fine
farm near Radnor, and two of his most noticeable characteristics
are made manifest in his care for the same, industry and
enterprise. As he is so widely and favorably known in this
community, we feel assured that this record of his life will
prove of interest to many of our readers, and gladly give it a
place in the history of his adopted county.
Mr. Jones was born in Licking county, Ohio, Aug.
24, 1839, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Evans) Jones,
natives of Cardiganshire, South Wales, the former born in 1808,
the latter in 1807. The father was a blacksmith and
followed that trade in his native land for some years, when he
determined to try his fortune in America and sailed with his
family for the New World. The year 1836 witnessed his
arrival and he located in Albany, New York, where he, followed
blacksmithing two years and then removed to Newark, Ohio.
In that place he carried on a smithy until 1849, when with his
family he became a resident of Delaware county, Ohio, and
purchased 200 acres of land near Radnor, operating the same for
thirty years in connection with blacksmithing. During the
war he served as a regimental blacksmith in Company E,
Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In politics, he was a
Democrat, and was a man whose worth and ability won him many
friends. IN 1879 he returned to his native land on a
visit, and while there departed this life on the 11th of August,
1885. His wife passed away in August, 1878. She was
a member of the Congregational Church. Their family
numbered eleven children, eight of whom grew to mature years and
became heads of families.
In the usual manner of farmer lads George W. Jones
spent the days of his boyhood and youth, aiding in the labors of
the field through the summer months and attending the schools of
the neighborhood during the winter season. He was still at
home when the civil war broke out, but on the 8th of November,
1861, he responded to the country's call for troops and joined
the boys in blue of Company E, Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry.
He took part in thirteen of the most severe engagements of the
war, together with many skirmishes, and was promoted to the rank
of Sergeant. Thrice was he wounded, being struck by Rebel
lead, in the battle of Cedar Mountain, in the calf of the right
leg, and just above the left knee in the battle of Antietam,
while at Gettysburg he was wounded in the left foot. From
the effects of these injuries he has never fully recovered and
in consequence the Government has granted him a pension.
He continued in the service, until March 14, 1865, when he was
honorably discharged. The Union army had no more loyal
soldier and the old flag no more valiant defender than Mr.
Jones, who, ever true, was always found at the post of duty.
On the 25th of February, 1869, Mr. Jones was
united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Humphreys, who was
born August 13, 1838, and is a daughter of Humphrey and
Margaret (Griffiths) Humphreys, natives of Montgomeryshire,
North Wales, who, with their respective families, came to
America in early life and were married in this country.
For several years her father was one of the leading farmers of
Radnor township. He passed away in 1845, and his wife, who
survived him many years, 1as called to the home beyond in 1882.
With the Congregational Church they held membership, as do
Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Our subject and his wife have
traveled quite extensively in Europe, visiting many points of
interest and becoming familiar with the noted sights and scenes
of the Old World. They hold an enviable position in social
circles where true worth and intelligence are received as the
passports into good society, and in the county which has so long
been their home have many warm friends.
Socially, Mr. Jones is connected with the Grand
Army of the Republic and belongs to the U. V. L. In his
political affiliation he is a Democrat, and in 1883 was elected
on that ticket as County Commissioner, receiving a very
flattering majority, and so well did he discharge his duty that
on the expiration of his first term he was again chosen for the
position. He is now successfully engaged in farming, and
his business ability and good management have made him a
prosperous agriculturist. Public spirited and progressive,
he manifests a commendable interest in everything pertaining to
the welfare of the community, and withholds his support from no
enterprise calculated to promote public prosperity.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
Morrow, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1895
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DR. HARRY D. JONES, one of the leading
young dentists of Delaware, Ohio, is a native of Bridgeport,
Belmont county, this State, born May 30, 1868. His
parents, Robert and Mary (Davis) Jones, are now residents
of Delaware.
Dr. Jones spent his early boyhood days as a
student in the public schools of Bridgeport and Delaware.
When he was fifteen he secured employment in a grocery store,
and later, for some eighteen months, he clerked in the Delaware
postoffice. On account of sickness he resigned the latter
position. In 1885 he began the study of dentistry with
Drs. Steves & Mitchell, and two years later he entered the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, where he graduated Mar. 1, 1889. Immediately
after his graduation he located in Delaware, at first, for a few
months, being associated with Dr. C. G. Lewis. Then
he entered into the partnership with Dr. A. M. Harrison,
of Columbus, Ohio, having an office in both Columbus and
Delaware. Dr. Jones taking charge of the latter.
This partnership was dissolved in July, 1892, and from that time
to the present he has been practicing alone. His parlors
are located at 52½ North Sandusky
street and he is doing a general practice. Ambitious and
energetic and well equipped for his chosen profession, he has
gained a prominent position among the business men of the city.
Dr. Jones is a stanch Republican, and a member
of the Presbyterian Church.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
Morrow, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1895
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GENERAL J. S. JONES
- Black to that cradle of our national history,
the "Old Dominion," must we turn in tracing the lineage of the
honored resident of Delaware, Ohio, whose name initiates this
review. We find that William H. Jones, a native of
Virginia, and doubly orphaned while still a child, left
Westmoreland county, that State, when a youth of fourteen years
(in the year 1818) and came to Ohio for the purpose of making
for himself a home and a place in the great economy of human
activates. Though a mere boy he entered claim to eighty
acres of land in Johnston township, Champaign county, Ohio, and
with an undaunted courage prepared to bring the same to a point
of yielding returns for labor expanded. To the securing of
this unimproved claim he applied the first $100 which he had
been enabled to earn. Time and consecutive toil brought
about the desired end. - he cleared up the farm and eventually
brought the same to a high state of cultivation, there passing
his declining years in peace and comfort. Having
established a primitive abode upon his farm the young man next
sought a companion to share his lot. Accordingly, at the
age of nineteen years, he was united in marriage to Miss
Rachel Sills, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and about
the same age as himself. The young couple, scarcely more
than children, established themselves upon their place and
calmly prepared to "face a frowning world." There they
lived, prospered in a material way, reared a family of four sons
and four daughters and there fell into that rest which is
eternal, - their life work ended, their course well run.
Such in brief is a record of the parentage of
General J. S. Jones, to whose individual biography we now
direct attention. He was born in Champaign county, Ohio,
Feb. 12, 1836, passing his boyhood years upon the parental farm
and in attending the distant schools. Mar. 3, 1853, at the
age of seventeen years he entered the preparatory department of
the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and by applying
himself to such manual labor as he could secure in and about the
town, he succeeded in defraying the expenses of his college
course, - showing great self denial, living with extreme
frugality and bending every effort to the accomplishment of the
desired end, a good education. He graduated, in the
scientific course, June 13, 1855, and then turned his attention
with equal vigor to preparing himself for his chosen profession,
that of law. He prosecuted his studies in the office of
Powell & Vandeman, at Delaware, and was admitted to
the bar in 1857.
Recognition of his ability and of his eligibility for a
position of public trust came in 1860, when he was elected
Prosecuting Attorney of Delaware county. The dark cloud of
the civil war soon cast its gruesome pall over the national
horizon and, in1861, Mr. Jones resigned his official
position to go forth in the defense of his county,
enlisting, on April 16, of that year, in Company C, Fourth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was soon elected
First Lieutenant of his company, his commission dating from the
day of this enlistment. That he saw much of active service
and that he neve4r flinched from duty, is shown in his war
record. He participated in the battles of Rich Mountain,
July 10 and 11, 1861; Romney, October 26; and Blue Gap, January
7, 1862. March 11, 1862, he was assigned to duty on the
staff of General James Shields, after which he was in the
following memorable engagements: Winchester, March 22 and 23,
1862; Mount Jackson, April 17; Port Royal, May 25; Port
Republic, June 9; Fredericksburg, December 18; Chancellorsville,
May 2 and 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3; Mine Run, April 27
and 30; Poe River, May 14, 1864; North Anna River, May 22, 23,
24; Cold Harbor, June 3.
Lieutenant Jones was promoted to a Captaincy
Sept. 25, 1862, and as such was mustered out with his regiment
June 21, 1864. Within the same year he was nominated by
acclamation as the Republican candidate for Representative of
Delaware county in the State Legislature. This position he
resigned on September 21st of that year to accept the
appointment of Colonel of the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth
Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated with
his regiment in the following engagements: Decatur, Alabama,
October 28, 29, 30, 1864; Over-alls Creek (near Murfreesboro,
Tennessee), December 4; Shelbyville Pike (in the vicinity of the
same city), December 7; Kingston, North Carolina, March 10,
1865.
On the 27th of June, 1865; he was brevetted Brigadier
General for "gallant and meritorious service during the war."
The great conflict having been brought to a close and the
supremacy of the Union forces determined, General Jones
was mustered out July 27, 1865.
Crowned with laurels won by patriotic services upon the
field of battle, our subject directed his attention once more to
the accomplishment of the no less renowned victories of peace.
He returned to his home at Delaware, and on the 2d of April,
1866, he was honored by his townsmen by election to the office
of Mayor. In October of the same year he was once more
elected Prosecuting Attorney of Delaware county, to which
position he was twice re-chosen as his own successor, finally
refusing the third renomination.
He was appointed, in 1872, trustee of the Ohio
Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, one of the most noble
institutions of the State, with which he has been officially
connected fro the time of its inception to the present, being
now president of the board of trustees, and ever maintaining a
lively interest in the success of the home. In 1873 there
was conferred upon the General by his alma mater the
honorary degree of Master of Arts. He was Presidential
Elector on the Grant and Wilson ticket in 1872, representing the
Ninth Congressional District of Ohio. In the Centennial
year he was elected a member of the Forty-fifth Congress, as
Representative from the same district, proving himself a
discriminating and conservative legislator. At the close
of his first term in Congress he was the victim of a
"gerrymander," by which his county was placed in a district
overwhelmingly Democratic. He was a member of the
sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth General Assemblies of the State,
serving during four years as chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of the House of Representatives.
August 8, 1865, General Jones was united in marriage,
at Delaware, Ohio, to Miss Louise S. Campbell, a native
of Knox county. They are the parents of three children, of
whom we offer brief record as follows: Clara L.,
who graduated at Vassar College in 1887, is at present
preceptress of the East Greenwich Academy, Rhode Island;
William Bernard graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University in
1889, and is a member of the law firm of Jones, Lytle & Jones,
having been admitted to the bar in March, 1892; Carroll H.,
also a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, is reading law
in the office of the firm of which his father and brother are
members.
General Jones has gained a marked precedence in
his profession, and his labors have been brought to successful
issue, - standing in evidence of his ability and of the
confidence begotten of careful methods. His life ha been a
superlatively active one and an equally useful one, and there is
not need that more be written than is shadowed forth in the
epitome of his life here offered. In his fraternal
relations the General is identified with the F. & A. M., the G.
A. R. and the Loyal Legion.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
Morrow, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1895
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JOHN W. JONES, of Radnor, Delaware
county, Ohio, was born in the township in which he now lives,
Nov. 12, 1855, son of William P. and Elizabeth (Thomas)
Jones.
William P. Jones was born near Utica, New York, son
of John Jones, a native of Wales, who came to America
about 1832 and engaged in farming. After remaining in New
York a short time he came in 1833 to Delaware county, Ohio, and
took claim to the 100 acres of land which is now owned and
occupied by Robert Rowlands. He continued farming
the rest of his life, and died in 1857. His wife's maiden
name was Sarah Thomas. They joined the
Congregational Church at Utica, and after they came West united
with the same church at Radnor and were among the leading
members here. She survived until 1893 and was eighty-five
years old at the time of her death. Their family was
composed of five daughters and one son, all of whom, with one
exception, reached maturity, married and had families and
settled in this vicinity. They are as follows:
Sarah J., wife of Thomas Griffiths; Margaret, wife of
Thomas Pritchard; Amelia, deceased wife of a Mr.
Bagley; Martha M., wife of Robert Rowlands; and
William P., father of our subject. William P. Jones
was a farmer and a manufacturer of lime, carrying on the latter
business on an extensive scale at Radnor. In 1873 he
removed to Delaware and retired from business and there spent
the residue of his life and died. He was a Republican in
politics and was a man of high moral worth. His wife was a
native of Wales and came to this country with her father when
she was four years old. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had an
only child, - John W., whose name heads this article.
John W. Jones was reared on his father's farm,
and received his early education in the common schools. He
then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he
graduated in 1879. After completing his education, he was
for three years engaged in farming in Marion county. About
this time his father bought the warehouse at Radnor, and he
turned his attention to the grain business here, in partnership
with his father at first, and, since his father's death, has
continued it alone. To this business he has also added
that of hardware and agricultural implements. Whatever he
has undertaken, he has carried it forward to success, and,
indeed, he is regarded as one of the most prosperous men of the
county. He affiliates with the Republican party, and has
served as a Justice of the Peace.
Mr. Jones was married Oct. 28, 1886, to
Margaret E. Gallant, daughter of James W. and Elizabeth
(Williams) Gallant, her people being ranked with the early
settlers of the county.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
Morrow, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1895
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HON. THOMAS C. JONES, deceased, was
for years one of the most prominent citizens of Delaware county,
and indeed of the whole State of Ohio, - a leader in
professional, agricultural and social circles. At the
meeting of the Delaware county bar held to take action upon the
death of Judge Jones, the following address was delivered
by General J. S. Jones, and by courtesy of the Delaware
Gazette, we copy it entire:
"It was in the year 1859, after Judge Jones'
nomination for the State Senate that I first formed his
acquaintance. About this time, I had commenced taking part
in political discussions, and by reason of his temporary
illness, he requested me to fill two political appointments for
him in Licking county, (one at Hartford and one at Johnston) and
from that time until his decease, a period of thirty-three
years, I enjoyed his friendship. I knew him well,
socially, professionally and politically. During our long
acquaintance, I was constantly indebted to him for wise counsel
and judicious advice. His mind was omnivorous and his
capacity enabled him to form valuable opinions on any subject
that engaged his attentions. He was not given to flattery
and could be relied upon for the expression of an honest and
candid judgment. His fondness for society and love of
intercourse with his fellow men did not escape the observation
of those who knew him in his younger years, and this trait of
his character grew upon him with advancing years. He took
delight in the ordinary intercourse and enjoyment of general
society, but it was the real and true friendship such as
belonged to those of whom very few are recorded, that he most
appreciated and the absence of which among men of prominence he
particularly lamented. He knew the pleasure and value of
that more intimate relation of kindred spirits that can trust
each other in the confidence of private friendship, and thus
lessen their cares and heighten their pleasures by the
unrestrained intercourse of sentiment and opinions. He was
a lawyer of great ability and was a forcible and eloquent
speaker, ranking with the ablest lawyers of the State. His
methods were earnest and direct and he sought the truth in every
contest in which he engaged. He possessed the rare
combination of qualities that eminently fitted him for the
discharge of judicial duties. Upright, deliberate and
resolute; a lover of justice, more solicitous to be right than
to be popular, with a thorough knowledge of the law, and a mind
capable of readily grasping the facts in a case. For ten
years, on our Common Pleas bench, he displayed his rare
qualifications as a judge, by the correctness and impartiality
of his decisions. He was an active participant in public
affairs, and always took an active interest in politics.
He was a good campaigner, always thoroughly informed, logical in
argument and sincere in his conviction: she never failed to
instruct and was always heard with favor by popular audiences.
"He served in the higher branch of the General Assembly
at the General Assembly at the beginning of the war.
Judge Jones, James A. Garfield, Judge Key, ex-Governor
J. D. Cox and R. A. Harrison and other able men
rendered that body famous. It was a 'crises' that required
strong men to provide for the approaching conflict, and Judge
Jones' ability as a lawyer enabled him to render the people
of the State invaluable service. By his sterling
patriotism, resolute courage, unimpeachable integrity and
never-failing powers of endurance, he was known by the sobriquet
of the 'Iron Man of the Senate.' As a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Ohio Agricultural College; as an active
participant in the efforts to remove the restriction upon the
trade in live stock between this country and England; as a
member of the commission, under the act of Congress, to examine
and report upon the agricultural needs and resources of the
Pacific States; as an earnest and persistent advocate of the
measures pending before the Congress of the United States to
prevent the spread of pleuro pneumonia among cattle, and
as a member of the commission to prevent the spread of
contagious to prevent the spread of contagious diseases among
farm stock in Ohio, Judge Jones has been of
immense public service to his State and country. He
possessed the ability and integrity to discharge successfully
the duties of any position in the government. Full justice
will be done to his memory in all these particulars by others,
and I trust I may be pardoned for calling special attention to
his labors in the interests of farmers and to his love for the
pursuits of agriculture. 'Fairholme,' the name of his
country estate, was his pride and delight. What I say of
Fairholme I learned directly from Judge Jones himself, through
intimate and close relations between us during his last
sickness, and what I say is but the 'echo of the voice that is
still.'
"Born and reared in the country, with a strong
attachment to rural life, the work of establishing a farm
adapted to mixed husbandry, in which a leading feature should be
the raising of life stock, he set about the task of acquiring
the title of Fairholme, and procured part of it in 1855, and
immediately set about its improvement. The following year
he arranged with C. Hills, his brother-in-law, for
carrying on the farm in partnership, and they together
established the first herd of thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle, and
the first flock of South-down sheep ever owned in Delaware
county. Judge Jones moved into the residence on
Crystal Spring farm, owned by C. Hills, and they carried
on the business of farming and stock-growing with satisfactory
results for few years, until the balance of the land, known as
the Francis Smith farm, was purchased by Judge Jones,
its homestead improved, and he then commenced its occupation as
his family residence. He and Mr. Hills then divided
their business, and Judge Jones found that the farm he
occupied was not large enough for the successful management of
the business he had established, and he determined to acquire
more land. His first purchase was ten acres from the
northeast corner of the Crystal Spring farm, adjoining the
southeast part of the Fairholme, through which flows the Crystal
Spring brook, thus furnishing stock water for that portion of
his farm. He subsequently purchased what was originally
known as the Solomon Joy farm, adjoining his former
purchase on the east, thus extending his possessions to the
Olentangy river, which bound it on the east.
"Here at beautiful Fairholme, consisting of about 230
acres of land, situated on the both sides of the old Columbus
and Sandusky road, now known as the Marion pike, something less
than two miles north of this city, with its large acreage of
luxuriant bottom land, with its beautifully undulating upland of
excellent quality, with its crystal brook of clear water, on the
banks of which are situated the dwelling, barn, and other
farm buildings, with its open-woods pasture consisting of
velvety blue-grass, with its beautiful groves of the best and
most ornamental American forest trees, its beautiful valleys
dotted with flowering shrubs, the crabapple, the dogwood and the
native hawthorn, this modern Cicero, our deceased friend,
engaged for nearly forty years in the elevation and dignifying
of this pursuit he devoted unceasingly the best energies of his
nature. His thoughts were constantly occupied in
agricultural topics, and with voice and pen he was the champion
of the toiling millions who labor on farms. As his highly
bred herds of shorthorn cattle, with their beautiful symmetry of
form and high excellence of quality and matchless brilliancy of
color, and his thoroughbred Southdown sheep, the superior
perfection of whose form and excellence of flesh is everywhere
acknowledged, are the crowning glory of Fairholme, so his labors
for the elevation and dignity of agriculture are the crowning
glory of his life. He sought by every means in his power,
through legislation and otherwise, to protect the individual
land owner from the abuse of corporate power. To a
gentleman of the old school of whom it is said 'he never asked
any man for his support in a nominating convention or at an
election,' it is not strange that modern methods in vogue in
politics were distasteful to him. He was a strong
Republican from conviction, but he believed it the duty of the
moral elements in each of the two leading political parties to
use their utmost endeavors to prevent the domination and control
of nominations by the 'bilge-water element' of the large cities.
He at one time seriously discussed the plan for bringing about a
union of the moral elements of society for the purpose of
asserting their power, and compelling recognition in making
nominations, and in the administration of public affairs.
He was greatly rejoiced over the renomination by the Republican
Convention of Minneapolis, and considered the renomination of
Cleveland in Chicago by the Democrats, as a signal triumph of
the better elements in that organization. Judge Jones
was perfectly familiar with every phase of religious belief, and
with the doctrine of Christianity as understood and interpreted
by the most eminent divines. His religious faith was
clear, unwavering and absolute. He loved to converse on
religious subjects, and it was a pleasure and profit to hear
him. While he understood and thoroughly comprehended the
weakness of man, he had unbounded faith in humanity. He
took great interest in works of public and private benevolence,
and his memory will be cherished and his history preserved as an
illustrious example of public and private virtue."
At the meeting of the bar, the following resolutions
were also passed:
By the death of
Thomas C. Jones we are called upon to record our
appreciation of the services of a notable and distinguished
citizen who was a member of the bar for more than half a
century. He was born in the parish of Myfad,
Montgomeryshire, North Wales, Feb. 9, 1816, and died at
his residence in this city Aug. 13, 1892. He was admitted
to the bar at Gallipolis, Ohio, in the spring of 1841.
After practicing two years in Delaware, he removed to
Circleville, Pickaway county. Here he practiced
successfully his chosen profession for thirteen years, when he
returned to Delaware and became a member of the firm of Jones
& Carper, one of the leading law firms of Delaware county.
In 1859 he was elected to represent the Senatorial district,
composed of Delaware and Licking counties in the Ohio Senate and
served as a leading member of the judiciary committee of that
body. In 1861 he was elected Judge of the first
subdivision of the Sixth Judicial district, composed of the
counties of delaware, Licking and Knox, and was
re-elected in 1866, serving continuously for a period of ten
years. He was an able advocate and a just judge. In
the later years of his life, he filled with distinction many
public positions of which thorough legal training and general
acquirements eminently fitted him. He was a member of the
Republican convention, and Chairman of the Ohio Delegation of
Chicago in 1868. He was a member of the Republican
National convention at Cincinnati in 1876, and was one of the
leading supporters of the nomination of his old friend and
schoolmate, Rutherford B. Hayes, for the Presidency.
He was a member of the first Board of Trustees of the Ohio
Agricultural College and chairman of its first executive
committee. He was one of the jury to award the honors in
the cattle department in the world's fair in Philadelphia.
In the year 1881 he was appointed on a commission under a
special act of Congress to examine and report upon the
agricultural needs and resources of the Pacific States. He
was twice appointed and served on commissions to inquire into
the conduct and management of our Indian affairs. He was
an official visitor to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
He was the first president of the Ohio Association of Breeders
of Shorthorn cattle, and was one of the leading spirits in the
publication of the Ohio Herd-book and was a member of the Ohio
commission for the prevention of the spread of infectious and
contagious diseases among stock. He held many other
political positions of honor and trust. Many of the last
years of his life were largely devoted to agriculture and its
interests, and in every relation of life, whether as lawyer,
advocate, jurist, legislator, or as public and private citizen
rendered distinguished services to society and to his State and
to his country, therefore.
Resolved, 1st: That we
receive the death of Thomas C. Jones with profound sorrow
and mourn his loss, as the loss of one who reflected the highest
honor upon the legal profession, of which he was so
distinguished an ornament, and that we will hold in grateful
remembrance the example of his public and private virtues.
Resolved, 2nd:
That we tender to his family and kindred the assurance of our
deep and heartfelt sympathy under their sad bereavement.
Resolved 3rd: That as a
further token of respect, and in further memory of the deceased,
we will attend his funeral in a body
Resolved 4th: That the
president of this meeting be and is hereby directed to
communicate a copy of these resolutions to the family of the
deceased, and that he present the same to the judges of the
Common Pleas and Circuit courts of this county with the request
that they be spread upon the journals of these courts
respectively at their next regular meetings.
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J. S. JONES,
E. F. POPPLETON,
B. F. FRESHWATER |
These resolutions
were unanimously adopted, and remarks upon the life and valuable
public services of the deceased where also made by Hon. J. S.
Jones and
Hon. H. M. Carper.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
Morrow, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1895
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