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BIOGRAPHIES
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Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union and
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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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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,
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