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Evan Lewis Janes	EVAN LEWIS JANES.     One of the best remembered citizens of the past generation in Fayette county was the late Evan Lewis Janes, a gallant soldier of the Civil War and a life-long resident of this county.  Certainlly it may be said that he was a man of strong and active sympathy, with a warm and ardent feeling for his fellow men, and these excellent characteristics unconsciously drew him an unusual number of devoted friends upon whom he could always rely and who revere his memory now that he has passed from earthly things.  He ever enjoyed the respect and esteem of those who knew him because of his friendly manner and interest in public affairs and upright living.      Evan Lewis Janes was born in this county Dec. 7, 1840 and died on his farm adjoining Jeffersonville, Oct. 10, 1906.  He was the son of William P. and Mary (Mock) Janes, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively.  His parents were married in this county about 1829 and reared a family of thirteen children, Marjorie, Joanna, Abel H., John W., Douglas, Oliver, Eldora, Clara, Rosetta, Evan J., Sarah, Olivet and Mary.      Even L. Janes was given such education as was afforded by the common schools of his home neighborhood and, with the exception of three years' service in the Civil War, lived upon the farm where he was born all of his days.  He enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, in Company C, Ninetieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was finally mustered out June 21, 1865.  His regiment participated in many of the  hardest fought battles of the Civil War and he was ever found faithful when duty called.  Immediately after the close of the war he returned to this county and began farming and continued in agricultural pursuits until his death.      Mr. Janes was a life-long Republican in politics and was frequently honored by his party with positions of trust and responsibility.  He was elected township trustee in 1878, and served in this capacity for two terms.  He was also county commissioner for three terms, or for over nine years, and was infirmary director of the county.  He was always actively interested in the educational matters of the county and served on the school board of his township for many years, during which time he favored every measure which he felt would benefit the schools in any way.  In all of these official positions he administered his duties in an efficient and conscientious manner and rendered satisfactory service, not only to his party, but to all citizens, irrespective of their political affiliations.      Mr. Janes was married Mar. 17, 1870, to Margaret Squier, the daughter of Nathaniel and Elanore (Allen) Squier, early pioneers of this county.  Nathaniel Squier was the son of William and Sarah (Caldwell) Squier, and he and his wife reared a family of ten children: Amanda, Justice, James, William, Madison, Jane, Sarah E., Margarette, Marabah Anna and Martha.  Mr. James and wife were the parents of two children, Harry L. and Grace G.  Harry L. married Nina Rease, and has two children, Robert L. and Janet; Grace G. is the wife of Frank E. Wilson, and has one daughter, Janice Margaret.      Mr. Janes assisted in the organization of the Grand Army post at Jeffersonville, and in view of his distinguished services in the Civil War the post was named for him.  For many years he was the post commander, and while in this position was active in everything pertaining to the welfare of the old soldiers.  He was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as are his wife and children.  Mr. Janes was genial and social by nature and the simplicity and cordiality of his manners invited friendship.  Hospitable by nature, he was cordially responsive to all social claims and his home was attractive to all who were numbered among his friends.  The death of such a man is a great loss, not alone to his intimate associates, but the people of the community always feel a sense of a distinct personal bereavement.  He left to his family the rich memory of an unstained name and to the county where he spent his entire life he left the record and example of a long and well-spent life. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 632
	WILLIAM WALLACE JANES.    The biographies of the representative men of any county bring to light many treasures of mind, character and courage which may well arouse the pride of their families and of the communities where they lived.  The late William Wallace Janes was distinctively one of the leading citizens of Fayette county, Ohio, and as such made his influence felt among his fellow men.  A man of quiet and refined disposition, yet his very integrity and strength of character forced him to the front in such a way as to cause him to be recognized as a leader in the community and a man who always commanded the respect of his contemporaries.  The good that a man like Mr. Janes can do in the course of an active life is incalculable and cannot be measured in metes and bounds.  He lived an unselfish, helpful and altruistic life, and his fellow citizens were made better by having come into contact with him in his daily life.      The late William Wallace Janes was born May 8, 1850, in Jefferson township, this county, and died May 20, 1909, on the farm where he was born.  He was the son of George and Elizabeth (Carr) Janes, his father having been born on the same farm.  George Janes was the son of William Janes, a naive of Rockingham county, Virginia, and was a prominent farmer of Jefferson township, and reared a family of children who were a credit to his good teachings, James, William Wallace, Catherine, Albert, Frank and Thaddeus.      William W. Janes attended the district schools of his immediate neighborhood and from his earliest boyhood days assisted his father on the home farm.  He continues to live at home until his marriage, after which he began to farm a part of the old home farm.  He prospered exceedingly and was enabled to augment his possessions from time to time until at the time of his death he was the owner of four hundred and twenty-five acres of fine land in Jefferson township.  His farm was one of the best improved in the county, and was a tribute to his skill as a farmer and his good management as a business man.      Mr. Janes was married Jan. 16, 1884, to Emma Glaze, the daughter of Adam and Lucy (Baughn) Glaze.  Adam Glaze was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, and when a youth came to this county with his parents.  George and Catherine (Turnipseed) Glaze, who brought their family form Virginia in 1815, and settled on Paint creek.  To Adam Glaze and wife were born eight children, Mrs. Catherine Fultz.  Mrs, Elizabeth Seymour, Mrs. Samantha Engle, Mrs. Drusilla Boyd, Mrs. Emma Janes, Mrs. Ella Squier and Chandler.  Three of these children, Samantha, Drusilla and Ella, are deceased.      Mr. Janes and his wife reared a family of three children, Fred C., Thomas and Frank.  Fred C. married Mary Allen and has three children, Marion, Ellen and Susan; Frank is a graduate of Ohio State University and is now engaged in the fruit business.  The other son, Thomas, was a student in Ohio State University and is operating the home farm.      Politically, Mr. Janes was a life-long Republican and was frequently honored by his party by being elected to positions of trust and responsibility.  He served as trustee of Jefferson township, and for many years was a member of the school board, serving as president of the board of education of Jefferson township.  He was a man of high civic ideals and a warm supporter of all measures and enterprises tending to advance the general welfare of his community.  Always calm and dignified, never demonstrative, his life was a persistent plea, more by precept and example than by written or spoken words, for the purity and grandeur of right principles and the beauty and elevation of wholesome character. Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914~ Page 438
Humphrey Jones	HUMPHREY JONES Source:  History of Fayette County, Ohio - Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914 ~ Page 416

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