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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B.
Vol. I
Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Company.
Geo. Richmond, Prks.; C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
1904
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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HON.
WILLIAM H. JACKSON. Hon.
William H. Jackson, formerly judge of the Superior Court
of Cincinnati, and now a leading member of the Hamilton
County bar, was born in Marion, Alabama, on Mar. 26, 1864.
He was one of a family of 10 children, and was the offspring
of his father’s first marriage. His mother died Mar.
18, 1873. His father afterward married Mary
Harding, a daughter of General Harding,
who was the originator and owner of the “Bell Mead Stock
Farm,” located near Nashville, Tennessee. Judge
Jackson’s father, who was a native of Tennessee,
where he was engaged in the practice of the law, died Aug.
8; 1895.
The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood in
Memphis, Jackson and Nashville, Tennessee. He attended
the public schools of Jackson, Tennessee, and afterward
entered Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
He completed his studies and graduated at Harvard University
in 1884. Immediately thereafter, he entered the Columbian
Law School, at Washington, D.C. from which he was graduated
in 1886. Hie then located in Toledo, Ohio, for the
practice of his profession and became a member of the law
firm of Brown, Geddes & Jackson.
This partnership continued from 1887 until 1889, when
Judge Jackson located in Cincinnati, and was
appointed attorney for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Company. He was the legal adviser of that company
until April, 1897, when he was elected, on the Fusion
ticket, judge of the Superior Court. This position he filled
to the
satisfaction of the Hamilton County bar and the public in
general, and with credit to himself. After retiring
from the bench, in the spring of 1902, he resumed the
practice of the law. He is one of the most powerful
trial lawyers of the Cincinnati bar, his points being
presented with a force and clearness which are exceedingly
effective. In jury trials he is particularly
impressive and convincing. His oratorical powers are
of the highest order. Judge Jackson is held by
the Cincinnati bar to have been one of the ablest jurists
who ever sat upon the bench in Hamilton County, and his
rulings and decisions are pronounced clear, logical and
remarkably sound. As an attorney, his standing is
high. He is of strict integrity, fair in his practice, and
upright in his dealings with all men. He is respected
by the community and esteemed by the members of his
profession. In political affiliation, Judge
Jackson is a Democrat, and has always taken an active
part in the advancement of the interests of his party.
In 1895, the subject of this sketch was united in
marriage with Caroline Dickson, the accomplished
daughter of the late Charles T. Dickson. Their
union was* blessed with one child. The Judge and his
family are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Judge Jackson has at all times taken the greatest
interest in everything pertaining to the good of the Queen
City. He has lately removed to New York City for the
practice of his profession.
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BROOKS
JOHNSON. Brooks Johnson,
who was long identified with the pork industry of Cincinnati
and one of the city’s largest dealers, as also one of her
most charitable and highly esteemed citizens, died Apr. 2,
1900, at the home of his son, Charles S. Johnson. The
birth of Brooks Johnson occurred on Aug. 3,
1817, in Greene County, Ohio, and he was a son of John
and Judith (Faulkner) Johnson.
The Johnson family is of English extraction,
descending on a maternal line from Sir Ashly Cooper,
and it was founded in America by two brothers who settled in
South Carolina. The ancestors of Brooks
Johnson removed to Virginia prior to 1700, and in that
State the name has been borne by many distinguished
citizens. In 1806, the paternal grandmother of Mr.
Johnson, a widow with six little children, the
youngest of whom was horn six weeks after the death of his
father, left Virginia and moved to Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio. A few years later, she removed to Greene
County, where she entered land in the vicinity of the
present town of Jamestown, which, with the assistance of her
sons, she cleared, improved and later brought to a high
state of cultivation. She was a woman of great force
of character and, under hard conditions, reared her family
to be intelligent, useful members of society. Six
years before Mrs. Johnson had left Virginia, a
Slave State, to find a home in Ohio, a Free State, David
Faulkner, the maternal grandfather of Mr.
Johnson, had also removed to Waynesville, Ohio, and for
the same reason. They all belonged to the Society of
Friends and were unalterably opposed to human slavery.
From such upright ancestry came Brooks Johnson.
He was the eldest born of his parents’ seven children, the
only survivor being Mrs. Charles F. Coffin, of
Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Coffin was born
in 1825 and has devoted her long and beautiful life to
philanthropic labors. Through the persevering efforts
of herself and husband, most remarkable improvements have
been made in the management of prisons and insane asylums,
both in the United States and in Europe, Mrs.
Coffin in many cases having been the first woman ever
admitted across the thresholds of penal institutions.
Laws have been passed through her intervention, and her
beautiful theory that “there is no human being who will not
respond to real sympathy” is being more and more recognized
in the attempted reformation of criminals.
Mr. Johnson grew up a farmer boy,
obtained his education in the local schools, and, like his
brothers, became an excellent farmer. About 1850 he
decided to locate in Cincinnati, where he had for a long
time disposed of large amounts of live stock. He had
the business foresight which led him to engage in what was
then a comparatively small industry, the packing of pork,
establishing the firm of Johnson & Pence.
From small beginnings the business increased until his
products found a market all over the land, and for years as
packer, trader and later, as broker, he was very prominently
known in Cincinnati. For more than a half century he
was a valued member of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Johnson’s enterprise and quick
conception of business possibilities made him unusually
successful, the temporary financial embarrassments which
meet every large speculator not bringing to him any dismay
or even discouragement. He took pleasure in business
pursuits and the large and important enterprises which
developed from his small beginnings stand as monuments to
his energy, industry and solid business qualities. Of
a particularly genial nature, he was both respected and
beloved, and for many years was known to his coworkers as “Uncle
Brooks,” a term of affection he appreciated. He
was one of the most charitable of men, giving to those in
need without ostentation, and with no thought of reward.
Like other members of his family, he retained his birthright
membership in the Society of Friends.
In 1842 Mr. Johnson was married to
Lydia Burson, who died in 1850, leaving one son
who died in early manhood, and one daughter, who is now
Mrs. B. J. Goodin, of Delhi, Ohio. In 1853 Mr.
Johnson was married to Mary Stroud, who
died in 1893, leaving one son, Charles S. Johnson, a
prominent citizen and business man of this city, a member of
the firm of N. B. Thompson & Company, sugar brokers.
Mr. Johnson’s remains were interred in
the beautiful Spring Grove Cemetery.
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DAVID
JONES. David Jones, who
passed away at his beautiful home at No. 37 Summit avenue,
Walnut Hills, on Apr. 16, 1897, was for many years a leading
capitalist and prominent citizen of Cincinnati. He was
born in Cincinnati in 1850, being one of four children born
to his parents, who were John and Mary Jones.
The Jones family was early established in
Cincinnati, and has always been highly regarded.
David Jones secured a liberal education in the
best schools of this city, and his entrance into business
was as an attache of the Second National Bank, about the
close of the Civil War, in which institution he continued
until 1876.
About that time his attention was directed to the
cotton trade that was expanding marvelously in the South,
and he went to Texas and was most successfully engaged there
for three years in the cotton compressing business.
Upon his return to Cincinnati, he accepted a position with
the bank of H. W. Hughes & Company, which was later
merged into the Union National Trust Bank, Mr.
Jones remaining with the latter corporation. In
February, 1887, the Union National Trust Bank was
consolidated with the Ohio Valley Bank and Mr.
Jones accepted a position' with the new concern.
In 1891 he was made cashier of this great financial
institution and continued in this responsible position until
within a short time of his decease, retiring early in 1897
from business activity on account of poor health. He
was well known in business circles, was interested in many
financial and charitable enterprises and was a citizen who
enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him.
In 1871 Mr. Jones was married to Jennie Carrick,
who is a daughter of the late prominent saddlery merchant,
David Swing Carrick, whose sketch appears in this
volume. Mr. Jones is survived by his widow, and
by all of his children, five in number. Mrs. Jones
resides in elegant apartments in the San Rafael Building,
and is the center of an exclusive social circle.
Mr. Jones was a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and was
affiliated with the Protestant Episcopal Church of Avondale.
In politics, he took little active interest, but was known
as a loyal member of the Republican party.
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by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 1 - Publ., 1904 - Page 607 |
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MAJOR FRANK J. JONES.
Maj. Frank J. Jones, president of the Little Miami
Railroad Company, a distinguished survivor of the Civil War
and a representative member of the Hamilton County bar, was
born in Cincinnati, Apr. 22, 1838, in a house which occupied
the site of his present office on Fourth street. He is
a son of the late John D. and Elizabeth (Johnston) Jones.
John D. Jones was a native of Berks County,
Pennsylvania, to which State his ancestor, John Jones,
came in 1703. John D. Jones came to Cincinnati
in 1819, in the capacity of a clerk, and died in this city
at the age of 81 years, in August, 1878. His widow
died at the age of 71 years. She
was a daughter of John Johnston, who was born Mar.
17, 1775, in the North of Ireland, but of Huguenot
extraction. John Johnston came to
America in 1793 and was found with life extinct, probably
from old age, at the Clay Hotel, in Washington, on Feb. 18,
1861, his age being 86 years. The mother of our
subject was born in 1807 at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The
only surviving children of the family of 13 born to John
D. Jones and wife are our subject, and Walter St.
John Jones, who is president of the Miami Valley
Insurance Company of Cincinnati.
Major Jones was educated at the classical school
of E. S. Brooks and at Yale College, graduating from
the latter in 1859. He then entered the law office of
Hon. Rufus King, in Cincinnati, and in September,
1860, became a student at the Harvard Law School. The
outbreak of the Civil War interrupted his studies, for with
youthful enthusiasm and aroused patriotism he returned to
Cincinnati and enlisted for service in Company A, 6th Reg.,
Ohio Vol. Inf., as a private, but in June, 1861, he was
promoted to 2nd lieutenant in the 13th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.,
and took an active part in the West Virginia campaign during
that year. His regiment was a part of General
Hill’s command at Cheat. Mountain, and it crossed the
mountains and took part in the battle at Gauley Bridge,
under General Rosecrans. He participated
in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville and Chickamauga.
In August, 1864, he resigned his command and returned to
Cincinnati, with the rank of major. Two of his
brothers were sacrifices to the Rebellion, one, Lieut.
Charles D. Jones, a graduate of the United States Naval
Academy, died in the service; and the other, William G.
Jones, colonel commanding the 36th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.,
a graduate of the United States Military Academy, was killed
in the battle of Chickamauga.
After the war, Major Jones married Frances D.
Fosdick, who is a daughter of Samuel and Sarah A.
(Wood) Fosdick, the former a native of New London,
Connecticut, and the latter of Cincinnati, Ohio. The
five children born to this marriage are: Anna F., who
married E. H. Ernst, secretary and treasurer of the
Cincinnati Equitable Insurance Company; Charles Davies,
a graduate of Yale, now an attorney-at-law; Samuel F.,
a physician in New York City; Frances L’Hommedieu;
and Edmund Lawrence. The religious connection
of the family is with Christ Protestant Episcopal Church.
Major Jones is fraternally connected with the
Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of
the United States. In politics he is a stanch and
prominent Republican. He is president of the Little
Miami Railroad Company; director of the Dayton & Michigan
Railroad Company; director of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
Railroad Company; director of the Cincinnati Equitable
Insurance Company; director of the Columbia Life Insurance
Company; president of the board of directors of the
University of Cincinnati; trustee of the Cincinnati Orphan
Asylum; and trustee of the Spring Grove Cemetery
Association.
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by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
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I. D. JONES, M. D.
I. D. Jones, M. D., one of the most
prominent physicians in Cincinnati, was born in Newtown,
Hamilton County, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1843, and is a son of
Daniel Jones, who was a pioneer of Hamilton County.
Dr. Jones was reared in his native locality
and received his primary education in the local schools.
In 1865 he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan College and
University, of Delaware, Ohio, bearing off the highest
honors. He then returned to his native county and
engaged in teaching school, for two years being principal of
the California. (Ohio) schools, and principal of the
Columbia (Ohio) schools for the same period. After
attending lectures, he was graduated in 1871 at the Medical
College of Ohio; he spent one year as interne in the Good
Samaritan Hospital, and soon after located on Walnut Hills,
where he has his office and where he has met with great
success in his practice.
On April 3, 1879, Dr. Jones was married to
Edith Beatrice Gibbs, who lived near Toronto, Canada.
Mrs. Jones is a daughter of Hon. W. H.
Gibbs, who was at one time a member of the Canadian
Parliament. Her mother’s maiden name was Colton.
Dr. Jones has been a member of the medical staff
of Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, for the past 14 years.
He is a prominent member of the Walnut Hills Methodist
Episcopal Church, and a member of its official board.
He is president of the Missionary Society of Cincinnati, has
also served as vice president, and for 14 years has been a
director of the same. The Doctor is very much
interested in mission work, especially home mission work in
this city. He is regarded as the founder of the
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, to the support of
which, from its earliest beginnings, he contributed
liberally both in time and in money. Every Sunday
evening he practically devotes to church and mission work.
Dr. Jones was one of the charter members of
Walnut Hills Lodge, No. 483, F. & A. M., and is one of its
past masters. He is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
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by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
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OLIVER B. JONES.
Oliver B. Jones, a prominent member of the Hamilton
County bar, was born in Cincinnati, and is a son of the late
J. Dan Jones and Margaretta (Bell) Jones, both of
whom were natives of Hamilton County. The former was a son
of Oliver Jones and a grandson of John
Jones, a Revolutionary soldier from Maryland, who
came to the Northwest Territory in 1797 and purchased a
tract of land in Columbia township, Hamilton County, from
John Cleves Symmes and his associates. The title
of this land is still vested in the heirs of the original
purchaser. Oliver Jones was a soldier in
the War of 1812 and was also a member of both houses of the
Ohio Legislature.
The father of our subject was county auditor of
Hamilton County during 1856-58 and in addition was for a
number of years connected in other capacities with the
auditor’s office. He was a member of the
Constitutional Convention of 1850 and for two years was a
member of the Decennial State Board of Equalization, while
he served as treasurer and in other official capacities in
his township. His death occurred in 1873 and that of
his widow five years later. She was the granddaughter
of the late Peter Bell, one of the early
judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County.
Oliver B. Jones received his education in the
public schools of Columbia township and of Cincinnati, and
was graduated at the Woodward High School in the class of
1875. His study of the law was prosecuted in
Cincinnati and he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School
in 1880 and in the following year began practice. He
has been very successful and occupies a prominent legal
position both in city and county, having been an assistant
in the office of the city solicitor of Cincinnati; the
Democratic nominee in 1890 and in 1899 for judge of the
Probate Court and assistant county solicitor of Hamilton
County in 1906-02.
On Sept. 28, 1886, Mr. Jones was married
to Louise F. Stone, a daughter of S. W. Stone,
then consulting engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Railroad. Mrs. Jones is a lady of
culture and accomplishments, a graduate of the Cincinnati
Wesleyan College. Four children have been born to this
marriage: Stephen W., Rufus B., Louise Frances and
Margaretta A. They have resided for years at
Madisonville. Mr. Jones is a 32nd degree
Mason.
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