WARREN L. JONES, one of the substantial and enterprising citizens of Hazlewood, Ohio, where he is a proprietor of the flourishing sawmill business, has also been identified with the agricultural interests of Hamilton county, and has discharged his share of responsibilities in public office in a commendable manner.  Mr. Jones is well known in Hamilton county, where he has passed his entire life, having been born on a farm in Sycamore township, Mar. 11, 1855, a son of John L. and Mary Anne (Groover) Jones, and a grandson of Jonathan Jones who came from some point in the East at an early day and settled among the pioneer farmers of this locality.  John L. Jones was born in Sycamore township, where he was reared and educated, and although reared to agricultural pursuits adopted the trade of brick-laying and plastering, which he followed with success for many years.  He was also the owner of a farm, to which he retired in the evening of life, and there his death occurred in 1894, when he was seventy-four years of age.  Mrs. Jones, who was also a native of Sycamore township, died in February, 1891.  Mr. Jones was a stanch Democrat in his political allegiance, and his fraternal affiliation was with the Masons.  There were five children in the family: Azora, Helen, Warren L., and Emmet and Emory, twins, of whom Warren L. is the only survivor.  After attending the public schools of his home locality, Warren L. Jones enrolled as a student at the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, and upon the completion of his course started working on a farm.  Later, with his brothers, Emmet and Emory, he embarked in the threshing business, and subsequently started the present sawmill at Hazlewood, which he conducted in conjunction with them until they died, since which time he has been sole proprietor.  He has a paying business, conducted along practical and well-managed lines, and is also the owner of a farm of 141 acres, of which seventy-three acres belong to the old home place.  He has been successful as a general farmer and his land is well improved and presents a prosperous and attractive appearance.  In politics a Democrat, Mr. Jones has taken an active part in public affairs, and for eighteen eyars was a member of the board of trustees of Sycamore township.  He also served as school treasurer and in varous ways contributed to the welfare of the community.  He has an excellent standing in the locality as a man of integrity and good citizenship.  Mr. Jones is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and belongs to the Farmers' Union.   Mar. 14, 1882, he married Sarah Olive, daughter of Robert and Mahala (Beeler) Myers, of Sycamore township, and to this union there has been born one daughter, Mary Hazel, who is unmarried and resides with her parents.  Mrs. Jones was born in Sycamore township and received her education in the public school.  Both she and her husband have numerous friends in their community, where they are highly esteemed for their many excellent qualities of mind and heart.
Source:  Memoirs of the Miami Valley - Publ. Chicago: R. O. Law Co. - 1920 - Page 346