'One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, 
  Never doubted clouds would break,
Never feared though right were worsted wrong would triumph,
  Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.' "

     Another beautiful expression was that of J. Kent Hamilton, published in the "Toledo Times" of April 27, 1909, under the headline "Speaks as Friend."  Mr. Hamilton said: "The press has told the story of John Paul Jones' life as the public saw it.  I may be permitted to speak as a friend who knew him intimately for many years.  He was a bright and interesting talker and always had in the social hour a fund of timely anecdote, of reminiscence and of experience.  To all he was genial, pleasant and courteous, yet he seemed to hold his old acquaintances and friends with a closer grip, and for them a passing word was not enough to satisfy him.  In his company, time to them always passed on lighter wing.  While he loved the conversation of kindred souls and was always full of kindly thoughts, it was in acts rather than words that he delighted to give evidence of friendship.  For one he liked, no sacrifice of time mattered and no effort was too great.  His warm and generous heart showed itself in kind deeds.  It was impossible to be thrown much with him and not become his friend.  He has lived in Toledo many years.  He has been engaged in many avocations and affairs.  He has participated as a man may and should in many contests, yet I never heard of his saying an unkind word of anyone.  Nor do I believe that at the end of his career he has left behind a single bitter memory, or that there can be uttered of him other than words of kindness and regret.  It may be said of him, 'None knew him but to love him.'  So keen was his interest in affairs, so active his body and so bright his mind, that none of us ever associated the idea of death with John Paul Jones.  The suddenness of the call has been a shock to the entire community.  But it is doubtful if he would have had it otherwise could he have chosen how the summons should come.  He had a brave and cheerful spirit.  He met life always with courage, and the community has lost a useful citizen, the State an honored legislator, and his acquaintances a friend whose memory they will always love and cherish.  The world is better that John Paul Jones has lived in it.  The testimony of his life has all been for better things.  He was a good man: he loved his fellow man; he was a good citizen, a good friend and neighbor, a loving and devoted husband and father.  His death is universally regretted by all who knew him even slightly."  On Oct. 3, 1863, at Rock Island, Ill., he was united in marriage with Miss Rosa Bell, a charming and refined woman.  Her death occurred, Saturday, June 27, 1908.  After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Jones lived for a time at the old Oliver House, then the leading hotel of Toledo, where Mrs. Jones made many warm friends by her genial and kindly disposition, which diffused sunshine wherever she went.  A majority of these early Toledo friends preceded her into the Great Beyond, and the remaining few learned of her death with sincere and heartfelt sorrow, knowing that they had lost a friend that could not be replaced.  Always considerate of others, even during the period of ill health prior to her death, her first thought was for the comfort and well being of the ones she loved.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones are survived by two daughters - Mrs. William J. Hitchcock, of Youngstown, Ohio, and Miss Franc B. Jones, of Toledo.
 Source: Memoirs of Lucas County & City of Toledo - Vol. II - Publ. 1910 - Page 377