|
BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio
Chicago:
Inter-State Publishing Co.
1884
Waverly
- Pee Pee Twps. -
W. D. JAMES, attorney at law, was
born in Pike County, Dec. 1, 1853, a son of
David and Charlotte C. (Beauchamp) James. He
was reared on a farm in the southeast part of the
county, and was educated at the common schools,
receiving private instruction in the higher branches of
study. At the age of seventeen he taught his first
school in Pike County, and continued teaching during the
winter months for five years. In the spring of
1874 he entered the office of John T. Moore at
Waverly, and began reading law. The following year
Mr. Moore moved to Jackson and Mr. James
then continued his studies under the supervision of
George D. Cole, till 1877. In April of this
year he was admitted to the bar, and in July following
opened an office at Piketon. In the spring of 1879
Mr. James was elected Mayor of Piketon. In
December, 1881, moved to Waverly, where he has since
been engaged in practice, which is steadily increasing.
He was married, Sept. 26, 1882, to Terrena F. Martin,
a native of Scioto County. Mr. James is a
young lawyer of ability, and possesses a great degree of
energy.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 763 |
Newton
Twp. - Page 835
F. E. JEFFRIES, son of Joseph and
Emma Jeffries, was born May 31, 1857, in Jackson, Ohio,
where he lived till he was nine years old. He then
moved to Waverly and attended the schools of that place
a short time, after which he went to Sharonville and
attended the public schools there for three years.
He then began the mercantile business in Jasper, and is
at present superintending a store on the canal for S.
N. Cutler. March 20, 1881, he was married to
Sarah Rodgers. They have one child -
Nellie, aged one and a half years.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 |
Perry Twp. -
EDMUND SEHEN JONES, youngest son
of Thomas and Mary A. Jones, was born Sept. 17,
1843, in Pike County, on the farm where he now resides.
He was reared no the farm and attended the common
schools till twenty years of age. He then entered
the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he
took a two years' course. After leaving college he
clerked in J. D. Osborn & Co.'s dry goods store
at Columbus, Ohio, two years after which he attended
Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburg, Pa., from which
he graduated at the end of three months. He then
returned to Bainbridge where he has since followed
farming and has one of the finest farms in the township.
He has been Justice of the Peace of his township and is
at present Township Trustee. He was married Apr.
1, 1871, to Mary L. daughter of Thomas and
Eliza Morrow of Bainbridge, Ohio. They have
one son - Edwin Thomas. His parents were
born in Radnorshire, Wales, and came to the United
States in 1820, and were married at Columbus, Ohio.
They had nine children, five now living. At the
time of his death in 1853, Mr. Jones owned nearly
700 acres of land in Pike County. His widow is
still living in her eighty-fourth year.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 860 |
Jackson
Twp. -
MASON JONES, second son of
William and Jane (Corken) Jones, was born in Ross
County, Ohio, in 1821. His father was a native of
New Jersey, and was brought by his father, Thomas
Jones, to Ross County in 1800. After reaching
seventy-five or eighty years of age he removed to
Missouri where he died, surviving his wife but a few
years. The subject of our sketch has made farming
his principal occupation, also dealing in stock.
He was married in 1849 to Clarissa Corwine,
daughter of Samuel Corwine, of Jackson Township.
They have had a family of ten children - Thomas C.,
a farmer and stockdealer, now residing on the old
homestead in Ross County, married Martha Rittenhouer,
and has one son; William A., a farmer stock
dealer and teacher, resides near Sharonville, married
Ella McGinniss, who died leaving a daughter, Iona,
now residing with her grandparents, and he afterward
married Mella Hanna, by whom he has one daughter
- Grace M.; Jacob Edgar, a farmer and
teacher of Pickaway County, Ohio, married Lena,
daughter of Lawrence Brust; Eugene R., Samuel
W., John F., Jennie E., Margaret Luella, George
and Mary, the two latter deceased. Mr.
Jones resides on a part of the old Corwine
estate, owning a beautiful farm of 600 acres. He
is a staunch supporter of the Republican party.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Friends Society.
His wife is a member of the Methodist church. He
and his six sons are great temperance men, none ever
using any intoxicating drink, nor even selling the grain
to make it.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 801 |
|
W. S. Jones |
Waverly - Pee Pee Twps. -
GENERAL WELLS S. JONES, M. D., was
born Aug. 3, 1830, in Ross County, Ohio, the third of
eight children of Robert P. and Nancy Jones, both
natives of Berkeley County, Va. His father was
born Mar. 4, 1804, and his mother Mar. 30, 1805.
His parents at an early date came to Ohio and settled in
Paxton Township, Ross County, where his father still
lives, and his mother died Sept. 13, 1879. Our
subject received a good education in his early life, and
remained on his father's farm till he reached his
majority. In 1851 he went to McLean County, Ill.,
and spent two years in farming and teaching, when he
returned home and began the study of medicine. He
graduated from Sterling Medical College at Columbus,
Ohio, and in the spring of 1856 commenced the practice
of medicine in Jasper, Pike County, and continued
practicing in Jasper and Waverly until the opening of
the Rebellion, when he gave up a lucrative practice to
enter the service of this country. In the fall of
1861 he recruited Company A, Fifty-third Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned its Captain.
It was then first full company taken to camp from Pike
County. In February, 1862, his regiment joined
General Sherman's Division at Paducah, Ky. The
first battle in which he was engaged was at Shiloh, Apr.
6 and 7, 1862. For his gallant conduct in this
battle he was promoted to Colonel, and immediately was
placed in command of the Fifty-third Regiment, Ohio
Infantry. He commanded his regiment until August,
1864, when he was placed in command of the second
Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, which
latter command he kept until the close of the war.
He commanded his regiment and brigade in every battle in
which they were engaged, never having left the scene of
active hostilities during the entire four years in which
he was engaged in the service. He participated in
the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson,
Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain,
Atlanta, Jonesboro, and with Sherman to the sea.
While leading his brigade in the memorable assault on
Fort McAllister, near Savannah, he was wounded by a
minie-ball, disabling him from active service for one
month. After the grand review at Washington he
served with his brigade in Arkansas, and was mustered
out of service in September, 1865, and has ever since
resided in Waverly. General Jones is
politically a republican, and is a leading politician of
his party. In the fall of 1866 he was a candidate
for Congress, and the following year for State Senator.
In 1869 he was appointed Internal Revenue Assessor of
the Twelfth Congressional District and held the position
four years, till the office was abolished. In
recommending him for that position General Sherman
thus speaks of him in a letter to his brother,
Senator John Sherman, of Ohio: "General Jones
commanded a regiment and then a brigade under me, from
the beginning to the close of the war. He is
entitled to any civil office he may aspire to, and I
cordially indorse him." In connection with his
medical practice, General Jones is largely
interested in mercantile and agriculture pursuits.
He is active or religious. By his public spirit
and indomitable enterprise, the first railroad of Pike
County, the Ohio Southern, was built, and he was one of
its incorporators. In the spring of 1880 he was
appointed by Governor Foster one of the Trustees
of the Ohio Deaf and Dumb Asylum, which position he has
filled for the post three years. Sept. 3, 1866, he
was married to Elizabeth H., daughter of
William and Harriet Kincaid. She died Mar. 16,
1876. June 20, 1881, he married Mary F. M.,
daughter of Samuel F. and Lydia L. Wetmore.
She was a native of Bangor Me., and has resided in
Waverly since sixteen years of age. They have one
son - Robert Ralph.
Source: History of
Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-State
Publishing Co. - 1884 - Page 763 |
Marion
Twp. - Page 814
WILLIAM R. JONES was born Oct. 14,
1858, a son of William and Elizabeth (Adams) Jones.
When he was two years old his father died, and his
mother a few years later in Ashland, Ky. He then
resided with his grandparents at Ashland. They
subsequently moved to Olive Hill, Ky., and from there to
Webster, Scioto Co., Ohio, and thence to California,
Pike County. While still a boy he went with his
grandfather, Rev. H. Adams, to Minnesota, and
remained there till manhood. He then returned to
Pike County, and soon after joined an exploring party,
and made a tour through the Southwestern States, and
located a tract of land on the Llano Escanado. He
then returned to Ohio and engaged in the patent-right
business, traveling in Southern Ohio and Kentucky, and
for the past two yeas has resided in California, Pike
County. Mr. Jones has exhibited a spirit of
perseverance that is commendable, and has shown himself
possessed of more than ordinary business ability.
Being early thrown on his own resources he has won the
respect and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances.
He is a member of West Union Knights of Pythias.
Politically he is a Republican.
Source: History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. - 1884 |
|
|
NOTES:
|
