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Biographies
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio -
her people, industries and institutions
by R. E. Lowry
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Old Families
Illustrated
1915
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
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FRANK JOHN.
Representing one of the oldest and best-known families of Preble
county, Ohio, and a man of enterprising and sterling worth,
Frank John is well entitled to mention here among the
substantial farmers of Preble county. It is with much
satisfaction, therefore, that the story of his life and of his
family is accorded a place in these pages.
Frank John was born in Union county,
Indiana, Aug. 22, 1861, a son of Enoch and M. E. (Swafford)
John, the former of whom was born in Butler county, Ohio,
near Millville, Nov. 4, 1828, a son of Jehu and Catherine
(Hasty) John. Jehu John also was a
native of Butler county. The John family is
of English descent, its lineage dating back to the coming of the
“Mayflower” to this country, three John brothers being
members of the immortal band that landed from that vessel, and
descendants of these men constitute the John family
of Preble county.
Enoch John was reared on a farm in Butler
county, Ohio, and was educated in the common schools. By
home reading and study he acquired a good education. He
remained with his father until he was thirty years of age.
In 1858 he married Mary E. Swafford, who was born in
Union county, Indiana, Nov. 4, 1841, a daughter of Arch and
Sarah (Burroughs) Swafford. Arch Swafford
was a son of Isaac and Sarah (Armstrong) Swafford.
Enoch John and wife were the parents of seven
sons, five of whom are still living: William, who married
Mina Deem; Frank, the immediate subject of
this brief review; Edward, unmarried, lives in Eaton,
Ohio; A. L., who married Retta Llewellyn,
lives in Eaton, Ohio, and Everett, who married Mamie
Huber. The two deceased sons were Daniel and
Charles. Enoch John was a man well
known in Preble county as an honorable and upright citizen.
He died on May 28, 1906, and his widow survived him until Oct.
30, 1911. Mrs. John joined the Christian
church at West Florence, Ohio, in 1885, later uniting
with the church __ same communion at Eaton, continuing her
membership faithfully __ the time of her death. She was
one of the best women of her day home community. Her life
was devoted to her family and she was loved by all who knew
year. She was one of a family of twelve chil- nine
sons and two daughters and one half-brother.
Frank John was reared on his father's farm,
receiving his education __ district schools of his home
neighborhood, after which he spent two ____ in the high school
at Liberty, Indiana. He took up farming at an ___ and his
continued ever since in this vocation. He is now the ___
of one hundred and fourteen acres, five and one-half miles west
of __ Ohio, on the west road, and, besides general farming,
specializes in ___eeding of high-grade live stock, in which he
has achieved enviable __ Duroc-Jersey hogs and Shorthorn cattle
being his specialty.
Frank John has always been active in local
politics, and is identified __ Republican party. He is
well known in Preble county for his ster__ character and
honorable, upright business methods.
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated -
1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page
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CHARLES P. JONES.
Agriculture has been an honored vocation from the earliest ages.
As a usual thing men of honorable and humane impulses, as well
as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry.
The free, outdoor life of the farmer has a decided tendency to
foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance
which characterizes true manhood. No truer blessing can
befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the
healthful, invigorating labor of the fields. It has always
been the soil from which has sprung the moral bone and sinew of
the country. The majority of our nation’s great warriors,
renowned statesmen and distinguished men of letters were born on
the farm, and were indebted largely to its early influence for
the distinction which they gained. Among the enterprising
farmers of Jefferson township, Preble county, Ohio, is
Charles P. Jones, who lives on Rural Route No. 2, out of New
Paris, Ohio.
Charles P. Jones was born in Jefferson township.
Preble county, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1866, a son of William D. and
Matilda (Mikesell) Jones, both of whom were natives of this
county, the latter having been born in Jefferson township, where
she died on Dec. 24, 1897, having always made her home in that
township. William D. and Matilda (Mikesell) Jones
were the parents of ten children, four of whom are living:
Ira E., a farmer of Lake county, Michigan, married Ella
Burkett: Charles P., the immediate subject of this
review: Elsie J., the wife of Ed. O. O’Toole, a
resident of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and Harry J., of
Bradford, Ohio, who married Dora Petry.
Charles P. Jones spent his boyhood days on a
farm in Jefferson township. When old enough he attended
the district schools during the winter seasons, and worked on
the farm in the summers. Mr. Jones has lived on the same
farm, which he now owns and occupies, for more than forty years,
with the exception of ten months. He owns thirty-two acres
of land in Jefferson township, and is an extensive breeder of a
good grade of live stock of all kinds.
On Dec. 2, 1891, Charles P. Jones was married to
Nora McMahon, who was born at Eldorado, Ohio, July 7,
1865, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Nagle) McMahon,
who were both natives of Ireland. Mrs. Jones
was educated in the public schools of Preble county. To
this union one daughter, Minnie, was born, Sept. 21,
1892. She was graduated from the common schools and is the
wife of Cletus C. Kuth. They live with Mr. and
Mrs. Jones.
Mr. Jones is a Republican, but has not taken an
active interest in political affairs. Fraternally, he
belongs to Fellowship Lodge No. 106, Free and Accepted Masons,
and is also a member of New Paris Lodge No. 303, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Jones is a devout
member of the Presbyterian church at New Paris, Ohio, and takes
an active interest in the affairs of this church.
The Jones family is one of the oldest
families now living in western Ohio and eastern Indiana, and
Charles P. Jones is a worthy representative of this old and
highly respected family. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are
worthy citizens of Jefferson township, where they are well known
and in every respect entitled to representation in a work of
this character. The esteem in which Mr. Jones
is held by his neighbors was demonstrated on two occasions of an
official character, he having twice been elected to the
responsible office of township trustee, in the discharge of the
duties of which office he brought to bear a sound business
judgment and a degree of care for the details of his office,
which earned for his administration the commendation of all in
any way related to public affairs in that community. His
terms of service covered the period comprised in the years
1909-1913.
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated -
1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page
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CLEMENT L. JONES.
It is the farmer who makes it possible for men in other
occupations to live. Farming was the original vocation of
man and it is the only occupation which could exist
independently of the others. Indeed, every other
occupation is dependent upon farming. The products of the
farm have made our railroads what they are today. The
great bulk of manufacturing is made necessary because of the
farmer's needs. The people of the city could not live a
week without the farmer's products. This is especially
true of the fruit and truck grower. The farmer holds not
only the purse-strings of the nation, but he even holds the very
life of the people in his hand. For this reason, the
farmer has in reality the most important vocation of all.
Preble county has many fine farms and many good farmers, and
among the best and most successful is Clement L. Jones, a
farmer living on Rural Route 3, out of Richmond, Indiana, and
the proprietor of “Linden Ranch, Fruit, Dairy and Poultry Farm,”
consisting of sixty-two acres five miles east of Richmond, in
Jefferson township.
Mr. Jones was born in Randolph county,
Indiana, May 4, 1872, the son of John H. and Ellen F.
(Helton) Jones. John H. Jones was born in Owen
county, Indiana, the son of Warren M. Jones, who was the
son of Edmund Jones, the latter of whom emigrated from
Virginia to Indiana, where he entered land in Wayne county and
where he spent the remainder of his life.
Warren M. Jones married Sarah Stauffer,
who was born in Pennsylvania, but who was reared in Wayne
county, Indiana, to which union were born eleven children,
Levi, John, Granville, Jacob, Edward,
Harold, Melvina, Elizabeth, Ruth,
Hannah and Sarah, all of whom are living except
Melvina.
John H. Jones was reared on a farm in Randolph
county, Indiana, and was educated in the district schools of
that county, following which he taught school for some time.
He married Ellen Helton, the daughter of John
and Melissa (Edwards) Helton, who was born in Randolph
county, Indiana. Three children were born to this union:
Clement L., the subject of this sketch: John E.,
who married Ethel Totten and lives in Eureka, California:
Elza F., who married Addie Hinshaw and
lives in Reno, Nevada. Mrs. Ellen Jones
died in 1877 and Mr. Jones married, secondly, Mary
C. Shank, who was born in Randolph county, Indiana.
To this second union ten children were born, all of whom live in
Randolph county, Indiana, except Herbert, who lives in
Lafayette, same state. The other children are James F.,
Homer, Lester, Paul, Everett,
Ernest, Ina M., Estella and Florence.
Clement L. Jones was reared on a farm in
Randolph county, Indiana, and was educated in the district
schools of that county. He was graduated from the common
schools and for a period of five years taught school in Indiana,
Illinois, Oregon and Washington.
Mr. Jones was married to Jennie A.
Baker, who was born in Buffalo, Dallas county, Missouri,
Sept. 6, 1871, the daughter of Marcus A. and Harriett E.
(Wilson) Baker. Marcus A. Baker was a soldier
in Company F, Sixty-ninth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and served
one year during the Civil War, being discharged for disability
at the end of that time. He and his wife were the parents
of thirteen children, nine of whom are living, Maggie,
Winona, Harry, Marcus, Jr., Arthur, David,
Robert, Mary and Jennie A. Four children are
deceased, Howard, Curtis, McKinley and
Curtis. Mrs. Jones’ mother died in
Missouri and Mrs. Jones was reared by her maternal
grandparents, being educated in the public schools of Richmond,
Indiana.
To Clement L. and Jennie A. (Baker) Jones two
children have been born: Edwin H., born on Feb. 22, 1893,
who was graduated from the New Paris high school and is now in
the government service, connected with the weather bureau at
Boise, Idaho, and Hubert F., born on Nov. 13, 1896, who
also is a graduate of the New Paris high school.
Mr. Jones is an extensive grower of fruit and
truck. He owns ten acres of orchard land and has three
acres in berries. He also raises other small fruits.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones are extensive breeders of White
Wyandotte chickens and have some excellent fowls. Mr.
Jones makes a specialty of thoroughbred Duroc-Jersey hogs
and has other good grades of live stock.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church at New Paris, Ohio. Mr. Jones is a
member of the official board and one of the trustees and
treasurer of the church, and for several years served as
superintendent of the Sunday school. Fraternally, he is a
member of Harmony Lodge No. 396, Knights of Pythias, and is a
past chancellor of this lodge. Mrs. Jones is
a member of the Pythian Sisters, in which order she is a past
chief. Mr. Jones also is a member of
Richmond Camp No. 3815, Modern Woodmen of America.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the White Water
Valley Grange at New Paris. Mr. Jones is past
master and past representative and was first master of the
grange. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones are charter members
and the latter has been a lecturer for the grange for many
years. Mr. Jones is a Democrat and has
served his community efficiently as a member of the local school
board. He is a member of the Preble county board of
agriculture, having been appointed to this position. Mr.
Jones is entitled to rank as one of the representative
citizens of Preble county and one of the substantial farmers and
business men of his vicinity. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones
are leaders in all public movements and both are capable and
faithful leaders in their community.
Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated -
1915 - B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana - Page
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