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Biographies
Source:
Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio
embracing the Counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with a
Biography of
each, together with Portraits and Biographies of Joshua R. Giddings,
Benjamin F. Wale,
and a large number of the Early Settlers and Representative
Families of to-day.
Published: Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
1893
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ASABEL
W. JONES one of the ablest lawyers and
distinguished citizens of Ohio, was born in Johnsonville, Trumbull
county, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1838, and is descended from one of the first
families that settled in Trumbull county. His parents were
William P. and Mary J. (Bond) Jones The mother was born at
Avon Springs, New York, Feb. 26, 1816, and emigrated to Hartford,
Ohio, in 1833. She died in Youngstown, Ohio, in March, 1882.
Two Bond families, one from England and one from Ireland,
were among the early emigrants to America, and it is uncertain to
which of these families Mrs. Jones owes her descent.
The father of our subject was born at Hartford, Trumbull county,
July 11, 1814, a son of William C. Jones, who emigrated from
Barkhamstead, Connecticut, in 1802, to Hartford, Trumbull county,
Ohio, and there erected the second cabin in Hartford township.
He was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and took part in the
battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga. His death occurred in
1841. Mr. Jones’ children were: William P.,
Selden C., Dr. Asahel, Amelia, Sally and
Allen. The father of William C. Jones,
Captain Israel Jones, was a grandson of Benjamin
Jones, of Welsh origin, and who was probably the parent tree
of the family in America. He first resided at Enfield,
Connecticut, but in 1706 became the first settler of Somers, that
State. Captain Israel Jones removed from
Enfield to Barkhamstead, Connecticut, and became the second settler
in the township in which that city is located. He established
his home on East mountain, and the farm still remains in the
possession of his descendants.
Asahel W. Jones, the subject of this memoir, was
reared to farm life, and received a fair education. He read
law in the office of Curtis & Smith, at Warren, Ohio,
and was there admitted to the bar, Sept. 27, 1859, when just past
twenty-one years of age. Since 1864 he has followed the
practice of law in Youngstown. In 1868 he was appointed to
till an unexpired term as Prosecuting Attorney for Mahoning county,
and later was elected to that office. In 1874 Mr.
Jones took an active part in the organization of the Second
National Bank of Youngstown, since which time he has been one of its
Directors. He also has been more or less interested in iron
and other industries, but for the greater part has devoted his time
and energies to the practice of law, in which he has enjoyed a large
and lucrative patronage, his practice now being in the main confined
to railroads and other corporations. He is a member of the law
firm of Jones & Anderson, which is one of the
strongest firms in the State.
Sept. 24, 1861, Mr. Jones was married, at
Hampton, Geauga county, Ohio, to Miss Annette J. Palmer, who
was born at Kingsville, Ashtabula county, this State, June 23, 1840.
In political matters our subject is a stanch Republican, and,
although not an office-seeker, has been active as a worker for his
party. In 1889 his friends urged his name as one worthy of the
nomination on the Republican ticket for Governor, and he received a
strong support. Mr. Jones is a Knight Templar Mason,
and sustains high social relations.
Source: Biographical
History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula,
Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company,
1893 - Page 589 |
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REV.
EDWARD R. JONES, who has served as pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bloomfield for three years, is
regarded as one of the leading ministers of Trumbull county.
He was born at Evansburg, Pennsylvania, Dec. 28, 1843, a son of
Thomas Jones, a native of Wales, but who located in Pennsylvania
when only eighteen years of age. He was a farmer by
occupation, and also followed the milling business for several
years. His death occurred at Evansville in March, 1859.
The mother of our subject, nee Amy Williams, was a
native of Pennsylvania, and her parents were also born in Wales.
They came to Pennsylvania a few years before the arrival of our
subject. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had ten children, viz.:
Milton, married Jennie Davis, of Evansburg, and he
is now a prominent merchant of that place; Thomas, married
Elizabeth Lester, and is a carpenter at Perry,
Dallas county, Iowa; Esther, deceased in childhood; Lydia,
who married Richard Martin, moved to Kansas, where she died
from the effects of being kicked by a mule; Newton, deceased
in childhood; Elizabeth, is the wife of David Davis,
a merchant of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and they were at that place
during the memorable flood, and did much to relieve the sufferings
of the victims of that terrible disaster; Harriet married
Joseph Hepting, who died at Pardoe, Mercer county,
Pennsylvania, where she now resides and where her son is employed as
foreman in a cracker factory; Edward R., our subject;
Lawrence, a lumber manufacturer of Johnstown; and Martha,
wife of Harrison Burkhard, also a lumberman of that
city.
Edward R. Jones, the subject of this sketch, left home
at the age of fifteen years, after which he learned the shoemaker’s
trade in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and followed that occupation until
the outbreak of the Civil war. At Lee’s invasion he
enlisted in a company of militia, where he remained until his
discharge, in 1863. He took part in the battle of Winchester
and in other important engagements. After the close of the
struggle Mr. Jones turned his attention to
photography, also clerked in stores in Johnstown, later engaged in
the sawmilling business, next followed railroading one year, in 1864
entered the public schools of Derry Station, where he remained until
the spring of 1865, and then entered the Allegheny College. He
graduated at that institution in 1870, with the degree of A. B.
Mr. Jones then began the study for the ministry, in connection
with his work in the Pittsburg Conference. His first charge
was at Knowlson, two years later went to the Third Avenue Church at
Pittsburg, spent one year at Florence, and then entered the Drew
Theological school, at Madison, New Jersey, completing his course in
1877, with the decree of B. D. Mr. Jones next returned
to Pittsburg Conference, and was appointed to Connorsburg, the seat
of the old Jefferson College, where he spent one year. He was then
transferred to the Eastern Ohio Conference, and located at
Mansfield; one year later he assumed his next charge and remained
two years, spent the following year at Canton, was three years at
Martin’s Ferry, one year at Willoughby, one year at Caldwell, two
years at Jewett, and since that time has remained at his present
charge.
Mr. Jones was married May 8, 1873, to Eliza
R. Sayer, a daughter of Henry and Margaret (Patterson) Sayer,
of Allegheny city. She was educated at the female college at
Pittsburg, and resided in Pittsburg and Allegheny City. Her
brother, James P. Sayer, is one of the most prominent
attorneys of Pennsylvania, and has served as Treasurer of Washington
county for two years. He was appointed Major of the Army of
Western Pennsylvania, under General Beaver, an office
created after the war. He became the guardian of every
soldier, - could enter court and take the money of soldiers for safe
keeping. He was a good disciplinarian. His death
occurred about one year ago. Mr. Sayer was shot
in the leg at Gettysburg, and amputation afterward became necessary.
He was a man of wonderful memory, and could accurately remember the
condition of the weather and the events of each day for several
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have had five children:
Margaret Amy, born Nov. 9, 1874, will graduate with
the class of 1894, in the Bloomfield schools; Aonra L., born
Oct. 5, 1876, is a member of the same class; Mely H., born
June 22, 1879, is a member of the junior class of the same school;
Edna R., born Sept. 28, 1881, is also attending the
Bloomfield schools; and Gerald Rex, born
Nov. 8, 1882. In political matters, Mr. Jones is
an independent Republican. Socially, he is a member of the
Masonic order and the Knights of Honor.
Source: Biographical
History of Northeastern Ohio Embracing the Counties of Ashtabula,
Trumbull and Mahoning - Publ. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company,
1893 - Page 569 |
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