Liberty Twp. -
HENRY JACKSON, farmer, P. O. Peoria, was born in Lincoln County, Me., Jan. 20, 1842.  His parents, William and Hannah (Melvin) Jackson, were also natives of Maine.  His father was born Jan. 12, 1812, and his mother Aug. 28, 1807.  They were married and came to Licking County, Ohio, in 1845, and, in 1850 came to Liberty Township.  Henry passed his early life on the farm and received his training in the common schools.  Aug. 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He fought at Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and in all the engagements on the Atlanta campaign from Rossville to Atlanta, and also in all the conflicts on the march to the sea, and including Bentonville, N. C.  He served with distinction, and was honorably discharged June 18, 1865, while serving as Corporal.  He came home, and Sept. 23, 1865, was married to Miss Christina, daughter of John A. and Lois R. Welch.  Mrs. Jackson, a native of Licking County, was born Dec. 21, 1845.  Of the children born to this union the following are living:  Owen G.,  Born Dec. 9, 1867; Edwin C., born Feb. 13, 1874, and Minnie L., born May 21, 1882; Lois M., born Aug. 26, 1866, and died Aug. 24, 1867.  Mr. Jackson moved to his farm in 1869, and has since occupied it, and been engaged in farming and stock-raising.  He owns a farm of 112½ acres, besides thirty-one acres in Taylor Township.  He and wife are both members of the Christian Church.  In politics, he is of Republican principle.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 407

Liberty Twp. -
SAMUEL S. JEWELL

Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 407

Allen Twp. -
ALGERNON S. JOHNSON, merchant, North Lewisburg.  The ancestral history of this family can be traced back to the reign of George III, when a man bearing the name of Johnson emigrated a colony from England and settled at Auburn, N. J., where King George granted them a township of land.  The subject of this notice was born in Athens County, Ohio, June 16, 1807.  His father, Samuel B. Johnson, was a native of Washington County, N. Y., and his mother, Rebecca Wilkin, of Amherst, N. H.  His grandfather, Azel Johnson, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, under Gen. La Fayette.  His father-in-law, Samuel Brown, was an old Revolutioner, and was wounded at Bunker Hill.  In 1798, Mr. Johnson and family removed to Marietta, Ohio, and in 1803 to Athens County, where he died, aged eighty-three years.  In 1830, our subject's parents removed to Union County and settled in Paris Township, where they both died; the former June 17, 1843, and the latter Aug. 3, 1854.  The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools.  He came to Allen Township at an early day and cleared up a farm.  Nov. 25, 1857, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Charlotte, widow of Avar Mallory (deceased), and daughter of Gideon and Nancy Draper.  They have four children - Marcella R., Lucy W., Adaline F. and Sarah A.  Mr. Johnson owns a farm of 100 acres.  Since he was a boy of thirteen years, he has dealt largely in live stock.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 477

Claibourne Twp. -
JOHN JOLLIFF, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, August 7, 1844, and was a son of Lewis and Catherine (Swartz) Jolliff, natives of Ohio, of Dutch descent.  He was reared on a farm, receiving a common school education, and early adopted the occupation of a farmer, which he has since followed successfully, now owning a good and well-improved farm. In 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a non-commissioned officer; was with his command in twenty-six hard-fought
battles, and was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ky. He was discharged in 1865 at the close of the war.  In 1865, he married Mary Sidle, a daughter of J. C. Sidle, and by her has had seven children, viz.: Sarah E., Isaac G., John D., William T. S., Martha A., Eva C. and Charles E.  The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been steward.  He is a Republican in politics.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 637

Claibourne Twp. -
LEWIS JOLLIFF, farmer, P. 0. Richwood, was born in Pennsylvania February 12, 1812; his parents were William and Catherine (Yager) Jolliff, natives of Ohio, the former of English and the latter of German descent.  They emigrated to Ohio in an ox cart in 1817, and settled in Wayne County, afterward moving to Stark County, where both died.  They had fifteen children, twelve of whom grew up, married and raised families. Our subject, who was the fifth child, grew up on the farm, inured to the hardships of all kinds and accustomed to hard and incessant labor.  He had no educational advantages whatever, and knows but little about the English language, though perfectly familiar with German.  He has spent his life in agricultural pursuits and has arisen step by step from a poor farm boy and renter to a well-to-do freeholder. He came to
this county in 1836, purchased land and set to work clearing it for cultivation ; he now owns 180 acres of good land, in the best order and well improved, in addition to his town property. In 1834, he married Catharine Swartz, by whom he had five children, viz.: Washington, who
enlisted in the army in 1861, was wounded, returned home and died; Eli, deceased; John, whose sketch appears in this work; Isaac, and Barbara, deceased. Mrs. Jolliff was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church; she died in 1855, and on December 10, 1856, Mr. Jolliff married Hannah Pennypacker, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Scofield) Pennypacker, the latter still surviving, aged eighty-four years.  Mr. and Mrs. Jolliff are members the Methodist Protestant Church at Richwood.  Though Mr. Jolliff has survived the allotted time of man, he has
full possession of all his faculties and is remarkably hale for one of his years.  He tells many interesting anecdotes of early Ohio, and of life in a new country; of adventures with wild animals and escapes from other dangers; and of being lost in the woods when hunting his cows.  Many pages of reminiscences could be called from the memory of this old pioneer, had we space for-their production.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 637

Jerome Twp. -
THOMAS JONES, for a number of years a prominent citizen of Union County, was born in Wales July 29, 1823.  When eight years of age, his parents, John and Winifred Jones, emigrated to the United States and settled down in Columbus, Ohio, where they both died.  Mr. Jones spent his early life in Columbus, and was educated in the public schools of that place.  In 1852-53, he came to Union County and purchased 207 acres of land, to which he added by subsequent purchase till his farm contained 300 acres.  He also owned a farm of 185 acres on Darby Plains, Madison County.  Mr. Jones was a leading and influential citizen, and as a fine stock-raiser was second to none in the county.  He was especially engaged in keeping thoroughbred short-horned cattle and French Norman and Clydesdale horses.  He was the first man to introduce French horses in the county, and owned one of the first Norman Stallions (Pleasant Valley Bill) that was imported to the United States.  In 1857, he bought the Norman mare Doll—the third one of the Norman stock that was imported into America.  Mr. Jones was successfully engaged in the fine stock business till he removed to his farm near Delaware, since which time his sons, Charles M. and Albert N., have succeeded him in his useful enterprise.  He was married, Nov. 10, 1847, to Marium Newton, who was born in Madison County Apr. 22, 1824.  Their union was blessed with six children—Naniet N., wife of Dr. J. D. Jones, of Cleveland, Ohio; Charles M., Albert N., Ellsworth E. and Winifred; Ann, is deceased; Charles M., was born June 9, 1850, and Albert N., Nov. 20, 1850.  They reside on the homestead near Plain City.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 315

Allen Twp. -
WILLIAM H. JORDAN, farmer, West Middleburg, Logan County, was born near Marysville, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1835.  He is the third son of William H. and Nancy Jordan.  His early life was spent on a farm, and his education obtained in the common schools.  When ten years of age his parents removed to Champaign County.  In 1853, he went to Coles County, Ill., and in 1855 returned to his native county.  August 12, 1861, he entered the ranks of the Union army, as a member of Company C, Seventeenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Fourteenth Army Corps.  He was chosen Corporal, and subsequently was promoted to First Sergeant.  He veteranized in January, 1864, and re-enlisted in his old company, serving till the war closed.  He was engaged in the following battles: Wild Cat, Mill Spring, evacuation of Cornith by the rebels, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma, Chickamauga and Resaca.  Then joined Sherman, and participated in all the engagements on the Atlanta campaign and all the battles in close proximity to Atlanta.  He then marched to Savannah, and was active in all the conflicts of that famous march, and afterward went to Washington D. C. and attended the grand review.  He was discharged with the honors of a veteran at Columbus, Ohio, in July, 1865.  He bears the scar of a slight wound received at the memorable engagement of Chickamauga.  November, 1865, he married Miss Melissa Cowgill, daughter of Elisha and Mary Cowgill, by whom he has has had three children - John C., born June 22, 1867; Jennie B., born Dec. 19, 1870, and George E., born Jan. 7, 1873.  Mr. and Mrs. Jordan are members of the M. E. Church.  Mr. Jordan is politically a stanch Republican.  He served as Township Trustee one term.  He owns a farm of 112 acres and follows farming and rearing thoroughbred short-horned cattle.
Source: History Union County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. 1883 - Page 477