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Genealogical and Family History
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EASTERN OHIO
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Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of PROF. EWING SUMMERS
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
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PREFACE.
UT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, "History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be the fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object.
Eastern Ohio has sustained within its confines men who have been prominent in public affairs and great industrial enterprises for almost a cen- tury. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, "the true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which pro- duces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; and the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon methods as upon that normal development from the deep resources of which proceeds all that is precious and permanent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result.
The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and determination to excel. Where either is wanting, failure is almost certain in the outcome. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encouragement to those who have the capacity. As an important lesson in this connection we may ap- propriately quote Longfellow, who said: "We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation.
In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers. have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the mate- rial there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public,
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social and industrial development of this community have been given due recog- nition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omitted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and complete than are the "standard" histories of a country.
THE PUBLISHERS.
INDEX.
Albright, A. E., 359. Albright, George H., 620. Allen, William J., 445. Anderson, William S., 288. Armstrong, Nancy A., 770. Arrel, George F., 720. Ashbaugh, George W., 428. Ashbaugh, William N., 125. Austin, Charles, 27.
Baird. Ensign, 181. Baird, Fremont, 181. Baird, William S., 183. Baker, George A., 170. Baldwin, Homer R., 672. Baldwin, Timothy D., 286. Banks, Frederick W., 536. Barlow, Joseph, 326. Barnes, Robert H., 699. Barrett, Jacob C., 540. Beatty, Oliver E., 63. Beecher, Walter A., 53. Beggs, James A., 374. Beggs, Mary Ann, 374. Black, Louis H., 163. Bloom, John H., 352. Blott, Harmon E., 122. Boch, John W., 680. Bolender, David J., 321. Bonsall, Joel S., 15. Botsford, Ellen E. (Blaine), 644. Botsford, James L., 647. Boughton, George N., 116. Breneman, Mrs. Elizabeth (Linn), 266. Brennard, Abraham, 642. Brenner, Conrad F., 186. Brooks, Joshua T., 631. Brown, Ensign N., 193. Brown, Frank L., 204. Browne, John C., 563. Brownlee, Edwin A., 26. Brownlee, James A., 160.
Brownlee, Rannals S., 732. Brunt, William H., 454. Burnett, William V., 519. Burt, Harry B., 338. Bush, Burkhardt P., 267.
Bush, Leonard, 452. Butler, James, 159. Butler, Joseph G., Jr., 24I.
Calvin, Allen, 517. Calvin, Philip R., 239.
Campbell, Roderick D., 370. Cartwright, Samuel R., 479.
Cassaday, Orlin U., 520.
Chaney, N. H., 134. Clark, Addison M., 775.
Clark, Adolphus H., 570.
Clark, Myron S., 216.
Clark, William R., 762.
Cone, Jered E., 259.
Cook, Enos, 349. Cook, Warren L., 165. Coombs, Moses, 289.
Cooney, Laurence H .. 362.
Cooper, James A., 49.
Coy, William P., 276. Crandall, Charles N., 400. Crawford, Samuel J., 324. Creps, Jeremiah, 747. Creps, William, 747.
Crum, Edson N., 579.
Crum, John W., Jr., 579.
Crum, Lewis S., 141.
Crum, The Family. 578.
Crumrine, David, 351. Cunningham, Jesse, 96.
Dabney, Nathaniel G., 771. Davidson, Charles, 234. Davidson, George H., 189. Davidson, Willis M., 385. Davis, Henry W., 149.
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Davis, James E., 462. Davis, Joseph, 729. Davis, Marquis F., 98. Davis, Milton, 558. Delin, Abbie Jane, 28. Delin, Maria, 28. Devon, Edward, 488. Dickson, George H., 721. Dill, Gilbert M., 261. Doeright, Gustave A., 316. Duesing, H. F., 176. Duffy, Thomas J., 419. Duncan, James E., 169. Dunlap, William P., 776. Durr, Jolin, 230. Dyer, John, 79.
Eastman, Almon, 290. Eddy, Burdett O., 64. Eells, Erastus E., 360. Eells, Leonard H., 362. Erskine, John G., 86.
Evans, Henry A., 573.
Everson, Charles N., 95. Ewing, Harman R., 668. Ewing, James R., 709. Ewing, J. Calvin, 554. Ewing, John, 175.
Farrell, George T., 712. Ferguson, Silas M., 468. Fink, William E., 453. Fordyce, George L., 213. Foster, Lemuel T., 42. Freed, James A., 634. Frolund, Martin W., 20. Frush, Marquis L., 336.
Gardner, John T., 378. Gault, John, 789. Gault, Margery, 307. George, Samuel C., 331. Gibson, Harry G., 512. Gibson, James D., 118. Gipner, John W., 406. Godward, Ann, 700. Goodman, Jonas, 282. Gordon, James B., 432. Graham, John J., 591.
Habegger, Godfrey, 772. Hahn, Adam, 733. Hamilton, J. J., 383. Hamilton, Wilson S., 532.
Hammon, Frank, 692. Hampson, Robert V., 29. Handwork, Gideon, 630. Hanna, Eubius E., 543. Harris, Charles F., 791. Harris, Charles W., 561. Hartzell, Emanuel, 414.
Hawkins, William T., 74. Hazen, Ira R., 742.
Heddleston, Russell C., 41I.
Heintzelman, Jesse, 613. Hill, Elijah W., 698.
Hill, John J., 84. Hill, Sanford C., 498. Hine, Nancy A., 152.
Hively, Elmer, 199. Holben, Edward, 142.
Holloway, Ephraim S., 191.
Horwell, John, 470. Housteau, John B., 741. Houston, H. H., 440. Huffman, M. G., 297.
Huggins, George E., 293.
Hughes, Albert S .. 384.
Hughes, Wallace K., 72. Hull, Hyrum W., 330. Hunter, George M., 542.
Ikirt, George P., 694. Ilgenfritz, Ephraim M., 530. Irwin, De Witt D., 690. Ivory, Robert T., 724.
Jackson, Sidney De L., 249. Jewhurst, Joseph W., 550. Jones, Asahel W., I.
Jones, Friend, 314.
Jones, Harrison, 491.
Jones, Owen D., 210.
Jones, Rees L., 754. Jones, Thomas B., 354. Jones, Will B., 604.
Kelly, John C., 185. Kennedy, James, 154. Kennedy, Margaret, 265. Kenreich, Elias, 254.
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Kenreigh, Noah S., 621. Kent, William, 464. Kimmel, Martin A., 448. King, Andrew W., 590. King, Joseph, 345. King, Mervin W., 51.
Kirtland, Cook F., 497.
Kirtland, Harriet S., 494. Kistler, Elizabeth, 514.
Klein, Henry, 522. Klyne, Solomon, 6. Knopp, Jonas M., 232. Kohler, Henry, III.
Kyle, Joseph, 623. Kyle, Joshua, 308. Kyle, William H., 262.
Lanterman, Sally A., 643. Lawrence, Ebenezer B., 332. Leedy, William G., 548. Leonard, Charles P., 653. Leonard, Mrs. Caroline (Keyne), 10. Leonard, William R., 676. Lewis, John S., 654. Liddle, James, 484. Liddle, Mark H., 416.
Lillie, Frank M., 194. Little, Samuel, 305. Logan, William O., 270. Loller, William H., 753. Lomax, John, 424. Lomax, William J., 99. Love, William P., 301. Loveland, Amos H., 298. Lynn, Emery F., 346.
Maag, William F., 112. Mackey, James, 524. Macrum, Charles E., 413. Maline, William A., 21I. Malloy, Thomas J., 777. Manchester, Hugh A., 128. Marshall, Erastus D., 489. Marshall, J. C., 272. Martin, Abtil, 611. Martin, James A., 323. Matzenbaugh, James A., 341. Mauser, Christ, 295. Mayer, Henry. 627. McBane, Alexander, 437. McBride, Cooper F., 221.
McClurg, William, 139. McCollum, Alexander S., 739.
McCombs, Clark R., 38. McConnell, Frank G., 172.
McDonald, Joseph A., 390. McDonald, Louis N., 393.
McDonald, Thomas, 386.
McElroy, Hugh L., 206.
McEvey, Patrick H., 281. McGinnis, William H., 704.
Mckay, George G., 518.
McKeefrey, John, 322.
McLure, George M., 638.
McNab, George E., 71I. McNabb, Seth J., 4I.
McNicol, D. E., 429. McQuilkin, James C., 412. Mc Vean, John, 758. McVey, Charles Y., 473.
Merwin, Frank S., 760.
Middagh, James K., 54.
Miles, Frederick T., 713.
Miley, Allison S., 593. Miller, Frank, 752.
Moherman, Jefferson S., 610.
Moherman, John, 748.
Moherman, Mrs. Mary E., 80.
Moherman, Winchester, 574.
Montgomery, George M., 624.
Moody, Warner P., 82. Moore, Byron, 147.
Moore, Frank M., 357.
Moore, James G., 106. Moore, John A., 568.
Moore, John W., 325. Morgan, David J., 127.
Morley, Philip, 603.
Morrison, Mrs. Kate E., 780.
Morse, Henry K., 474. Mylott, Patrick, 40.
Neff. Owen, 689. Nesbitt, John W., 18. Nessle, Isaiah J., 92. Nevin, Deweese C., 537. Niedermeier, Henry, 60. Noll. William, 664. Norris, Myron A., 714. Norris, William T., 588. Nutt, James H., 253.
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Rook, Samuel C., 670. Rose, Henry B., 510.
Rose, James N., 404. Rose, John, 71. Ruhlman, Ephraim, 788.
Russell, Amos C., 509. Ryan, John M., 730.
Parrock. Harry, 534. Parrock, Thomas, 320.
Paulin, Francis R., 195.
Paulin, Isaiah, 174.
Peat, Thomas, 735.
Peck, George S., 252.
Pregenzer, William, 162.
Peters, E. M., 344.
Pettit, George W., 701.
Pettit, James M., 304.
Pierce, Calvin, 774.
Porter, David, 143.
Potts, Wilson S., 94.
Price, James S., 600.
Prindle, William P., 539.
Pritchard, Cyrus W., 659.
Prosser, Thomas, 196.
Purinton, John J., 430.
Sharp, Simeon, 34.
Shenkel, Jacob, 444.
Shively, John, 553.
Shover, Barton R., 560.
Siefert, Joseph S., 579.
Silver, Albert R., 650.
Simms, Basil C., 463.
Simms, Jeremiah H., 47I.
Reilly, Charles M., 763.
Renkenberger, Bertram, 661.
Rhodes, Elizabeth H., 460.
Simpkins, David N., 564.
Rhodes, Orville A., 367.
Slagle, Eli M., 225.
Rhodes, Washington S., 460.
Slagle, William H., 184.
Riblet, William W., 584.
Smith, George B., 675.
Richards, Samuel A., 24.
Smith, J. Arrel, 107.
Richards, Stephen B., 25.
Smith, John W., 523.
Smith, Josiah T., 682.
Spence, William H., 109.
Rinehart, John, 438.
Sponseller, Jesse, 693.
Ripple, George W., 687.
Ripple, Norman, 75I.
Roach, John A., 366.
Roberts, Thomas, 408.
Roemer, Mrs. Margaret H., 129.
Rogers, Disney, 88. Rogers, John W., 773. Rogers, William J., 684.
Sanderson, Thomas W., 250.
Sanzenbacher, Charles J., 588.
Sanzenbacher, John, 640.
Schaeffer, John, 215.
Schiller, Andrew W., 722.
Schiller, Silas, 120.
Schmick, W. H., 599.
Schnurrenberger, Lyman, 608.
Scranton, R. Melville, 353.
Sebring, Brothers, 669.
Sebron, Thomas, 691.
Shafer, John H., 648.
Shaffer, C. M., 138.
Shaffer, Onesimus P., 100.
Sharp, Joel, 397.
Rayen, Harry K., 603. Rayen, James, 55I.
Rayman, Robert E., 766.
Rebman, Fred B., 166.
Reed, Barnabas, 268.
Reed, William H., 62.
Simon, Jacob, 749. Simon, Jesse, 375.
Richart, David, 750. Riddle, Samuel, 31I.
Springer, Reuben B., 657. Stahl, Christian, 150. Stahl, Emanuel, 271. Steiner, Daniel, 702. Stewart, Alexander, 179. Stitt, Thomas N., 483. Streeter, John H., 76. Strock, George W., 126.
Oesch, Frank L., 278. Orr, John D., 318. Orr, John S., 257. Osborn, Albert M., 368. Osborne, John M., 108.
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INDEX.
Tait, Jerusha, 382. Templin, L. & Sons, 131. Thomas, James M., 144. Thomas, John J., 200. Thomas, Lawrence M., 435. Thompson, Edward R., 544. Thompson, Harry D., 639. Thompson, William L., 481. Thorn, Edward F., 601.
Thorn, Hannah M., 601.
Thornton, Anson, 287. Thornton, Carroll, 736. Tibbits, A. C., 690. Tinney, Isaac G., 30. Trenle, Gus, 765. Tressel, J. H., 662.
Trevette, The Family, 592. Truesdale, Charles R., 718.
Truesdale, Jackson, 104. Truesdale, Seth H., 83.
Van Alstine, Thomas B., 549. Van Auker, John W., 226. Vohwinkel, John H., 668. Von Reichstadt, Andrew, 303.
Waddell, Caroline P., 783. Walker, Della M., IIO. Walker, R. Edna, 456. Walker, Robert L., 447.
Wallace, Charles R., 17. Watson, Porter, 202. Weasner, Robert, 420. Weaver, James H., 13. Webb, Abner G., 594. Webb, Charles H., 719.
Weikart, H. L., 619. Westerman, Marcus, 246.
Westlake, Charles, 779. .
Wetmore, Charles R., 502.
Whinnery, C. E., 344. Whinnery, John C., 343.
Williams, John I., 278.
Williamson, Joseph, 68.
Williamson, Pyatt, 70.
Williamson, W. P., 70.
Wilson, A. C., 731. Wilson, Charles D., 614.
Wilson, Mrs. Ellen S., 744.
Wilson, Walter N., 36.
Winsworth, William H., 493.
Wirt, Benjamin F., 236.
Wood, John T., 459.
Woods, John A., 629.
Yoder, S. W., 233.
Young, Arthur G., 58. Young, Fleet C., 628.
Zimmerman, Abraham, 504.
GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY
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EASTERN OHIO.
GENERAL ASAHEL W. JONES.
General Jones traces his ancestry easily and directly back to the Pilgrims, his first American progenitor having been Thomas Jones, who came over in the third voyage of the Mayflower in 1629. Thomas Jones was born in 1598, and on landing in America settled at Cape Ann, now Gloucester, Mas- sachusetts. The next in succession was Benjamin Jones, who was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, July 31, 1651. He located in the Springfield, Massachusetts, settlement known as Enfield, which subsequently became a part of Connecticut. His son, Lieutenant Thomas Jones, was born in Enfield in 1680.
Enfield was permanently settled by a colony from Massachusetts in 1681, and the territory embraced within its boundaries belonged to Springfield, Massachusetts, for several years. The location was first known as Fresh Water Plantation, afterwards receiving the name of Enfield. Tradition says the settlement being remote from Springfield was called "end-of-the-field," which by contraction became Enfield. The Enfield colony continued under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts until 1749, when, in connection with the towns of Suffield and Woodstock, they severed their connection by a bold act of secession, and joined with Connecticut and there continued. This was done by electing Lieutenant Thomas Jones a member of the Connecticut legislature from these towns. He made application for admission as a mem- ber of the Connecticut legislature, and was received as such and sat in the general court of Connecticut for 1750, and since that date, Enfield, Som- ers and said other towns have been recognized as part of Connecticut, al- though the boundary line which ceded these towns to Connecticut was not
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permanently settled between Connecticut and Massachusetts until 1808. This Lieutenant Thomas Jones was the fifth back of General A. W. Jones.
His son Thomas Jones was a lieutenant in the Cape Breton expedition. The fourth from A. W. Jones was Captain Israel Jones, born in Enfield, March 18, 1716, and who saw hard service in the Indian wars. He was a captain in the state militia and one of his sons, also Israel Jones, was a lieutenant under Washington at Valley Forge. The title of colonel was added after the Revolutionary war, when he was made a colonel in the Con- necticut State militia. The elder Israel's son, William Clark Jones, great- great-grandfather of our subject, was born at Barkhamsted, Connecticut, May 9, 1760, and was a corporal in Captain Clark's independent company at Lexington Alarm. He was later in Captain Peter Perrett's company of Colonel Webb's Regiment, Seventh Connecticut Rangers, engaged in rang- ing about and protecting Boston. His next service was in a company com- manded by Captain John Skinner, in Colonel Lattimer's Connecticut Regiment of the State militia. During this service, with his brother Samuel, he was at the battle of Saratoga, at the surrender of Burgoyne. His next service was as a member of Captain John William's company in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Obediah Johnson, in which service he completed his war record.
William Clark Jones, with his brother Thomas, removed to Litchfield, Herkimer county, New York, in 1791, where he remained until August of 1802, when he removed to Hartford, Trumbull county, Ohio, where he set- tled, and died there, November 25, 1841. Subsequent to his settlement at Hartford he was granted a pension by the general government for his Revo- lutionary service.
Moses Cleveland was also a lieutenant in Captain Peter Perrett's company, above referred to, and was afterwards appointed surveyor general of the Western Reserve by the Connecticut Land Company, and in whose honor the city of Cleveland was named, and in honor of whose memory the citizens of the city of Cleveland erected a monument, which stands upon the public square.
The record of Revolutionary service breaks here in this distinguished line of men, and the next in line, William Jones, born in Barkhamsted, Con- necticut, on October 3, 1785, took up the peaceable occupation of farming, in which occupation he was engaged until the time of his death, at Hartford, Ohio, March 21, 1852. However, the patriotic family was destined for more of their country's conflicts, and the next in line, William P. Jones, was born in Hartford, Ohio, July 1I, 1814, and served three years as a soldier in
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the Civil war. He died at Youngstown, Ohio, April 22, 1891. He was one of the Trumbull Guards, at Gallipolis, in which capacity he served for three years.
We now come to him whose name heads this review, and though the line of warriors and pioneers behind him is long, one to be justly proud of, General Asahel W. Jones' personal career has been full of achievement in whatever work he has undertaken. The mother of General Jones was Mary Jane Bond, born February 25, 1816, at Avon, New York, died at Youngs- town, Ohio, February 14, 1882. She was a daughter of Nicholas Bond, formerly of Hebron, Connecticut, later of Sandisfield, Massachusetts, and of Avon, New York, and who settled in Hartford, Ohio, in 1832. She was married to William P. Jones, March 1, 1836, at Hartford, Ohio.
General Jones was born in Johnsonville, Ohio, September 18, 1838, at which place he lived until he was ten years old. His common school educa- tion was supplemented by an academic course in the Western Reserve Semin- ary at Farmington, Ohio. In 1857 he commenced the study of law with Curtis & Smith, of Warren, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar September 27, 1859. For a short time he practiced his chosen profession at Warren, but when oil was discovered at Mecca he removed to that place, continuing there until July 5, 1864, when he permanently located at Youngstown, Ohio. His early practice was principally confined to protecting the rights of individuals, as against large corporations, and he was so successful that within one year in but three cases he recovered judgments aggregating one hundred thousand dollars. His vigorous action gave the corporations, large railroads, and transportation companies an object lesson which, coupled with protective law, taught them the necessity of exercising the utmost care and vigilance in protecting private property and human life.
Disliking criminal practice, he has confined his endeavors to the settling of civil actions, and for the past twenty-five years has been almost constantly employed as a retained attorney and general counsel of the Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company and attorney for the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Companies. Mr. Jones possesses those qualities of mind that make a successful lawyer, and his mental powers are sustained by a phy- sique that is almost colossal. His mind is wonderfully receptive, his memory broad, retentive and tenacious, which places him in a position to alinost in- stantly fathom the merits of a case, a gift which but few possess in so marked a degree.
In 1880 Mr. Jones was a delegate to the national Republican convention at Chicago, Illinois, and aided largely in the nomination of President Gar-
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field. For many years he has been a regular attendant of the state conven- tions of his party, usually as a delegate; and there has been no campaign for many years without his being called upon to take the stump, not only in Ohio, but in other states.
He was one of the organizers of the Ohio State Bar Association in 1880, and became its fifth president, succeeding such great lights in the legal profession as Rufus P. Ranney, Stanley Matthews, Richard Harrison and General Durbin Ward. So interested has he been in that association that he has never missed but one annual meeting, always taking an active and influential part in its deliberations and determinations.
He was one of the committee selected to draft the constitutional amend- ment, and the bill to establish a circuit court, and secured its passage through the general assembly of the state of Ohio, and a ratification of the consti- tutional amendment by the people. At the time there was much opposition to the establishment of a court intermediate between the common pleas and supreme courts, but now the wisdom of its adoption is conceded by all. Mr. Jones has for many years maintained a membership in the American Bar Association.
He has never sought or desired office, but in 1895, in the Republican convention at Zanesville, Ohio, he was unanimously chosen for lieutenant governor of the state, and though he protested most emphatically, he was induced by his numerous friends to accept the nomination, and at the polls was elected by a large majority. Two years later he was again nominated and elected, thus serving two full terms. It is probable that one of the most powerful influences that determined him to ultimately accept this posi- tion was his great esteem for Senator Foraker, who personally requested him to accept, and for Governor Bushnell, who headed the ticket. Governor Bushnell and Mr. Jones had become warm personal friends while serving on the staff of Governor J. B. Foraker, during which time Mr. Jones was judge advocate general of the state, holding the rank of brigadier general.
He was the principal factor in the organization of the Second National Bank of Youngstown, in which institution he is a director and large stock- holder. Another enterprise that was suggested and brought into being by his efforts is the Dollar Savings & Trust Company of Youngstown, in which he is also a director. General Jones is now engaged, as president of the Youngstown & Southern Railroad Company, in constructing a line of rail- road from Youngstown, Ohio, to East Liverpool, Ohio.
Outside of law, business and politics, his recreation is a magnificent farm of six hundred acres, within easy distance of the city, which is well
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equipped with buildings, implements and stocked with a superb herd of short- horn cattle and high-bred horses, which instead of being an expensive lux- ury yield a fair profit.
When the Ohio militia was organized, during the dark days of the Civil war, Mr. Jones became a member of Company A, Fourth Regiment (Trum- bull County Militia), was elected captain and commissioned as such by Gov- ernor David Tod. With his command he was present at Cincinnati with the "Squirrel Hunters" in 1862.
Ann Jennette Palmer was born at Ripley, New York, June 16, 1840. Her parents died while she was quite young, and she went to live with an uncle, Harmon Locy, at Hampden, Geauga county, Ohio. At the old Kings- ville Academy, where both she and Mr. A. W. Jones were attending school, they met and afterwards were married, September 24, 1861. On her maternal side she was of English descent, the grandmother being born in London. From her father she inherited the good blood of New England, her paternal grandfather going from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Delaware, Ohio, where he was a recruiting officer during the war of 1812. Her maternal great- grandfather journeyed westward from Fairfield, Connecticut, entered the historic Wyoming Valley, and built the first mill in said valley. Here the grandmother of Jennette Palmer was born, and during the terrible scenes of massacre by Butler and his savages, she saw her brother, who was a lieuten- ant in the colonial army, and her father, killed. The mother, Jennette Palmer's great-grandmother Williams. took this child, with two other small children, and made a successful escape and journey of three hundred miles through the wilderness to their old home in Fairfield, Connecticut.
The sturdy, vigorous ancestry of Mrs. Jennette ( Palmer) Jones revealed itself in her sterling character; unostentatious and with no desire for personal publicity, she was peculiarly a woman of the home, and a friend to the needy. It has been truthfully said of her that "The motto by which she lived, and from which she influenced those with whom she came in contact, was 'what- ever you do, do it the very best you can.'" It was in her home, among her books and serving those that needed her, that her life was beautifully passed, and came to its close June 2, 1901.
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