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JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, Wilmington, grocer and dealer in provisions, South street, was born in North Carolina, October 10, 1844. His parents were Hennison and Keziah (Gowen) Hawley, both natives of North Carolina. Mr. Hawley's father was a shoemaker by trade. The subject of this sketch engaged in the express business when quite young, carrying tobacco down the Atlantic coast and bringing back fish. After the surrender of Gen. Lee he opened the first colored school in Granville County, N. C. The scholars numbered twenty, and the tuition was fifty cents apiece. This school proved a success, and soon afterward Mr. Hawley was elected Justice of the Peace of Oxford Township, of that county, in which office he served for eighteen months. On Jan- uary 1, 1870, he resigned his position, and the same day, married Edna Chavins, a native of that State. With his wife and her brother he removed to Arkansas, and took charge of a farm on Davis' Lake, belonging to a citizen of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Hawley re- mained on this land fourteen months, his principal crop being cotton. Mrs. Hawley suf- fered much with the ague, and Mr. Hawley resolved to give up the farm and come North. He started for Ohio, stopping at Louisville seven weeks. He located at Wash- ington C. H., Fayette Co., Ohio, having $350 upon his arrival at that point. He went into the saloon and grocery business with King Anderson, but six months after the en- tire stock was destroyed by fire. On October 27, 1871, Mr. Hawley removed to Wil-
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mington, and soon after opened a saloon and grocery. In 1877, he went into the drug business on the corner of South and Main streets, but sold out a few years later. In 1873, Mr. Hawley erected a frame building on South street at a cost of $1,400. In 1876, he erected an iron front, at a cost of $2,800, and in 1879 put up a three-story brick, cost- ing $4,200. The upper story of this latter building was used for Masonie Hall until 1882, when Mr. Hawley erected another brick building, and converted both into a new three-story brick hotel. Mr. Hawley owns property in Washington C. H., and a farm of sixty-seven aeres in Adams Township, this county. Mr. Hawley quit the saloon busi- ness on April 30, 1882, and since then has engaged only in selling groceries and pro- visions. He is considered one of the most enterprising and successful merchants of Wilmington, and has invested thousands of dollars in building up and beautifying the ap- pearance of the village. While residing in North Carolina he was President of the Union League of Granville County. Upon coming to Wilmington he joined Rose Croix Lodge, No. 28 (Masonie), and has sinee officiated as its Treasurer. He is also a member of Hiram Chapter, No. 16, and of the Knights Templar of Springfield, Ohio. He is connected with Ohio Valley Lodge, No. 1877 (Odd Fellow), and is a Republican. Himself and wife are members of the Colored Baptist Church. Mr. Hawley has three children-Victoria C., Raymond O. and Ayler.
JAMES M. HAYNES, Wilmington, of Haynes & Glass, dealers in dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, hats and caps, 151 South street, is a life resident of Clinton County. He was born six miles west of Wilmington, December 7, 1847. His father is Archi- bald Haynes, a native of New York, who immigrated to this county about 1808. He was a merchant of Wilmington until 1832; then farmed for some years, and at present resides at Oakland, in Chester Township. Mr. Haynes' mother was Mary A. Banes, a native of Pennsylvania. She died in 1868. James M. Haynes passed his early life on a farm, and when quite young entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he took a scientific course, but stopped school before graduating. He came back to Wilmington, and secured a position as clerk for W. C. Hadly (now deceased), in the dry goods business. He remained with him eighteen months, as a salesman, and then purchased a half interest in the business. This relationship continued two years. Mr. Haynes then purchased Mr. Terrell's interest in the firm of M. H. Brackney & Co., en- gaged in the same business, and subsequently, as Brackney & Haynes, they engaged largely in pork packing, this last adventure proving somewhat disastrous. On April 23, 1877, Mr. George D. Glass purchased Mr. Brackney's interest, and the firm has since been Haynes & Glass. They enjoy a good trade in dry goods and notions, and are pro- bably the largest dealers in wool in the county, buying and shipping to the Eastern mar- kets. Mr. Haynes is connected with the Society of Friends, the Royal Areanum, and is a " straight Republican." He was united in marriage in June, 1870, to Clara E. Brackney, a native of this county. Four children have been given them, three living -Elsie C., Edna M. and Harry C. Mrs. Haynes enjoys a birthright in the Society of Friends.
HOWARD A. HAYNES. Wilmington, proprietor livery, feed and sale stable, South street, near depot, was born in Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio, Sep- tember 2, 1843. His father, Archibald Haynes, was one of the oldest and most re- speeted pioneers of this county, an interesting sketch of whom will appear in the chapter of pioneer reminiscences. Mr. Haynes' mother was Mary A. Banes. a native of Bueks County, Penn. Of their five children only two survive, J. M. Haynes, of Haynes & Glass, dry goods merchants of Wilmington, and our subject. The latter was reared on a farm in Chester Township, residing there till he was twenty-three years of age. On May 8. 1864, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Ohio Infantry ; was made Second Lieutenant, and served four months, being honorably discharged the same year. On October 31, 1865, he married Sallie M., daughter of Zimri Haines, a prominent farmer of Union Township, this county. After marriage, Mr. Haynes " farmed it" for four years in Chester Township, and then sold his farm, removing to Wilmington. This was in 1871. He first engaged in the grocery business, and subsequently in the dry goods trade with his brother, Harmon L. Haynes, the firm being known as Haynes J.J
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Bros., and doing a good business until 1879, when his brother died. The firm did busi- ness in the storeroom lately occupied by Hinshaw & Andrew, our subject having erected the building. After the death of his brother, Mr. Haynes closed out the business and sold the building to Garner Hinshaw. He then embarked in his present business, in -which he has met with very fair success. One child was born to Mr. Haynes-Lizzie B. His wife, who was a member of the Society of Friends, died in October, 1873, and June 1, 1876, he was married to Mrs. Mary (Millikan) Moon, a daughter of Thomas. Millikan, of Wilmington. Mrs. Haynes is also a member of the Friends. Mr. Haynes is Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.
CALVIN B. HENDRICK, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Union Township, Clinton County, Chio, January 23, 1830. His parents were John and Sarah (Birdsall) Hendrick, the former of Scotch descent and the latter a native of New York, of English descent. They came to Clinton County in 1814, and remained until the time of their death. Our subject was reared and educated in Union Township. Hc carly chose and commenced farming as an occupation, and has continued in agricultural pursuits during the whole of his life. He now owns the farm on which he was born, and is cultivating it with good success. He was married in 1862 to Harriet M. Gallup, a native of Connecticut, of English descent, and by her has had one child-John C., born September 3, 1864. Mr. Hendrick is in politics a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
MARVIN R. HIGGINS, Wilmington, Clerk of Courts of Clinton County, was born at Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, April 25, 1852. His father is Asa Higgins, a native of Highland County, and a stock dealer by vocation. He now resides at New Vienna, in this county. Mr. Higgins' mother's maiden name was Jane V. Miller. She is also a native of Highland County. The subject of this sketch came to Clinton County with his parents when but six years of age. His early education was obtained in the public schools, and he subsequently attended the Normal College at Worthing- ton, Ohio, from which he graduated. He commenced teaching when quite young, and for three years was a teacher in the Sabina schools, and afterward its Principal for two years. Mr. Higgins has spent almost his entire life in teaching, with the exception of two years spent in the East, in mercantile pursuits with his father. Mr. Higgins has been a life Republican, and has always evinced an intense interest in the welfare of that party. In the fall of 1878, he was elected to his present position, and re-elected in 1881, commencing his second term February 9, 1882. Mr. Higgins is a member of Wilmington Lodge and Chapter (Masonic), of Ely Commandery of Knights Templar, and connected with the Royal Arcanum. He was united in marriage August 15, 1875, to Mary A. Moon, a native of Clinton County. Mrs. Higgins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Higgins is filling his present position with honor, both to himself and his numerous constituents.
JEFF HILDEBRANT, Wilmington, one of the most genial and enterprising merchants of Wilmington, and well known throughout the length and breadth of Clin- ton County, was born near Snowhill, Greene Township, February 10, 1831. His father was Christopher Hildebrant, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ohio about 1820. Ile was a pioneer farmer of Greene Township. Mr. Hildebrant's mother was Elizabeth Cripisteen, also a native of New Jersey. She still resides on the old homestead, and is in her eighty-sixth year. Our subject was raised on a farm, and when fifteen years of age entered the Newberry Academy, of the Society of Friends, at Martinsville, and sub- sequently taught school a few months. He then went to Freeport, Ill., and while teach- ing school there, had Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of President James A. Garfield. as a pupil. After five months Mr. Hildebrant returned to Clinton County, and in con- nection with his brother operated the first thresher and separator ever owned in Greene Township. Soon after, he entered Farmers' College, College Hill, Ohio, where he re- mained two years, graduating in June, 1853, in a class of twelve persons, ten of whom are yet living. After leaving college, Mr. Hildebrant came back to the old homestead, where he " farmed it" for five years. He was theu elected County Surveyor, and served three years as such. In the fall of 1861 (October 9), he was married to Mar-
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garet M., daughter of the Hon. D. P. Quinn, a pioncer settler of this county, who died in 1867. Soon after marriage, Mr. Il. removed to a farm on Rattlesnake Creek, in Fayette County, but in the spring of 1863 purchased D. R. Whitcomb's book store, at Wilmington, and with the exception of a few months has been in that business ever since. A nephew, Henry C. Hildebrant, of Washington C. H., was a partner for seven years, but since August, 1880, Mr. Hildebrant has carried on the business alone. He carries the largest stock of books, stationery, wall paper, school and church furniture and sewing machines in Clinton County, and his sales are in proportion. Mr. Hilde- brant was the first to introduce Alderney cattle into Clinton County, and has always evinced a lively interest in all matters pertaining to the growth and development of stock and agriculture. He owns thirty-five acres of land within the corporate limits of Wilmington, and is an active member of the State Horticultural Society. He is a lively Republican, and liberal in religion. One son has been born to Mr. Hildebrant-Charles, now in attendance at Ohio State University. Mrs. HI. departed this life November 15, 1880.
GARNER HINSHAW, Wilmington, of the firm of Hinshaw & Andrew, was. born at Westboro, Jefferson Township, this county, June 13, 1831. His father was Joseph Hinshaw, a native of North Carolina. . He came to Clinton County at a very early day, locating in Jefferson Township, where he was a pioneer farmer for many years. He died in 1874. Mr. Hinshaw's mother was Sarah Rateliff, also a native of North Carolina. She departed this life in 1875. Mr. Hinshaw's childhood and youth was passed on a farm, and at the age of twenty years he went to Westboro and engaged in the dry goods business. Being well known throughout that part of the county, he soon gained quite a little trade, which he managed successfully until 1872, when he re- moved to Wilmington. He engaged in the same business in his new location, and car- ried it on alone until November, 1872, when R. E. Andrew was admitted to a partner- ship, and the firm name changed to Hinshaw & Andrew. The trade of the firm has steadily increased to the present time, and its members rank among the better class of business men of Wilmington. Mr. Hinshaw is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and was reared a Republican and has always believed in its principles, yet he is a firm Prohibi- tionist. He was united in marriage, September 1, 1855, to Maria, daughter of Lewis Hockett. Of the eight children born to this union four survive-Annie, Orie, Elva and Homer L. Mr. Hinshaw and wife have birthrights in the Society of Friends, and their children are members of the same.
AMOS HOCKETT, Wilmington, one of the oldest members of the Wilmington bar, was born near Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, July 31, 1829. His father was David W. Hockett, a native of Virginia, who came to Ohio when about eight years of age. His grandfather, David Hockett, was one of the honored pioneer settlers of the southern part of this county. Mr. Hockett's mother was Lydia Hiatt, who departed this life when our subject was but four or five years of age. Mr. [lockett's father was a farmer by occupation, and is still living near Martinsville. He enjoys good health, and is in the seventy-seventh year of his age. One son, Frank L. Hockett, is the author of the History of Clark Township, which finds a place in an- other portion of this work. Amos Hockett grew up on a farm, and when fifteen years of age commenced teaching school, being probably the youngest teacher in the county at that time. He followed this vocation for several years. While teaching, he commenced the study of law, and was admitted to the bar at Wilmington in 1853. He immediately entered into partnership with A. W. Doan, but they remained to- gether only a few months. He then went to Leesburg, Highland County, where he remained only a short time. . In 1852, his brother Albert was elected Treasurer of Clinton County, and Mr. H. served as Deputy for three years. In 1858, he was ap- pointed County Recorder, serving ten months, being also School Examiner at the same time. In 1860, he was appointed Deputy County Treasurer, under David Sanders, who was subsequently made Collector of Internal Revenue. In April, 1863, he went into the Clerk's office as Deputy, under Rodney Foos, and when the latter went into the army was placed in full charge of the office. In 1864, Mr. Hockett was elected
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Treasurer of Clinton County, serving as such four years. After serving this term, he assisted the Auditor a short time, and in January, 1869, was appointed Auditor, serv- ing two months. When Asa Jenkins was elected Auditor, Mr. Hockett served as Deputy one year. In 1875, A. H. Hains appointed him Deputy Auditor, and he filled the office till January, 1881. During the winter of 1881-82, Mr. Hockett officiated as assistant to the County Treasurer. It will thus be seen by the foregoing record that Amos Hockett has served the people of Clinton County in an official relation over a quarter of a century ; longer, perhaps, than any one else now living in the county. During all this time of service, he has been a faithful and honest public servant, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of the greater portion of the citizens of Clinton County. Ar present, Mr. Hockett is a Notary Public, and engaged in the practice of his profes- sion. He has been a member of the Republican party since its organization. He is also a member of the Society of Friends. Mr. Hockett was married in 1850 tu Elizabeth Huff, a native of Highland County, Ohio, also a member of the Friends' So- cicty. They have one child-Emma, wife of Frank Marble.
WILLIAM O. HOLLOWAY, Recorder of Clinton County, Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, April 3, 1847. His father was Dayton Holloway, a native of West Virginia, born near Pittsburgh, Penn., and came to Ohio at an carly date. He was a blacksmith by trade, and followed that vocation till old age caused him to relinquish all hard labor. He now resides with his children, in the eighty-first year of his age. Mr. Holloway's mother was Cynthia A. Comber, a native of Warren County Ohio. She departed this life in 1872. When our subject was five years of age, his parents removed to Port William, in this county, where he grew to the more mature years of manhood. His education was obtained in the public schools, and he subse- quently obtained employment in a woolen mill, which vocation he followed until 1869. In the latter year, he came to Wilmington, and was soon after appointed Deputy Andi- tor, under Asa Jenkins, serving as such four years. For a year he was employed as a traveling salesman for a Philadelphia clothing house, and was then made Deputy Re- corder, under M. J. Grady, occupying this position one and a half years. In the fall of 1877, he was elected County Auditor, and the following January took charge of the office. He was re-elected in 1880, his second term expiring in January, 1883. Hc has always been a Republican in politics. Mr. Holloway was married in 1876 to Anna Osborn, a native of Warren County, Ohio. They have one son-Charles C. Mrs. Holloway is a member of the Society of Friends.
JOSEPHUS HOSKINS, minister and farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, April 26, 1841. His parents, Isaac and Rachel Hoskins, were natives of Guilford County, N. C., he of Welsh, and she of English descent. They emigrated to Ohio in 1811, and located in Clinton County. They had eight children, of whom seven grew to maturity and five, four daughters and one son, sur- vive. The father was a farmer, and followed that occupation during his whole life, with the exception of ten years spent as a merchant, eight of them in Wilmington. His wife died in 1854, and in 1859 he married Anna Hunt, who died in 1879, without issue. The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Hoskins. The subject hereof is a farmer, and since 1874 an acknowledged minister in the Society of Friends, in which his father is an Elder. He owns 250 acres of land upon which he lives. He was married in 1864 to Emily J. Gallemore, of Clinton County. Her father, Elisha Gallemore, was born in Clinton County. He was a successful farmer, at one time owning 800 acres of land, acquired by his personal efforts. He was at one time worth $80,000. Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins have seven children, viz. : Alma, Luella, Minnie, Clinton, Dora, Clarence and Elvin.
JOHN C. IRELAND, retired farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born near Morrow. Warren Co., Ohio, October 12, 1816. His father, Francis Ireland, was a native of Frederick County, Va., and a farmer by occupation. He located in Warren County, Ohio, in 1815, on a farm of sixty acres, where he resided till his death, in November, 1817, when our subject was but a few months old. Mr. Ireland's mother was Sarah Curl, also a native of the " Old Dominion." Six children were given to them, four
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now living-Thomas J., Lucinda, Susannah and our subject. Artimesia and James M. are deceased. John C. Ireland was reared on the farm, and was the only one of the six children born in Ohio. He resided on the old homestead farm until 1846, and then removed to Clinton County, locating on a farm of 117 acres on the Westboro pike, in Washington Township. He resided there until 1875, increasing his farm, till it now comprises 218 acres of the best land in that part of Clinton County. In April, 1875, Mr. Ireland retired from the laborious duties of farm life, and sought rest and comfort in a new home at Wilmington. About 1872 or 1873, he suffered a severe attack of typhoid fever and paralysis, which has enfeebled his health somewhat, but in the main he enjoys very good health. He is a firm and uncompromising Democrat, and for many years served as Trustee of Washington Township. Mr. Ireland was united in marriage, in 1838, to Emma Baker, a native of the Buckeye State. Of the eight chil- dren born to this union, seven are living-Eliza A., wife of Joseph Conner, residing on the old homestead ; Mary, wife of Edward Champlain, a farmer of Washington Township ; Frank, a farmer of Washington Township; Sarah, residing at home; Oscar, a farmer of Washington Township; Amanda, wife of Samuel Mitchell, a blacksmith of Cuba ; and James, on the old homestead. One daughter, Caroline, died at the age of twenty- eight years. Mrs. Ireland departed this life August 9, 1872, and was tenderly laid away to rest in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Ireland was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. . Mr. Ireland was again united in marriage, in December, 1875, to Mrs. Catherine (Clevenger) Briggs, widow of Samuel Briggs and a sister of Peter Clevenger, Esq., of Washington Township.
GEORGE M. IRELAND, physician and surgeon, Wilmington, was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 1, 1850. ITis father, David Ireland, was a native of Pennsylvania, and died when our subject was but thirteen years of age. Dr. Ireland's grandfather was John Ireland, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, born in 1778. He married Sarah McCracken, a native of America but of Scotch deseent. John Ireland died in Putnam County, Ohio, in 1858. Dr. Ireland's mother was Susan Hoke, born in York County, Peun., in 1810. She now resides in Knox County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Knox County, attending the high school of Fredericktown, where he obtained a good English education. After leaving school, he went to work on a farm, which vocation he followed for two or three years. Desiring to become a useful member of society, and to benefit his fellow-men to the best of his ability, he chose the practice of medicine as the means by which he could best serve his purpose. He com- meneed the study of medicine with Dr. E. M. Hall, of Fredericktown, with whom, for three years, he diligently prosecuted his studies. At the expiration of this time, he attended a series of lectures at the Homoeopathic Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, graduating in the class of 1876. Soon after, he located in Wilmington, where he has met with fair success, and is building up a remunerative and permanent practice. Dr. Ireland is a member of the Central Ohio Homeopathic Medieal Society, of Star of Hope Lodge, 127 (I. O. O. F.), of Wilmington, and politically is Republican. He was united in marriage, November 21, 1871, to Miss 4. A. Stillwell, a native of Knox County, Ohio. They have one son, Charlie. Dr. Ireland and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
DR. A. JONES, Wilmington, the oldest practicing physician and surgeon in Clinton County in point of professional duty, was born at Bean Station, Granger Co., E. Tenn., April 12, 1807. Heis the eighth often children, the issue of Wm. Jones and Deborah Me Veigh. His father was a native of South Carolina, but a North Carolinian by education. He was a pioneer settler of East Tennessee, and of the same age as the old military statesman, Gen. Andrew Jackson. On March 4, 1810, William Jones located in Warren County, now Union Township of Clinton County, Ohio, where he resided the remainder of life. He was a house-builder by occupation, and assisted in the crection of many of the first houses in the county. He died August 7, 1841. Dr. Jones' mother was a native of Virginia, and of Scotch ancestry. Three of her uncles came to America about the mid- dle of the eighteenth century, and fought in the Revolutionary army, under Gen. Wayne. Two were killed, but the other one, Eli Mcveigh, served seven years in the cavalry and in- fantry, being severely wounded at one time. He lived to be nearly one hundred years old.
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Mrs. Jones departed this life in 1849. Aquila received careful training at home, and was also placed under the tuition of a Mr. Truesdell, a graduate of the Ohio University, until fifteen years of age. In 1822, the High School of Wilmington contained about 150 scholars, with but one teacher. The duties of this position were too laborious for one man, and Dr. JJones was selected as an assistant. Mr. Trucsdell and himself made the first synopsis of English grammar ever used in the schools of Clinton County. A year later, Dr. Jones was made Assistant to John McManus in the Auditor and Re- corder's Office of the county. He remained in this position two years, in 1824 making out the duplicate tax for the county. John McManus resigned his position in 1825. and at the March session of the County Commissioners, Dr. Jones was appointed to fill the office of Auditor for the unexpired term of two years, being at the time only eighteen years of age. He was probably the youngest County Auditor the State of Ohio ever recognized. While teaching school, he had read " Blackstone," with a view to adopt the law as his profession. He subsequently abandoned this design, and in the fall of 1823, commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Loami Rigdon, who was the first physician to hang out a sign in the new county of Clinton, having located in 1812. For the next four years, he was a close student under good instruction. In 1829, he entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, and attended lectures faithfully. In April, 1830, he located at Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, where he began his professional duties. In 1831, he removed to Bainbridge, Ross Co., Ohio, where he pursued his profession until the winter of 1834-35, when he permanently located at Wilmington. In the early days of Clinton County, physicians were not so numerous as at present, and for many years there were only three in the entire county, Dr. Turner Welch, Dr. F. and Dr. A. Jones. As is usually the case, the inhabitants of a new territory suffered severely from the ague. Dr. Jones underwent many privations and hardships in the early days of his practice. . Riding forty or fifty miles a day over mud or corduroy roads was of common occurrence, and often the young disciple would reach home carly in the morning, fatigued and utterly worn out. Being possessed of a remarkably strong constitution, characteristic of the genuine, native-born Tennessean, he was enabled to endure these privations with peculiar fortitude and patience. Loving his profession, and its exciting and varied phases, he soon built up an extensive practice, which has tenaciously clung to him during his professional career. In the fifty-two years of a busy physician's life, Dr. Jones has never lost more than two months' time by sickness or other causes. For the last half-century, his form, now bent somewhat by the preceding cares and troubles of an eventful life, has daily been seen relieving the poor and the needy, and mingling with the joys and sorrows of a united populace. No man within the limits of Clinton County is better known than Dr. A. Jones, and none bears a higher standard for integrity, benevolence and nobleness of character. Dr. Jones is a frequent contributor to medical journals, and on several occasions formed one of a committee to examine the State Insane Asylum. For many years, he has been an active and earnest member of the County and State Medical Association. He was the first physician to the County Infirmary, and his medical talents have always been recog- nized and revered. Dr. Jones cast his first vote for Henry Clay, and was a strong Whig until 1860. Being a personal friend and admirer of the " Little Giant," Stephen A. Douglas, he became the latter's champion, and remained in the Democratic fold for some years. He has lately become convinced of the terrible evil produced by the enor- mous consumption of alcoholic liquors in this country, and his vote and influence are now placed with the Prohibition party. Dr. Jones, in connection with his brother-in-law. R. R. Lindley, established the Clinton County Republican, which is still flourishing. In 1836, Dr. Jones commenced keeping a meteorological journal, in which the daily weather has been recorded to the present time. In 1838, he made a weekly report to the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and by his individual labors and written papers on the subject, was largely instrumental in creating in the minds of the people a desire for a United States Signal Corps, and the subsequent establishment of the same. In the first year of his practice at Washington C. H., 1830, and the second day of the eleventh month, he was united in marriage to Caroline A. Dawson, a native of the " Old
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