Frederick A. Jackson, pp. 967-968

A worthy citizen of Iowa Falls, who hails from the Badger state, and who for many years was classed among the leading farmers of Jackson township, Hardin county, is Frederick A. Jackson, a man in whom the utmost confidence has been reposed by all who have had dealings with him, for he seems to have taken the Golden Rule as his guide, and while advancing his individual interests he has not lost sight of his duties to the community at large.

Mr. Jackson was born in Green county, Wisconsin, November 30, 1853, and he is the some of James and Margaret (Doyle) Jackson, both natives of Ireland, the father having been born near Dublin.  There they grew to maturity, were educated and married, and for some time lived on a farm near Dublin, in county Kildare.  They came to America in 1849, eight of their children having been born before coming to this country.  They went to Wisconsin in 1850 and got a farm, probably from the government, and established a good home in Green county.  In the sping of 1880 the parents came to Hardin county, Iowa, and located in Jackson township, where they bought a farm and made the family home, the parents spending the balance of their lives there.   Mr. Jackson was a good man in every sense of the word.  He was personally acquainted with Andrew Jackson and other celebrities.

The son, Frederick A. of this review, grew to maturity on the home farm in Wisconsin and obtained a common school education.  He has made farming his life work and has been very successful, for he has been a hard worker and has managed well.  He has spent most of his life on the family homestead, having come to Hardin county in the fall of 1880 and joined his parents.

Mr. Jackson was united in marriage with Sarah Viola Simpson in 1884.   She is the daughter of Harlow Simpson and wife, a complete sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.  Five children have been born to the subject and wife, namely:  Marion George, Frances Janes R., Edith Evelyn, Ruth Anna and Harry Wilbur.   The last named died in infancy.  The first child named married Gertrude Kelsey and they live at Ft. Morgan, Colorado, and have one daughter, Phyllis Evelyn Jackson.

Mr. Jackson continued to farm on the home place until 1906, when he moved into a pleasant home in Iowa Falls, and while he has given up active work, he and his brother still own the home farm, which consists of two hundred and forty acres, which they have kept well improved and well cultivated.  The brother, George E. Jackson, has remained unmarried and he makes his home with the subject.

Mr. Jackson is a Democrat, but has never aspired to be a public man.   He and his wife belong to the Baptist church, and he is a member of the Modern Brotherhood of America.

Benjamin Johnson, pp. 794-795

A man of sterling qualities and commendable habits was Benjamin Johnson, now sleeping the sleep of the just, but whose influence for good still lives in the large circle of friends and acquaintenances whom he came into contact with, for he believed in assisting others while laboring for his own advancement and in furthering any worthy public enterprise.

Mr. Johnson was one of the pioneers of northern Hardin county and he was born in New Jersey, the oldest son of Hugh Johnson, who came to this country at the same time as Benjamin Johnson in 1856.  Hugh Johnson was born in New Jersey and was the son of Hugh and Mary (Potter) Johnson.  He grew up in New Jersey and there married Ann Potter, who was, however, no relation to his mother, although both of the same name.  Hugh Johnson and wife located in Wayne county, Indiana, while that country was new and being settled.  There his wife died, leaving three children, namely:   Benjamin, of this review; James and Mary.  Hugh Johnson then married Caroline Hough, which union resulted in the birth of six children, George, John, Millard, Winfield, Lucinda and Flora.

Hugh Johnson came to Hardin county, Iowa, in an early day and located about three miles east of Iowa Falls, where he bought a farm and made his home the rest of his life.  His wife died here and he was again married on August 30, 1860, to Ann H. Macy, who was born on July 11, 1831, near Carthage, Rush county, Indiana, and was reared there, being the daughter of Henry H. and Peninah (Jessup) Macy, the father a native of North Carolina, while the mother was born and reared in Indiana.  Three sons were born to Mr. Johnson and wife, Arcasto, Morton and Salmon.

Mr. Johnson lived on his farm until his death, which occurred about 1902, and Mrs. Johnson remained on the home place here until 1910 and is now living in Iowa Falls, having attained the advanced age of eighty years.

Benjamin Johnson grew to maturity in Wayne county, Indiana, and was there married to Hannah E. Thomas, daughter of Andrew and Cynthia (Green) Thomas.   She was born and reared in Wayne county, Indiana, grew up on a farm and lived there until her marriage to Mr. Johnson.

In 1856 Hugh Johnson and family came west and located about three miles east of Iowa Falls, where Hugh Johnson bought a farm, Benjamin Johnson and wife having come with them.  The country was new, sparsely settled and undeveloped and they had to do their trading at remote points.  They brought their household effects from Dubuque, hauling the same by wagon.  The women made the trip from the east by railroad to Dubuque, and went from there by stage coach to Iowa Falls.

Benjamin Johnson and family lived on his father's farm a few months, then lived on the Knapp farm two years, the next four years being spent on the Wisner farm near Eldora.  They then bought a place near Eagle City, before, however, there was any "city" there.  They reamined on that place about sixteen years and there Mr. Johnson spent his last days, his death occurring on September 14, 1879.  He was a member of the Disciples church.

To Benjamin Johnson and wife eleven children were born,  of whom eight are living, namely:  Hugh L. and Mrs. Cynthia A. Shaner, of Eagle City; Mrs. Emma J. Young of Robstown, Texas; A. A. lives at Kanawha, Hancock county, Iowa; Charles E.; James Lynas lives as Morgan, Wyoming; Mrs. Olevia E. Smith, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Mary E. Smith, of Osseo, Minnesota.

Mrs. Johnson is now the wife of Charles H. Warn, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.

Millard F. Johnson, pp. 814-816

The subject of this sketch, one of the prosperous farmers and representative citizens of Hardin township, is a native of Wayne county, Indiana, and a son of Hugh and Caroline (Hough) Johnson, the former born in New Jersey, the latter in Indiana.  Hugh Johnson was a millwright, for which trade he fitted himself by seven years' careful study and work in New York, and after moving to Indiana he followed that vocation for a period of sixteen years in various parts of Wayne and other counties.   He rebuilt a mill on Greensfork, near Williamsburgh, which he operated for a number of years and in 1855 disposed of the property and with his father-in-law, John Hough, Barton Hough and John Ballinger, a son and son-in-law of the latter, moved in 1856 to Hardin county, Iowa; Barton Hough subsequently went to Omaha Nebraska; Ballinger remained here until 1864 when he went to Illinois, thence to the state of Missouri.  John Hough, father of Mrs. Hugh Johnson, was a native of North Carolina and in an early d oved to Wayne county, Indiana, where he figured quite prominently as a member of the society of Friends.  Shortly after settling in Hardin county, Iowa, he helped organize a society of that church, which has had a continuous existence to the present time and which is now one of the oldest organizations of the kind in this part of the state.  By occupation Mr. Hough was a clock maker; he became a very skillful artisan and in a number of the older homes in Wayne county, Indiana, are still to be seen clocks which he made many years ago, and which are noted as exceptionally good timekeepers.  His first wife died prior to his removal to Iowa; he departed this life in Hardin county, in 1870, at the age of seventy years, his second wife surviving him until 1890.  One of his sons, Thomas Hough, now of Minneapolis, Minnesota, grew to manhood in this county, and is one of the most noted mechanics of his day.

Hugh Johnson bought the farm now owned by his son, the subject of this sketch, soon after arriving in Hardin county and the log house which he erected in 1855 is still standing.  The place originally consisted of three hundred and forty acres, but by subsequent additions extending across the river, he increased it to five hundred acres, the greater part prairie, although there is considerable valuable timber land.  In 1868 Hugh Johnson burned the brick and built the commodious brick house in which he lived until his death, in 1891.  He was an enterprising and successful farmer, a most excellent and praiseworthy citizen, and from time to time held various township offices.  He was reared a Methodist and continued true to the church to the end of his days, his wife, however, being a member of the society of Friends.  Mr. Johnson was seventy-eight years old when summoned to his final reward.  He was thrice married.  The first wife, whom he wedded in New Jersey, died in Indiana, leaving three children, namely:  Benjamin, who died in Hardin county, Iowa, in 1889; Mary, who married John Ballinger, and returned to Indiana after a residence of four years in county of Hardin; and James, a soldier of the late Civil war, who was captured and taken to Libby prison, Richmond, Virginia, but died at Annapolis, Maryland, soon after paroled.   Mrs. Johnson's second wife was Caroline Hough, who died in 1859, at the age of thirty-seven, leaving six children, namely:  George W., of Greenwood county, Kansas; John, who was a member of Company G, Ninth Iowa Cavalry, during the late war, and died in 1866 as a result of injuries and exposure while in the service; Millard F., of this review, is the third in order of birth; the fourth being Winfield, who lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lucinda, wife of Charles Thomas, lives near Portland, Oregon; and Flora C., who married George H. Smith, and resides near Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Mr. Johnson's third wife was Ann Macy, who moved with her parents, Henry and Panina Macy, from Rush county, Indiana, to Iowa, in 1855, the union resulting in the birth of three children, namely:  Casto E., of Yakima, Washington; Morton F., who owns one hundred and sixty acres of the family homestead and is one of the leading farms of Hardin township; and Salmon H., who died at the early age of nine years.

Millard F. Johnson was born January 17, 1850, and spent his childhood and youth on the home farm in Hardin township, having been quite young when brought to Iowa by his parents.  The first school he attended was taught in a small log cabin building equipped with puncheon seats and double desks, this being in fact the first building for school purposes in Hardin township.  The first teacher to wield the rod of authority in this primitive college was Elizabeth Arey, who as early as 1856 taught a four months' term, she being succeeded by George Griffiths, afterwards county surveyor, who taught in 1856-7.  His brother, Daniel Griffiths, who is still living at Iowa Falls at the advanced age of ninety years, used the same building a little later, as did several others, among whom as Mate Arnold, now Mrs. E. O. Soule, who is remembered as a fine teacher and excellent disciplinarian.  Under the instructions of the above and their several successors, young Johnson made commendable progress in his studies, but by reason of his services being required on the farm, he could devote only a few months of each year to this school duties.  Amid the bracing breezes and wholesome influences of rural life, he grew up a strong, well-developed young man, and with true filial devotion remained with his father, assisting with the labor of the farm until arriving at an age to choose a helpmeet and begin the struggle of existence for himself.

In November, 1872, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage with Lillias Hubbard, daughter of Jeremiah Hubbard, an old and well known citizen who died about 1907, at the remarkable age of ninety-three years.  Mrs. Johnson was born in Clinton county, New York, and early in life removed with her parents to Wisconsin, thence, in 1869, to Hardin county, Iowa, where her lamented death occurred in the year 1903.   Three children were born of this union, viz.:  Arthur L., who married Anna E. Ellison, and lives on the home farm, his family consisting of two daughters, Helen L. and Ethel Luella; Rexford, the second of the subject's children, died when twenty years old, the youngest being Caroline, who is now a student of Ellsworth College, Iowa Falls.

Morton H. Johnson, brother of the subject and with whom he has been associated in his farming and live stock interests, was married in 1908 to May Westgate, daughter of Henry and Rebecca Westgate, who moved to Hardin county in 1856, the union being without issue.  Both brothers are Republican in politics and highly esteemed as neighbors and citizens.  Millard is serving as township assessor, though he has never posed as a politician or office seeker, being content with his life as a successful farmer and satisfied with the simple life of citizen.  He is a birthright member of the society of Friends and influential in all matters relating to same.

S. P. Johnston, pp. 984-985

One of the progressive agriculturists and honored citizens of Hardin county is S. P. Johnston, whose fine farm in Clay township ranks with the best in the locality, having been improved by him to its present high state of excellency by years of patient toil and skillful management.  His success has been won entirely along lines of old and time-tried maxims, "Honesty is the best policy" and "There is no excellence without labor."  He came here during the days of the county's first great advancement, following the pioneer period, and he has performed his part in the drama of modern progress in a manner that has brought good to himself and the community at large, at the same time winning the respect and confidence of all with whom he has come into contact.

Mr. Johnston was born in Carroll county, Illinois, November 21, 1855, and he is the son of S. P. and Sarah (Lampner) Johnston.  The father and mother were natives of Canada, whose ancestors were from England.  He grew to maturity in Canada, was educated and married there and in 1852 brought his attention to.  The father of the subject devoted his life to school teaching, carpentering and farming and met with success in whatever he turned his attention to.  He was a man of sterling worth and was influential in his community.  His death occurred when his son, the subject, was three days old.  His family consisted of the following children: Sarah is the oldest; William is now living in California; W. S. is a resident of Eldora, Iowa; Hannah married Henry Sholtz; S. P., of this review; Puella was the wife of John Hacker, but is now deceased.

S. P. Johnston, of this review, grew up on the home farm in Illinois and assisted with the general work about the place when a boy, attending the common schools during the winter months, and he took up farming for a life work and in this vocation he has achieved more than ordinary success.  He came to Hardin county, Iowa, in 1880 and first bought eighty acres.  Prospering by reason of close application and good management, he added to his original purchase until he is now the owner of one of the most productive and and desirable farms in Clay township, consisting of three hundred acres, which he has under a high state of cultivation and improvement and on which stands an excellent set of buildings, and in connection with general farming he always raises a splendid grade of live stock.

Mr. Johnston was married on May 15, 1880, to Anna Shaner, daughter of William Shaner and wife, a highly respected family of Jackson township, this county.

To Mr. and Mrs. Johnston two children have been born, namely: Ernest, now twenty-eight years old, and Ray, who has reached his twenty-first birthday.

Politically, Mr. Johnston is a Republican and he has always been interested in public matters and willingly supports all measures calculated to improve the general good.  He has held a number of the township offices, always in a manner that reflected credit upon himself and to the entire satisfaction of the people.  In politics he is a Republican, while, fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Louis E. Jones, pp. 874-876

Realizing that every day is a fresh beginning and that every morning the world is made new, Louis E. Jones, of Iowa Falls, too well known to the people of Hardin and surrounding counties as a financier and business man to need any formal introduction here, forged his way to the front, from a beginning none too auspicious, by courageously removing, one by one, the obstacles he found in life's highway; for he was well aware that clearly defined purpose and conservative effort in the affairs of life will inevitably result in the attainment of a due measure of success.  In following out the career of one who has achieved the coveted goal by his own efforts there comes into view the intrinsic individuality which made such accomplishment possible, and thus there is gained an objective incentive and inspiration while at the same time there is enkindled a feeling of respect and admiration.  The qualities which have made Mr. Jones one of the prominent and successful men of this locality have also brought him the esteem of his fellow men, for his career has been one of well-directed energy, strong determination and honorable methods.

Mr. Jones was singularly fortunate in having for his progenitors people who figured prominently in early New England life, and also a family of sterling Canadians.  He was born at Waterville, Canada, on October 19, 1858, the only child of Lewis P. and Agnes C. (Hammond) Jones, the father a native of New Haven, Connecticut, and the mother of Canada.  The elder Jones was a musician of much talent, but most of his life was spent as a hotel keeper.  He grew to maturity and was educated in the capital of the old Nutmeg state, in fact, lived in his native city until he was thirty-two years of age, when in the fall of 1858 he, like many of the young men of New England of his generation, taking the advice of the then popular editor and statesman, Horace Greeley, emigrated westward to carve out his fortune in a new country.  He located at Iowa Falls, Iowa, being one of the first settlers of the present thriving city, but this country then was a wild, sparsely settled, almost interminable prairie, overrun with nomad tribes of Indians and many species of the creatures of the wild.  He came here with his father, H. P. Jones, and they, being men of rare foresight, knowing that this would, in due course of time, be a thriving and populous county, decided to establish their permanent home here, and, this being an important point on the old stage-coach line, they opened a hotel, which became widely known and popular to the traveling public of the Middle West, and here many picturesque plainsmen, public officials, travelers and adventurers gathered from time to time.  If their stories told by the "ingle side" could today be collected, they would be read with much avidity.  In the spring of 1859, Mrs. Agnes C. Jones and her son, Louis E., of this review, joined the father and grandfather here, the subject being then only six months old.  The trip from Dubuque here, made in a stage-coach (which was a lumber wagon), took eleven days.  The Jones Hotel, operated by Lewis P. Jones, was successfully conducted in Iowa Falls for about forty years.  It was burned in 1873 and was soon thereafter rebuilt, but misfortune again came, the structure being leveled to the ground during the big fire of 1874, but was again rebuilt.

Lewis P. Jones became well known and influential in this section of Iowa in the pioneer days and during the decades of subsequent development.  Fraternally, he was a Mason and was mater of the lodge at Iowa Falls for many years.  In 1893 he moved to Pasadena, California, where his death occurred on March 13, 1908, at the advanced age of eighty-two years.  He has visited Iowa Falls every two years during the summer, after becoming a citizen of the "golden west."  His faithful life companion, a woman of rare beauty of character and gracious personality, now advanced in age, spends her winters in the city of Pasadena and her summers in Iowa Falls with her son Louis E., who has been a resident of this city since her was brought here by his mother when a babe.  He received the advantages of a liberal education in the local schools and at the Eastman Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, New York.

Mr. Jones began his business career by entering the real estate office of E. S. Ellsworth in 1878, and in September, 1884, he became a partner of his former employer, the firm name then becoming Ellsworth & Jones.  The firm was incorporated in 1905, Mr. Jones now being president.  It is the largest firm of its kind in central Iowa, with a paid-up capital of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and a large and ever-growing real estate and farm mortgage loan business is carried on in Iowa and Minnesota.  Mr. Jones is a director in the Home Savings Bank of Iowa Falls, of which he was president for a period of eight years, and whose popularity and success has been due in no small measure to his able management and judicious counsel.  He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Crookston, Minnesota, and was its president for seven years, its prestige as a sound and safe institution being due also very largely to Mr. Jones's efforts.  He is a man of keen business discernment, is able to foresee with remarkable accuracy the future outcome of a present transaction, and is by nature an organizer and promoter, an ever alert, aggressive and progressive, modern man of affairs, and yet scrupulously honest, straightforward and unassuming.  Obliging and generous, kindly and hospitable, he numbers his friends by the limits of his acquaintance, and enjoys the good will and confidence of all with whom he has come into contact.

Mr. Jones spends his winters in Pasadena, California, and his summers in Iowa Falls, doing a large business for the firm in the former city.  In the latter he built in 1905 one of the handsomest and most substantial residences in central Iowa.  It is of Bedford stone, modern in every appointment, attractive architecture, beautifully finished and a residence that would do credit to any large city.  It is located on Rocksylvania avenue.  This splendid home is presided over with rare grace and dignity by a lady of culture and refinement, known in her maidenhood as Jessie A. Roper, whom Mr. Jones led to the hymeneal altar on September 14, 1887.  She is the representative of a popular old family of Iowa Falls, being the daughter of F. H. and Clarissa (Beers) Roper, both natives of the state of New York, but Mrs. Jones was born at Horicon, Wisconsin.  This union has been blessed by the birth of one son, Louis Hollister Jones, who was born on November 29, 1889.  He is now a student as Leland Stanford University, at Palo Alto, California, and is a young man of much promise.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones and their son are worthy members of the Episcopal church.  Fraternally, he is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of the Masonic lodge, the chapter, the Knights Templar, and the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  His ancestors having fought in the war for independence, he is a member of the Sons of the Revolution.

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Zebulon F. Jones, pp. 516-519

The name of Zebulon F. Jones, honored and substantial farmer and stock raiser of Jackson township, Hardin county, needs no introduction to the readers of this book, for he is well known throughout this locality, having lived here a long time and always assisted in whatever way possible in furthering the general interests of the same.

Mr. Jones was born in Greene county, Ohio, June 7, 1836.  He is the son of Eber and Laura E. (Dakin) Jones, the father a native of Clinton county, Ohio, and the mother of Rensselaer county, New York, he of Welsh stock and she of English descent.  The paternal grandfather, Rev. Ambers Jones, was a minister in the Methodist church in Massachusetts, New York and Ohio, preaching for several years in Cincinnati.  His father came to this country from Wales.  The maternal grandfather, William Dakin, was a native of New York; he married a Miss Belchener and they settled in Clinton county, Ohio, on a farm.  Mr. Dakin was a good business man and at one time owned three thousand acres; his family consisted of fourteen children, all of whom received large tracts of land from their father.  Eber Jones, father of the subject, received only a limited education, but he was a splendid business man and became the owner of four hundred acres of good land in Greene county, Ohio, whither he moved after marrying in Clinton county, that state.  He maintained a large dairy of sixty-five cows, made cheese and shipped them to New Orleans, where his brother, Nathan, contracted the yellow fever, having gone there with a boat load of cheese, and the cheese was lost.  Eber Jones was also a pork packer in Cincinnati for four years.  In 1853 he moved to Bureau county, Illinois, taking eighteen hundred sheep and other live stock with him, and there he lost seven hundred sheep in one night in a blizzard.  He sold out in that county in 1856 and came to Hardin county, Iowa, bringing fourteen head of horses and thirty head of stock in all.  He settled east of Hubbard, in Tipton township, and became well established there, his son, Zebulon F., hauling the lumber from Iowa City with which to construct the house, here he owned about four hundred acres.  He sold out in about 1870 and went to Macon county, Illinois, where he purchased a large and valuable farm, moving later to Red Oak, Iowa, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of good land.  He was prominent in all the communities where he lived; his death occurred on April 4, 1880, and his wife died on September 24, 1886; they were active workers in the Methodist church.  Mr. Jones dealt extensively in live stock.  His family consisted of eleven children, namely: Akon, who was a farmer in Hamilton county, Iowa, is deceased; Elanson, who taught school for some time in Illinois and Ohio, is now living in Texas; William is living in Colorado; Zebulon F., of this review; Mary Jane, who married Thomas Hay, is deceased; Silas died on August 31, 1858, in Hardin county, Iowa; Sylvester lives in Macon county, Illinois; James H. lives in Oklahoma; Alexander lives in Ogden, Utah; Henry lives in Missouri; Granville lives in Oklahoma.

Zebulon F. Jones received only a common schooling, and he came West when eighteen years of age with his parents.  He was married on June 15, 1865, to Mary E. Higginbotham of Greene county, Ohio.  She was the daughter of John and Jane E. (January) Higginbotham, both natives of Greene county, Ohio, the father the son of James Higginbotham, a native of Pennsylvania; he married Susan Chapman of Virginia; they lived in Ohio, and they came to Hardin county, Iowa, in 1856, where they died.  James January was the son of Robert and Mary E. (Woodman) January, of England; they spent the latter part of their lives in Jamestown, Ohio, where they died.  John and Jane (January) Higginbotham were the parents of the following nine children:  Joseph H. is living in Hardin county, Iowa; James A., living on the old place in Hardin county; Sallie M. died when eighteen months old; Robert R., of Eldora, Iowa; Mary E., wife of the subject; William H. died in Leadville, Colorado; Amanda died in 1907 in Illinois; Susan M. lives in Atkins county, Minnesota; Florence, who was the wife of George A. Link, died in November, 1872, when nineteen years old, leaving one child, a daughter, who lived to be fifteen years old, when she also died.

John Higginbotham was the owner of a fine farm near Springfield, Illinois, but he did not live there.  In 1856 he came to Hardin county, Iowa, and bought five hundred acres in Clay and Jackson townships, making his home in Clay township; his death occurred in 1894, and his wife died on September 24, 1891.  He was an extensive stock dealer and shipped a great deal to Chicago.  He was a Democrat, held several township offices, and was a member of the Christian church and a man of influence in his community.

The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Zebulon M. [F.?] Jones: Henry F., born May 8, 1866, is a large contractor at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; he married Clara Wright and they have two children, Florence and Leta; Harley died in January, 1868; William W., born April 17, 1870, married Gertrude Ayers, and they live on the old homestead, which he operates for the subject; Ida May, born December 6, 1873, married Captain Sargent, of Eldora, Iowa, and they have four children: Russell and Margaret E. were twins, Margaret being now deceased; Lyle and Dorotha are the other two children.  Walter L. Jones, who is unmarried, was born February 14, 1877; he was a school teacher, later learning the merchant tailor's business with J. J. Mitchell & Company, of New York City, and is now engaged in his trade at Ft. Dodge, Iowa; Jennie E. Jones, born December 12, 1880, married William E. Fain, a commission merchant of Houston, Texas, and they have two children, Ruth and Sinclair.  Mr. Jones's children all received good education and some of them made successful teachers.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jones located on the land opposite where they now live in Jackson township.  Mr. Jones hauled the lumber from Marshalltown with which to build his house.  He erected his present home in 1892, and he has made all the improvements on the place.  He has devoted considerable attention to live stock, raising short-horn cattle and a good grade of horses and hogs.  He has a fine and well improved farm and is one of the substantial citizens of his township.  Politically he is a Republican and in religious matters a member of the Christian church.