- JAMES JONES well deserves honorable mention among those industrious
and useful citizens of
- Jordan township, Green county, whose busy lives have contributed
so much to the moral and material welfare of the community where
he is now living. He was born in Dutchess county, N.Y., Dec.
2, 1856, and is a son of Peter and Margaret (SWEANY) JONES, both
born and reared in Ireland. His parents came to this country
about 1848, and were married in the State of New York in 1855.
To them were born two sons, James and John, the latter of whom,
born Jan. 17, 1865, is now a traveling salesman for the Heinz
Pickle Company, a well-known Chicago house. Peter JONES, who
was born about 1827, died in Monroe, where he had been living
some time in retirement, in 1890. Mrs. Margaret JONES, who was
born about 1827, died in 1896.
- James JONES married early in life, becoming the husband of
Miss Mary KNIGHT, of the town
- of Adams, April 13, 1877. Mrs. JONES is the daughter of John
and Margaret (CONWAY) KNIGHT, of Irish birth and rearing, and
among the very earliest settlers of the town of Adams. Mr. and
Mrs. KNIGHT had the following family: Thomas, Mary (who is Mrs.
JONES), Ann, John, William, Michael, James, Katie, Margaret and
Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. JONES are the parents of the following children:
Margaret, born Jan. 20, 1880, is a teacher in the Green county
public schools; John, born June 14, 1881; Katie, born March 16,
1884, is a bookkeeper and stenographer in Monroe; Peter, born
Nov. 20, 1885; Mary, born May 24, 1890; Edna, born Dec. 28, 1896;
James C., born Sept. 26, 1898.
- Mr. JONES was born on the farm, where he was reared, and
had his education in the district
- school. Starting out a poor boy, he selected farming as his
life work, and by dint of industry and the help of a good character
he has accumulated a very handsome competence. He owns a choice
farm of 240 acres, well improved and provided with a very creditable
home and fine barns, and has established more than a local reputation
as an upright and honorable man. Mr. JONES is engaged in both
general and dairy farming, being a partner in a cheese factory
which is located on his land. His various enterprises, which
have been conducted with a business management of a high order,
have met with success, and his standing in the community in which
he lives is very high. As a farmer he is enlightened and progressive,
and as a stock raiser he seeks the more valuable strains, and
his stock go to market in the first grade. In local and town
affairs Mr. JONES takes a leading part, and is a stanch Democrat.
He has served as school director and judge of elections many
years, and is at present on the town board. His children show
careful home training. Mr. JONES and his wife are both members
of the Catholic Church, and their good lives, kind hearts and
unassuming nature do no discredit to their religious profession.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 731-732.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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