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Born 1828
From The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
JASPER N. JONES, section 16, post office Pickering, is a representative farmer of Nodaway County, and was born in the state of Ohio, May 19, 1828. He was there raised, spending his youthful days in the occupation which he has ever followed. At the age of twenty-three years he emigrated to Iowa, where he remained till 1877, when he removed to this state and county, settling where he now resides. He has 200 acres of choice land, 150 acres of which are under cultivation. Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Sword, March 31, 1853. They have from this union eleven children living: William A., Sarah A., Carrie A., Charles D.r Margaret J., Jasper M., Edward F., Annie B., Earl V., Emma F., and Louisa E. During our late war Mr. Jones enlisted in August, 1862, in Company F, Thirty-eighth Iowa Infantry, and served for two years.
As printed in The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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