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Born 1841, Jackson County
From History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885)
R. C. JONES, proprietor of the “Cambrian House,” Lima, was born August 18, 1841, in Jackson County, Ohio, son of John and Mary (Jones) Jones, natives of Wales, and who came to Ohio in 1841, settling in Jackson County, where they both died. (John Jones was formerly a sailor, but in later life a farmer.) They were parents of five children, three of whom are now living: Daniel (in Jackson, Ohio), Mrs. Mary Evans (in Jackson, Ohro), and R. C. Our subject was united in marriage, in 1866, with Mary, daughter of John Evans, of Gomer, Ohio, and by this union there are two children: John C. and Mary E. Mr. Jones, who for some years kept boarders and clerked in a grocery store, opened a first-class hotel in the Holmes Block on Main Street, Lima, near the court house, and the “Cambrian House” bids fair to become one of the leading hotels of Lima.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Main Street
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