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Born 1841, Belmont county
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881), Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1909)
JONES SMITH, Oxford township; farmer; White Eyes Plains postoffice; son of Wesley and Mille A. (Medley) Tones, both natives of Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in Belmont county, in 1841, and came to this county when about three years of age. He was married to Miss Margaret Ann Wolf, daughter of Samuel Wolf, deceased. They have not been blessed with any children. He is at present township trustee, being elected on the Republican ticket, although the township is Democratic, which shows his popularity. He took part in the late war, going out in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth 0. V. I., and serving twenty months, going out as a private and discharged as a sergeant. Mr. Jones and wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church of this township, and are both highly esteemed by their neighbors. He owns fifty-three acres of good land in this township.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
SMITH JONES.
By sheer force of will and untiring effort Smith Jones has worked his way upward from a humble beginning until he is numbered among the leading business men of Isleta, where he is carrying on a grain and implement business. Mr. Jones was born in Coshocton county, November 25, 1841, a son of Wesley and Millie A. (Medley) Jones, who were likewise natives of the Buckeye state, and who died when our subject was a little lad of but six years. Their union was blessed with seven children: Amelia, Jane and Susan, who are deceased; John, a resident of Oxford township; Smith, of this review; Nathaniel, who served in the Civil war and was killed in the battle of Murfreesboro; and Wesley, who has departed this life.
As stated, Smith Jones was left an orphan when a little lad of six years, and at the age of nine years he began making his own way in the world. He was first employed as a farm hand until the outbreak of the Civil war, when in 1863 he enlisted as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Twentyninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for three years. He voogle enlisted as a private and through his valor and loyalty won promotion to the rank of sergeant, being thus discharged at North Carolina, after having participated in many of the most important battles of the war.
Following the close of hostilities Smith Jones returned to Coshocton county, where for two years he worked as a farm hand. During this time he carefully saved his earnings and then established a home of his own by his marriage to Miss Margaret A. Wolfe, who was born in Oxford township, a daughter of Samuel and Christina Wolfe, who came to this county at an early day. Both are now deceased, the mother passing away in 1871, while the father surviving for only a few years departed this life in 1875. Their family numbered five children.
After his marriage Mr. Jones purchased a farm, thereon he took up his above and made his home for twenty-one years. He then removed to Isleta and engaged in the grain and implement business, in which he has continued with success to the present time. He buys and sells a large amount of grain each year, while his patronage in the implement business has reached large and extensive proportions. Mr. Jones has disposed of his farming property but now owns a fine residence in the village of Isleta, this being surrounded by seventeen acres of ground. As a business man he has a talent for leading, which is a necessity in these days of close competition to the man in the business world.
Mr. Jones has always supported the men and measures of the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has filled several township offices, having served for three terms as assessor, while he has also filled the office of township trustee and county land appraiser. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Protestant church.
Mr. Jones is truly a self-made man. Drawing the lessons which we do from his life we learn that the qualifications necessary for success are a high ambition and a resolute, honorable purpose to reach the exalted standard that has been set up. From the early age of nine years he has depended upon his own resources and has won the proud American title of self-made man.
As printed in Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio; (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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