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Born 1854
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
THOMAS C. JONES (1901) is the owner of the north half of the northeast quarter of section 17, Lyons township. He has resided in Lyon county eleven years. Thomas Jones was born in Wales February 13, 1854, and at fourteen years of age came to the United States with his parents and located in Ohio. There he worked in the coal mines four years and at Danville, Illinois, until 1881.
In the year last mentioned our subject, accompanied by his brother, John, immigrated to Redwood county, Minnesota. He worked at farm labor several years, after which he spent ten years as a collector, being employed by John H. Bowers, an attorney at Redwood Falls. In 1901 Mr. Jones came to Lyon county, purchased his Lyons township farm, and has resided there since. He was clerk of Lyons township eight years, treasurer one year and clerk of school district No. 69 for six years. Mr. Jones has stock in the Farmers Elevator Company of Russell and is secretary of the company. He holds membership in the Modern Woodmen and Modern Brotherhood of America lodges.
Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Rose A. White at Renville, Minnesota. Mrs. Jones was born in Lesueur county, Minnesota, September 21, 1864, a daughter of Nathan D. and Urane (Frazer) White, natives of New York. During the Sioux outbreak of August, 1862, Mrs. White was taken captive by the Indians and was held six months before being released. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of the following named children: William N., Evan C, T. Harold, Myrtle U.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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