OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS

 		 WELCOME TO
Delaware County, Ohio

BIOGRAPHIES

<BACK TO BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 1880>
<BACK TO BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 1908>
<BACK TO BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 1895>

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 
ANSON JAMES, a prominent citizen of Troy Township, one of her honorable board of trustees, resides on his farm of 57 acres, which is situated near Troytown.  Mr. James was born in Union County, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1871, and is a son of Lemuel and Sarah A. (Fogle) James.
     The parents of Mr. James were born in Noble County, Ohio, but they have resided in New Dover, Union County, for many years.  Lemuel James has served a number of terms as township trustee of Dover Township and was a man of local prominence during his active years.  His surviving children are:  Sarah E.,  who married Frank Montgomery, residing at Marysville, Ohio; Mary, who married William Bonnett, residing in Union County, Ohio; Lydia, who married William Walker, residing in Union County; Rose, who married Albert Phillips, residing in Union County; Elizabeth, who married George Black, residing in Union County; Anson, whose name appears at the head of this sketch; William, residing in Union County; Sylvester, residing in Scioto Township, Delaware County; Perry, a resident of Union County; Youtha, who married Charles Ligget, residing in Union County; Florence, who married R. Benton, residing at Columbus; and Emma, who married Percy Freshwater, residing in Delaware County.
     Anson James was reared on his father's farm in Dover Township and attended the local schools through boyhood, afterward engaging in general agriculture.  In the fall of 1897 he settled on his present farm, which he has placed under a good state of tillage, and raises hay, corn, wheat, oats and potatoes, with some stock.
     Mr. James was married in Delaware County, to Louie Robinson, who is a daughter of the late John Robinson, of Troy Township, and they have one daughter, Brunette.  Mr. James is a member of the Baptist Church, to which his daughter also belongs, Mrs. James died Jan. 20, 1908, aged 40 years, 10 months and 28 days.  Mrs. James was also a Baptist.
     Politically, Mr. James is a strong Republican.  He is serving both as township trustee and as school director of District No.7, and takes a great deal of interest in the performance of his official duties.
DR. WILLIAM JOHNSTON came from Crawford County, and located in Norton in 1842, where he died. ~ Page 349
CARROLL H. JONES is the younger son of General John S. Jones. He was born October 29, 1871, in Delaware, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools of Delaware and graduated from the high school in the year 1887. He immediately entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he studied for four years and graduated with the class of 1891, taking his degree in June of that year. He spent some time in newspaper work on the Delaware Gazette and as correspondent for other papers. He then began the study of the law with the firm of Jones, Lytle & Jones, and was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, in the spring of 1895.
     The firm of Jones, Lytle & Jones having been dissolved, he formed a partnership with his father and brother. The new firm was known as J. S. Jones & Sons. He continued in the practice until the winter of 1897, when he became secretary to Hon; Archibald Lybrand, who had been elected Congressman from the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio. He ably filled this position during Mr. Lybrand's first term in Congress, but early in the year 1899 he resigned his position as secretary and removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he entered upon the practice of his chosen profession, and where he soon became a successful practitioner. He is now occupying a position in the legal department of the Northwestern Elevated Railway Company.
DAVID W. JONES , farmer; P. O. Radnor; is son of Rees T. and Sarah (Williams) Jones; was born in Breconshire, Wales, Sept. 15, 1840; he, with his parents and brothers and sisters, emigrated from wales to this country, coming direct to Radnor Township June 7, 1861; in his father's family there are five children – three sons and two daughters – all of whom are living in Ohio, and married. On arrival, our subject's father bought 200 acres of land near the village of Radnor, known as the "Old Warren Place;" here David spent his youthful days going to school, and in later years assisting his father on his farm; in 1864, he commenced doing business for himself, although still making his home with his father. Oct. 31, 1867, he was united in marriage to Mary Thomas, eldest daughter of James Thomas, of Radnor Township. Mr. Jones, in connection with his brother Rees, owns 170 acres of nicely improvedpropertyy; he is a stanch Republican; both himself and wife are members of theCongregationall Church.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 757
EDGAR JONES a representative citizen and prosperous farmer of Radnor Township, belongs to one of the early pioneer families of this section.  He was born in Green County, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1854, and is a son of Philip and Jane (Tomley) Jones.
     The paternal grandfather of Edgar Jones was JOHN P. JONES, who founded this family in Ohio.  Both he and his wife, Mary Penry, were born in Wales.  With their three children they came to America in 1818.  John P. Jones was one of the earliest settles in Radnor Township, Delaware County, where he purchased 180 acres of wild land, developed a fine farm and lived respected and esteemed on his own property until his time of death, in 1864.  The maternal grandfather of Edgar Jones was also a man of sterling character.  He was born in England, Jan. 12, 1786, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1857.  In early manhood he went to Wales, where he married and then engaged in farming in that country until 1840, when he brought his wife and four children to America.  On the farm he subsequently bought in Radnor Township, Delaware County, he spent the remainder of his life. Of his five children those who reached maturity were:  William, Hannah, and Jane, all now deceased, and Richard B., who resides in Radnor Township.
     PHILIP JONES was born on the Penlyn farm, in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, July 17, 1820, and died at Delaware, Nov. 23, 1896.  He followed an agricultural life until May, 1896, when he retired and took up his residence at Delaware, having lived continuously in Delaware County with the exception of 1854-5, when he resided in Greene County.  On the Republican ticket he was frequently elected to office and he served as township trustee, clerk, and treasurer and land appraiser.  He married Jane Tomley, who was born June 28, 1822, and died Jan. 27, 1898.  They had the following children:  Edgar; Susan, who married J. D. Griffith, who holds the responsible office of assistant Congressional postmaster, Washington, D. C.; W. Guy, residing at Delaware; Jennie F. residing at Delaware; and Jessie, who married W. E. Harris, residing at De Graff, Logan County, Ohio.  Mrs. Jones  was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mr. Jones was a Presbyterian.  Both were conscientious Christian people.
     Edgar Jones was reared to manhood on the old home farm.  His early education was obtained in the local schools, following which he spent three years in Ohio Western University, at Delaware.  A decade of educational work followed, nine years of teaching through Delaware County in various districts more or less intelligent, and one year at Prospect.  His vacations were usually busy seasons on the farm and since 1882 he has devoted all of his attention to agricultural pursuits.  To the grandfather's estate of 180 acres, Edgar Jones and his father added 20 acres.  After the old home residence was destroyed by fire on November 12, 1901, the estate was divided, Edgar Jones receiving 120 acres as his portion.  In April 1904, he bought his present farm of 108 acres.  For a number of years he gave a large amount of attention to growing Shropshire sheep from imported stock, and he has exhibited all over the State, but for the past 12 years he has made a specialty of hogs.  He has a valuable herd of Shorthorn cattle and a number of fine horses.  The hay corn and oats he raises he uses for feed but he sells his wheat.
     Mr. Jones married Anna Davis, who is a daughter of John J. Davis, of Delaware.  She was born June 28, 1855.  She is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware.
     In political sentiment Mr. Jones is a Republican, but he takes only a moderate interest in party affairs.  He is known to be a public-spirited and conscientious citizen and in 1907 his fellow-townsmen elected him township trustee.
EDWARD JONES was the son of Robert Jones, who resided in the parish of Myfod, Montgomeryshire, North Wales.  He was born on Wales and was an elder brother of Thomas C. Jones.  The family immigrated to America about the year 1822, and settled near Delaware, Ohio.  Edward Jones was admitted to the Bar about the year 1836, and began the practice of his profession.  He was a young man of great talent and was noted particularly for his gift of oratory.  Contrary to the predilections of his brother Thomas C. Jones, who was a Whig, Edward Jones was a thorough Democrat and though not yet twenty-five years of age at the time of his death,  his party had hoped to make him governor of the State.  It is said of him that  in the year 1836, at a Democratic meeting held in Franklinton, Franklin County, Ohio, which had been addressed by Alfred Kelley, he was urged by his party to make a reply, which he did in a manner highly gratifying to the leaders of his party and which was greatly admired and commended by all who heard him.  He died in the year 1838, at the age of twenty-four years.  His death was greatly lamented by the whole community as a premature departure of one who promised to be a great man.
EDWARD D. JONES, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Radnor Township, was born at Langaffan, Breconshire, South Wales, April 16, 1826, and is the son of Daniel and Sarah (Jefferson) Jones.
     The father of Mr. Jones was born in Breconshire, and never left his native place, where he died when aged 69 years.  He was a small farmer and was a man of great industry.  He married a daughter of Hugh Jefferson, who resided in Radnorshire, South Wales, and they  had six children, Edward D. being the youngest member of the family and the only survivor and the only one who came to America.  The family was reared in the faith of the Congregational Church.
     Edward D. Jones grew up on his father's little farm and attended the schools near his home.  He was more ambitious and venturesome than the other members of the family and when he reached manhood he decided to emigrate to America, where he hoped industrial opportunities were better than in his own land.  He felt unwilling however, to have the Atlantic Ocean roll between him and the maiden of his choice, therefore he was married January 30, 1852, and on April 12 following, he embarked with his bride on the sailing vessel "States Rights," for the United States, which landed them safely eight weeks later, at Castle Garden, New York.  Mr. Jones came to Radnor, Delaware County, Ohio, where he found employment and worked industriously until he had accumulated enough capital to purchase 20 acres of land in Radnor Township, near Warrensburg.  Here he first built a humble log cabin and then cleared and fenced his property and during the 12 years which he spent on it, put it under a fine state of cultivation.  In 1864 he bought his present farm of a little over 100 acres, 35 of which had been cleared, and a comfortable log cabin stood on the place, in which the family resided until 1884.  In that year he built the present fine two-story frame house, which contains 12 large rooms.  His substantial barns were erected three years after he took possession of  the farm.  Mr. Jones during his active years raised many horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and also sufficient grain with which to feed them.  Mr. Jones is a man of independent means but every dollar he has made through his own efforts.  The only advantage he had over many others who started out in life at the same time he did, was the possession of unusual physical strength and to this he added industry, clean living and continued prudence.
     Mr. Jones was married to Mary Davis, who died in 1886, aged 51 years.  She was the beloved mother of a large family, three of which died and eight survived to maturity, namely: Miriam, who grew to womanhood, married Joel Griffiths,  and died in Radnor Township; Sarah, deceased, who married Evan T. Jones, who resides at Richwood; Isaac, who is deceased; Elizabeth, who married Stephen Davis, residing in Radnor Township; Mary Ann, who married William Herbert, residing in Radnor Township; Ruth, who married Edward Hadley, residing in Radnor Township; Alice, who married Griffith Roberts, who operates the Jones farm; Martha, who married James Osborne, residing in Radnor Township.  Mr. Jones and family belong to the Congregational Church, in which he is a deacon.  Since the election of President Lincoln, he has been identified with the Republican party, but has prohibition tendencies.  He attributes a large measure of his excellent health of mind and body to the fact that he has been temperate in all things and has never used either tobacco or liquor.  He is a man who in every way deserves the high regard in which he is held by his fellow  citizens.
 
GEORGE W. JONES , farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Radnor; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1839. His father, David L. Jones, and mother Elizabeth (Evans) Jones, were both natives of South Wales, the former being born in the year 1808, and the latter in 1807; there were eleven children in this family, six of whom are yet living – three sons and three daughters; the father and mother were married in South Wales, and came to New York in 1836, where they made their home for two years, Mr. Jones following his trade of blacksmith for a livelihood; after two years, they came to Licking Co., Ohio, where our subject was born; in 1849, they came to Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, where they have ever since made their home. Feb. 25, 1869, the marriage ceremony of George W. Jones and Elizabeth Humphreys was solemnized; the wife's father's name was Humphrey Humphreys; in this family there were five children, one son and four daughters; there are no children in the subject's family. Mr. Jones owns fifty acres of land in Radnor Township, and 226 acres in Prospect Township, Marion Co., Ohio. Politically, he is a Democrat, firmly adhering to the principles advocated by the National Democratic party. Mr. Jones and wife are members of the Congregational Church, at Radnor. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion; enlisted in Co. E, 66th O. V. I.; was mustered out on the 14th of March, 1865; was first in the Army of the Potomac, but was transferred to the Southwestern Army, then under Gen. Hooker, in the fall of 1863; was at the battles of Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain and a number of others; was wounded three times, first at Cedar Mountain, Va.; second, at Antietam; third, at Gettysburg. Mr. Jones is a man of good school education; takes an active part in any matter that will prove to be a benefit to the community.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 758
GEORGE W. JONES , formerly one of the leading citizens of Delaware County, Ohio, who was prominently identified with the agricultural and political interests of his township and county, died at his home in Radnor, Nov. 1, 1907. Mr. Jones was born August 24, 1839, in Licking Co., Ohio, and was a son of David and Elizabeth (Evans) Jones, natives of South Wales
     DAVID JONES, father of George W., came from Wales to America with his family in 1834, and for a time resided at Albany, New York, moving later to Licking County, Ohio. He erected a blacksmith shop near Newark, where he carried on his trade for a number of years, but in 1848 he removed with his family to Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, settling on 200 acres of land in the woods north of Radnor village, where he carried on agricultural pursuits and blacksmithing, his shop being situated in what is now Radnor. Some years prior to his death he returned to South Wales, where he died in 1885, his wife having passed away in Radnor Township in 1876. David Jones was a Democrat in politics, and his religious connection was with the Congregational Church. Of the 11 children born to him and his wife, all are gone, the last to depart this life being George W., and Ellen. She was the wife of Elias Kyle of Richwood, Ohio, and died in December, 1907.
     George W. Jones was reared to manhood in Radnor Township, whence he had come from Licking County when nine years old. He received his education in the public schools. On Nov. 8, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, in Company E, Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment became a part of the Army of the Potomac, and was later transferred to General Sherman's command. Mr. Jones participated in numerous battles, among which may be mentioned Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Peach Tree Creek, and others of minor importance. At Chattanooga, Tennessee, his regiment was joined to General Sherman s force and Mr. Jones participated in the siege of Atlanta. He was honorably discharged Mar. 14, 1865, having served four months more than his enlisted term of three years. He nobly performed a soldier's duties, and faced dangers and endured hardships with a courage and heroism that won him the esteem and confidence of his comrades and superiors. After the war Mr. Jones returned to Delaware, and there was engaged in agricultural pursuits, owning a fine farm of fifty acres but residing in Radnor Village.
     On February 25, 1869, Mr. Jones, was married to Elizabeth Humphreys, who was born Aug. 18, 1838, in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, and is a daughter of Humphrey and Margaret (Griffiths) Humphreys, who were natives of Wales and early settlers of Radnor township. Mrs. Jones has two surviving sisters, and one half-sister: Mary A., who is the widow of Evan B. Jones late of Radnor Township; Delaware County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Humphrey and Margaret (Griffiths) Humphreys, who were natives of Wales and early settlers of Radnor township. Mrs. Jones has two surviving sisters, and one half-sister: Mary A., who is the widow of Evan B. Jones, late of Radnor Township; Margaret A., who is the wife of George Perry, residing in Delaware; and Josephine, who is the wife of Evan Jones, residing in Licking County.
     Mr. Jones was a member of the Congregational Church at Radnor, in which he served as deacon and treasurer. In political matters he was a Democrat, and he has served as a trustee of Radnor Township, and for six years was a commissioner of Delaware County, during the last three of which time he was president of the board. He always interested himself in every movement which he believed would be of assistance in the development of his section, and he was one of the greatest friends of the cause of education in Radnor. He was known to be a man of strict integrity and reliability and no one in Radnor Township stood higher in public esteem.
Source No. 1: 20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle ~ Page 628-629
JOHN A. JONES , retired farmer and shoemaker; P. O. Prospect. There is probably not a single one of the old settlers of Radnor Township more deserving of notice than the subject of this sketch; he was among its earliest pioneers. Mr. Jones was born in South Wales in April, 1796; he was the son of Thomas and Gwen (Byner) Jones; the father's second wife, Miss Humphreys, was grandmother of Morris Humphreys, whose biography appears in this work; they had ten children, three of twhom are yet living; they emigrated to this then almost unbroken wilderness in the year 1818; they located in Radnor Township, where our subject has remained ever since. The marriage ceremony of John A. Jones and Lettie Lludwig was celebrated in the spring of 1825; the young wife was a native of North Wales, coming to this country at a very early day; the result of this union was four children, two of whom are living – Gwen B. and Lettie L.; both are now married, the former to William Gast, deceased, the latter to Isaac Roberts; from the eldest's marriage to Mr. Gast, there were five sons and one daughter – John A., Albert, Lafayette, James M., Alies D. and Lettice M.; all are married excepting the youngest son, Alies. Mr. Jones' second daughter's marriage bore the fruit of three children – John J., Isaac M. and Levi V. Mrs. Jones, wife of our subject, departed this life at her residence Aug. 11, 1878; her marriage with Mr. Jones was one of unalloyed happiness, spending fifty-three years of her life assisting her husbnad in the toils and hardships of their new home. She and her hunsband were consistent and devoted members of the Baptist Church; Mrs. Jones was an exemplary Christian and a devoted mother, her death leaves an aged husband and many friends to mourn her loss. Mr. Jones lives with his daughter, Gwen B.; in former days, he was shoemaker for the whole neighborhood, a business he followed for a number of years. Is a stanch Republican and an honest, upright man in his dealings with men. He is 84 years old, and the oldest voter in Radnor Township; he has four great-grandchildren living, and is a man respected and loved by all his friends and acquaintances.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 758
REV. JOHN H. JONES , minister of the Welsh Church, Delaware; was born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, in 1814, and is the son of William and Alice (Harrison) Jones, both natives of South Wales; while living in Wales, he engaged in farming and working in the coal mines, and, at 20 years of age, he commenced preaching; in 1842, he emigrated to America and located in Cincinnati, Ohio; here, in 1842, he was ordained and licensed to preach; his first charge was with the Lawrence Street Welsh congregation of that city, where he remained about five and a half years; he next had charge of two congregations, one at Pomeroy and the other at Minersville; after remaining in Pomeroy nine and a half years, he received a call from Columbus, and preached in Columbus three years and four in Brown Township; in 1863, he came to Delaware, where he has since been in charge of the Welsh Church; in 1865, he moved to Delaware, which has been his home ever since; in 1878, he also took charge of a church in Putnam Co., where he preaches about two Sundays every month. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Lydia Jones, of Butler Co., Ohio; they have had four children, all deceased.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 629
JOHN P. JONES, a prominent citizen of Radnor Township, who is serving in the office of  township trustee, is the owner of an excellent farm of 134 acres.  He was born Feb. 19, 1854, in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of WILLIAM W. and Eleanor (Evans) Jones.
     John P. Jones, grandfather of John P., was a native of Wales who came from that country to America in 1818, and settled in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of William W. and Eleanor (Evans) Jones.
     JOHN P. JONES, grandfather of John P. Jones, was a native of Wales who came from that country to America in 1818,and settled in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he died in 2864.  His son William W. Jones was born in Radnor Township, and married Eleanor Evans, by whom he had six children: Margaret A., the wife of Evan Price,  of Radnor Township; John P., subject of this sketch; Frank C., who resides in Radnor Township; Elizabeth, wife of David L. Prichard of Union County; Charles F., of Radnor Township; and Ella, who is the wife of Perry J. Griffith, of Radnor Station, Ohio.  William W. Jones, has served as a trustee of Radnor Township, and is rated as one of its oldest citizens and staunchest Republicans.
     John P. was educated in the public schools of his native locality, and since early manhood has been engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He owns a fine farm of 134 acres in Radnor Township, which includes the 65 acre tract on which he resides, and his operations have been most successful.  Mr. Jones is one of the township's leading Republicans, and is now serving in his sixth term as township trustee, having been president of the board.  He is a member of the Baptist Church at Radnor, with  which his family is also connected.  Mr. Jones married Sarah Prichard, who was born in Radnor Township, and who is a daughter of the late William Prichard.  Of this union there were born five children, of whom four survive, namely:  William P., Mabel E., J. Arthur, and Rossford.
Source No. 1: 20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle 
GENERAL JOHN S. JONES was born February 12, 1836, in Champaign County, Ohio, and died in Delaware, Ohio, April 11, 1903.  He lived on his father's farm and was educated in the public schools until his great desire for an education led him to the Ohio Wesleyan University, where  he completed his course of study in the year 1855, supporting himself in the meantime by teaching school.  In the autumn of the year 1855 he began the study of law in the office of Thomas W. Powell and was admitted to the Bar in the autumn of the year 1857.  He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in Delaware, Ohio, with gratifying success and was soon elected prosecuting attorney of Delaware County.  He had not served out his first term when the Civil war began.  He was among the first to volunteer from this county in the Union army.  He enlisted as a private in Company C, Fourth Regiment O. V. I., but was immediately elected first lieutenant of the company and on the twenty-fifth day of September, 1862, he was promoted to captain of Company B, of said regiment and served until the expiration of his term of service.  He returned to his home and again in the autumn of the year 1864, he organized the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment, becoming colonel, and which he commanded until the close of the war.  He was breveted brigadier-general at the close of the war, for meritorious service and gallant conduct in the war.
     General Jones was mustered out of the service, July 27, 1865, and returned to Delaware and entered upon the practice of his profession and was on the second day of April 1866, elected mayor of the city of Delaware.  In October of the same year he was again elected prosecuting attorney of the county, which office he held for four years.  In the year 1872, he was appointed trustee of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, one of the most noble institutions of this State.  He was president of its Board of Trustees many years.  He gave to this institution much of his best though and many hours of his most valuable time and cherished for it a most kindly feeling up to the date of his death.  He was presidential elector on the Grant and Wilson ticket in the year 1872, representing the Ninth Congressional District.  He was elected to Congress in the year 1876 from said Ninth District, serving as a member of the Forty-fifth Congress, but was deprived of a second term by a "gerrymander" of the district.  He was elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth General Assemblies of the State of Ohio, in which assemblies he served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee.  Having served his county, district and State so well and faithfully, his neighbors and fellow citizens called upon him to serve them in the City Council, which position he filled with as much zeal and ardor as the more responsible positions he had heretofore held.  He was afterward, by reason of his faithfulness, chosen a member of the Board of Education, which position he held for many years.  He was the instigator of the City Library Association and was a member of its board of Trustees at the time of his death.  This organization was the means of bringing to our city the beautiful Carnegie Library building of which our citizens are so justly proud.  Notwithstanding the many positions he held, General Jones was a faithful student in his chosen profession and he became one of the best lawyers in central Ohio.  He entered into a partnership for the practice of law, with Jackson Hipple, about the year 1866, which partnership continued for four years.  The firm was known as Jones & Hipple.  In the year 1870, he formed a partnership with the writer of this sketch.  This firm was known as Jones & Lytle and continued for twenty-five years, the partnership having been dissolved by mutual consent, on the first day of April, 1895.  At this time both his sons having been admitted to the Bar, he formed a partnership with them and the new firm was known as J. S. Jones & Sons.  This partnership continued until about the year 1899, when Carroll H., the younger son, withdrew and went to Chicago, where he is now located.  He then continued the practice with his elder son, William B.  This firm was known as Jones & Jones, which partnership continued to the time of Mr. Jones' death, he having appeared in court but a few weeks prior to his death.
Source No. 1: 20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle  - pg. 313
 
REES W. JONES, a representative citizen of Radnor Township, where he has a farm of 175 acres under cultivation, was born at Llanafan Fawr, Breconshire, South Wales, November 13, 1845, and is a son of REES T. and Sarah (Williams) JONES.
     The father of Mr. Jones was born in the same section of South Wales as saw his own birth but in an adjoining parish, Llanafan Fechan, May 2, 1804, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1891.  He followed farming in his native land until 1861, when he came to America and in the fall of that year, purchased a farm of 175 acres, in Radnor Township, on which he lived during the remainder of his life.  Almost 80 acres of his farm was timbered and he sold 20 acres in wood.  In early days he was a strong antislavery man and later became an ardent Republican.  He married a daughter of David Williams, who was born in the same parish as himself, and of their six children, the following five reached maturity:  Mary, deceased, married Evan F. Jones, residing in Norwich Township, Franklin County; Thomas Williams, residing in Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County; David, who died in 1891; Rees W.; and Elizabeth, who married John A. Price, residing in Radnor Township.  Rees T. Jones and wife were worthy members of the Congregational Church.  The mother of the above family died in the 75th year, February 20, 1884.  The paternal grandfather, Thomas Jones, lived to the age of 90 years, but never left Wales.
     Rees W. Jones commenced his education in Wales and completed it with two terms in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware.  He taught school during nine winters in Radnor Township and has never lost his interest in the educational advancement of the township.  He has never sought a position on the School Board, but his fellow-citizens have elected him a member for 14 years and he has been a valuable addition to a body of very earnest men.  From boyhood he has continued on the home farm, where he raises corn, oats and hay for feeding purposes and wheat for sale.  He devotes considerable attention to stock and his fields and pastures show many horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
     On September 20, 1876, Mr. Jones was married to Margaret Thomas, who is a daughter of James Thomas of Radnor, and they have had seven children, namely: James R., residing at Roosevelt, Washington; David V., residing at Great Falls, Montana; T. Arthur, who is a member of the class of 1909 at the Ohio State University; Sarah E.; Margaret A. John W. and R. Ellsworth.  For many years Mr. Jones has been a deacon in the Congregational Church.  The fine two-story brick structure in which Mr. Jones and family live, was built for a tavern about two years before the Big Four Railroad was put through this section, and it was one of the chief stopping points on the old turnpike from Sandusky and Columbus.  In politics, Mr. Jones is a Republican and on that ticket he was twice elected township trustee.
THOMAS JONES, tailor, Delaware; among the old settlers of Delaware is Thomas Jones, who was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, Sept. 23, 1803, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Davis) Jones, both natives of Wales; Mr. Jones' father died when he was but 3 years of age; at 11, he entered a tailor-shop to learn a trade, and served an apprenticeship of five years; worked at 25 cents per day, and, when 18 years old, sailed with his parents for America; the passage was very rough, the storm so severe as to throw the lead ballast out of place against him, and drove Mr. Jones against the side of the vessel; they were on the voyage eight weeks, and landed in Baltimore; Mr. Jones remained here but a short time, when he came West to Ohio, and located in Delaware, where he has remained ever since; then he first worked as a journeyman for a short time, when he opened a shop of his own and was at that time the leading tailor in this vicinity, often receiving orders for clothing from a distance of sixty miles; he also made clothing for the Indians; when working here by the day, he earned $1.50 per day, he began to save, and when he had made a little money by hard work, stitching all day and late at night, he would invest it in real estate, and now has laid up a little for his old age; we will state here that he was launched into life a cripple, but perseverance achieved a good degree of success; he opened the business in a shop on the west side of Sandusky street, between Winter and Williams Streets, where he remained a number of years, moving them to his present stand, and is now the oldest tailor in Delaware Co. Mr. Jones has embarked in several enterprises, including dry goods, groceries and cattle business, but has lost money in all his undertakings except his tailor business. Mr. Jones has lost four wives; he married his present wife in 1869; her name was Mary Bushfield, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Jones has six children living.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 628
THOMAS JONES, for many years one of the best known, and at the time of his death, February 18, 1908, one of the oldest residents in Delaware County, Ohio, resided on the Alderbrook farm in Delaware Township.  He was born July 29, 1823, in Breconshire, Wales, and is a son of William and Gwen (Williams) Jones.
     William Jones was also a native of Breconshire, Wales, from which country he came to America with his wife and five children in 1832, settling at Columbus.  Here Thomas Jones resided until 17 or 18 years of age, at which time he learned the saddler and harnessmaker's trade, and then went to Worthington, where he remained for a few years.  Mr. Jones then entered into business for himself on the Darby Plains, but after his marriage here he engaged in farming and in raising sheep and Percheron horses, being the pioneer in this industry in the Sate.  In 1879 he located on his present farm, which he had purchased several years previously, and here he continued to operate until 1899, when he retired from active pursuits, the responsibility of management being undertaken by his daughter, Mrs. Winifred.  The farm, a tract of 70 acres, about 20 of which are under cultivation, is one of the finest of its size in the township, and on it a large barn was erected in 1904.  About 1884 Mr. Jones imported some Welsh ponies to America, and he has since continued to breed his stock, usually having about 14 on hand.  He has also bred Shetland ponies and Percheron horses, and has given much attention to cattle and sheep raising six children, of whom five grew to maturity.  These were as follows:  Harriet, now deceased, who was the wife of J. D. Jones, M. D., of Cleveland; Charles M., who conducts the old homestead at Plain City; Albert N., who also resides at Plain City; Ellsworth E., of Los Angeles, Cal.; and  Winifred, who resides with her father and conducts the home farm.
     Mr. Jones was formerly a Whig, and is now connected with the Democratic party.  Although not a politician, he served as trustee of Darby.  From his youth up Mr. Jones was a member of the M. E. Church.  He was made a Free Mason at Plain City.  During his long and useful life he has seen many changes come over  this section.  At the time he first located in Columbus, it was such a small place that he was personally acquainted with every one that lived there, and often as a lad he played ball where the State House now stands.  He is a man of much energy and many progressive ideas, and deserves the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-townsmen.
     Mr. Jones was married to Miriam Newton, who was born near Plain City, Ohio, daughter of Albert Newton, who removed from New York State, where he was a farmer, to Darby Plains, Ohio.  He married Harriet McCloud, a native of Connecticut and sister of Dr. McCloud, a member of the Legislature and Constitutional Convention of Ohio, Mrs. Miriam Jones  died in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having been the mother of
THOMAS B. JONES, a prominent retired farmer of Radnor Township, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1834, and is a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Warner) Jones.
     The founder of this family in America was Griffin Jones, who came from England to America at a very early day, when somewhat advanced in years, but his son Edward, who was  the grandfather of Thomas E., was born after he settled in Virginia.  Edward Jones learned the carpenter trade and he also was employed as an overseer on Virginia plantations.  He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and received a land warrant on that account, but he never made use of it.  His last years were spent at the home of his son Nicholas, in Delaware County, Ohio, where he died in 1856 at the age of 62 years.  He married Nancy Wharton and they had several children.  She had five brothers, all of whom became ministers either of the Baptist or the Methodist Episcopal faith.
     NICHOLAS JONES was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in January, 1807, and died in Ohio, in 1868.  He remained in Virginia until the construction of the National road and was under way, when he came to Ohio and engaged as a hotel clerk at Morristown, in Belmont County.  He married Elizabeth Warner,  who died in 1883, aged 72 years.  She was a daughter of Henry Warner, who kept the hotel at Morristown, in which Mr. Jones was employed as a clerk.  To this marriage were born 12 children, the following of whom grew to maturity:  Edward, who was a physician, died in Missouri; Thomas B.; Nicholas, who resides in Nebraska; Winfield S.; who resides at Moberly, Missouri; Mary who is the wife of Sidney Howe, of Black Rock, Arkansas; Charles, who resides near Rochester, New York; and Stella, deceased, who married Rufus Wells of Chicago, who is also deceased.
     Nicholas Jones and wife continued to live in Belmont County, until after the birth of Thomas B., when they came to Troy Township, Delaware County, where Mr. Jones built a log cabin in the woods and subsequently cleared up an excellent farm.  He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and force of character and so impressed his fellow citizens that for many years he was retained in public office.  In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican and he was elected a justice of the peace in Troy  Township and served for 12 consecutive years.  In 1847 he was elected sheriff of Delaware County, an office he efficiently filled for four years, leaving it to became county auditor for a like period.  He then returned to Troy Township, where he bought what was known as the broom-corn farm, but five years later he sold that property and retired to Delaware, where the remainder of his life was passed.  Both he and wife were leading members of the Baptist Church. 
       Thomas B. Jones was educated in the public schools of Troy Township and at the Ohio Wesleyan University.  He engaged in farming with his father until his marriage in 1861 and continued to live in Troy Township until 1866, when he came to Radnor Township.  In the above year he bought his farm of 187 acres on which, until within the past two years, he has carried on general farming and stock raising.  He made all the improvements here and erected all the buildings except the residence.
     In 1861, Mr. Jones was married to Ellen Bush, who is a daughter of David Bush, of Troy Township.  Mrs. Jones  was a school teacher for a number of years in southern Ohio and in Iowa, prior to her marriage.  Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, all but one reached maturity, as follows:  Louis J., residing at Lorain, Ohio; Alice, who married Cadwallader Price, residing at Magnetic Springs, in Union County; Thomas Bennett, deceased; Walter A., residing in Concord Township; Victor W., residing at Columbus; Hosea H., residing in Radnor Township; Elizabeth, who married Edmund Morrison, residing on the home place; and Anna, who married Frank Graham residing in Thompson Township.  Mr. Jones and family belong to the Baptist Church at Radnor.
     Among the many recollections of his boyhood, Mr. Jones recalls seeing a party of Wyandot Indians riding through Troy Township on their way to the Ohio River.  They impressed him as a very jolly company, singing as they went on out of hearing.  They never returned to this section.  Mr. Jones remembers also the mob that came out from Columbus, in 1844, for the purpose of tearing down the gates along the Columbus & Sandusky turnpike road.  When they reached Thomas Casey's gate, in Troy Township, they found a band of militia awaiting them and when the mob persisted in tearing down the gate, the militia fired and wounded one of the invaders.  In spite of the militia the gate was demolished.
Source No. 1: 20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle  - pg. 689
JUDGE THOMAS C. JONES was born in the parish of Myfod, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, Feb. 9, 1816, and died at Delaware, Ohio, Aug.. 13, 1892.  His father, Robert Jones, was a farmer in his native country of Wales, and the family immigrated to America in the year 1822 and settled on the farm near Delaware, Ohio.  At the early age of thirteen years the subject of this sketch earned his own living by working on farms for the neighbors in the spring and summer and fall and attending school in winters.  In this way he obtained a sufficient education to teach.  In the year 1837, he began the study of law with his brother Edward, who had just previously opened an office in Delaware.  The brother died in the year 1838 and Thomas taught a district school in the winter of 1839, and in April of that year he started to Wales to settle his father's estate.  He traveled from Delaware to Philadelphia on horseback, where he sold his horse and sailed for his former home.  He studied law in England for about eighteen months, and as a student attended the sessions of the English courts with great benefit for himself.  In the spring of the year 1841 he returned to America and was admitted to the Bar before the Supreme Court of Ohio, which was teen being held at Gallipolis, Ohio, Justices Peter Hitchcock, Thomas A. Grimke and S. F. Vinton, examiners.  He immediately opened an office in Delaware, Ohio, with good prospects.  In a short time he entered into a partnership for the practice of his profession with Judge Sherman Finch, which partnership continued for only a short time.  In the year 1843.  Mr. Jones removed to Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, where he continued in the practice of his profession for thirteen years.  In the year 1856 he returned to Delaware County, where he formed a partnership for the practice of law with H. M. Carper, the style of the firm being Jones & Carper, which partnership continued until Mr. Jones was elected to the Common Pleas bench.  In the year 1859, he was elected State senator from the Sixteenth Senatorial district, at that time composed of Delaware and Licking Counties, as a Republican, though the district was largely Democratic.  Mr. Jones was elected by a handsome majority.  In January, 1859, Mr. Jones was elected a member of the State Board of Agriculture, which office he held for eight years, being president of the board for two years.
     In the autumn of the year 1861, Mr. Jones was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the First Subdivision of the Sixth Judicial District, composed of Delaware, Knox and Licking Counties.  He was re-elected in the autumn of 1866, serving for the term of ten years with general satisfaction to the public and to the Bar.
     He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention held at Chicago in the year 1868, which nominated Grant and Colfax for president and vice-president, respectively, of the United States and was chairman of the delegation.  He was also a member of the National Republican Convention which nominated R. B. Hayes for president in the year 1876, and he was one of President Hayes' strongest supporters, having known him from childhood, they having been school boys together.  After the expiration of Judge Jones' second term on the bench, he engaged in agriculture and the breeding of thoroughbred short-horned cattle, Southdown sheep and other fine stock, for which he always had a taste, no doubt inherited through many generations from his ancestors.  He was appointed trustee of the Ohio Agricultural College, located at Columbus, Ohio, was made chairman of the Executive Committee, and was largely responsible for the design and erection of the college buildings as well as the selection of the first professors and the character of the course of study.  In the year 1876 he was one of the jury selected to award the honors in the cattle department of live stock at the Centennial at Philadelphia and he was made chairman of that body.
     In the year 1880 he visited Great Britain, including his native Wales,  Taking with him his wife and with the aid of the letter from President Hayes, his old school fellow, he made extensive observations with reference to our live stock trade with that country and the effect of its restrictions upon our exports.  The result of his observations was made known to the president in the letter by Mr. Jones, which letter he caused to be published for distribution among breeders and others interested in this most important branch of our export trade.  In the year 1881 he was appointed on a commission by a special act of Congress to examine and report upon the agricultural needs and resources of the Pacific States.  In the government's earnest endeavor to solve and settle the Indian question the wisdom of Judge Jones was recognized by his appointment to several commissions.
     Judge Jones was at one time an official visitor to the Naval Academy at Annapolis.  As a writer on agricultural subjects and especially in the department of stock-breeding, he had a national reputation.
     Judge Jones was chosen as the first president of the Ohio Association of Breeders of short-horn cattle and was really the leading spirit in its organization.  The judge was a man of sincere and earnest convictions, liberal and public spirited, of a genial temperament and was interested in his fellow citizens and his company was sought after in the social circle.
     Religiously, he was a positive character.  He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, had clear views on the subject of religion and he believed in a God as taught by his church and the Bible.  He had no patience with non-believers or with the doctrines of the rationalists.  He was for many years a trustee of the Theological Seminary and of Kenyon College, which was established by his church at Gambier, and his eldest son is a professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Polity in Kenyon College.
THOMAS CLIVE JONES, president of the Delaware Gas Company, is one of the most experienced and best known gas men of the country.  Mr. Jones was born Nov. 17, 1867, on his father's farm in Troy Township, Delaware County, and comes of old pioneer families on both sides.  His maternal grandfather, Judge Hosea Williams, was one of the prominent men in the early days of Delaware County.
     Mr. Jones received his education through the public schools and later enjoyed the academic advantages at Gambier, Ohio, following which he took a commercial course at the Spencerian Business College, Washington, D. C.  Returning to Delaware he began his business career as a collector for the company of which he is now the head.  HE was with the Columbus Gas Company as teller in 1886-1887.  For the following three years he was concerned in a coal and feed business at Delaware, under the firm style of Baker & Jones, and then resumed relations with the Delaware Gas Company, of which he was elected superintendent in 1891.  In this capacity he served the company until 1905, when he became its president.  In 1901 Mr. Jones purchased a third interest in the Coshocton (Ohio) Gas Company.  Under his supervision the plant was entirely remodelled and at a later date he equipped it for the use of natural gas.  In 1902 under his direction the plant of the Delaware Company was reconstructed for the distribution of natural gas.  It is one of the most perfect systems in the State;  on year of careful oversight was necessary to accomplish the change, but its operation has fully justified the expenditure of talent and money involved.
     Mr. Jones was elected to membership in the Ohio Gas Light Association in 1892, the Western Gas Association in 1895, the American Gas Light Association in 1898, the Michigan Gas Association in 1900; he became a charter member of the Natural Gas Association of America in 1906 and a charter member of the American Gas Institute in 1906.  He was several years a member of the Executive Committee of the Ohio Association and its secretary from 1898 to 1906, during which time he edited and published all of the annual volumes of proceedings for the association.  He was elected treasurer of the American Gas Institute in 1906.  Mr. Jones has contributed many papers to the publications of these associations and is by gas men everywhere recognized as one of the influential experts in the science and practical art of gas production, manufacture, transmission and distribution.  His printed opinion form a valuable contribution to the literature of the subject during the last 15 years.  
     In 1889 Mr. Jones was married to Sue E. Baker, who is a daughter of Mr. Henry L. Baker, a former mayor of Delaware.  They have one son, Thomas Clive, Jr.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Jones has been a vestryman for number of years.                                                     
Source No. 1: 20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - page 822
THOMAS T. JONES, farmer; P. O. Radnor. Thomas T. Jones is a native of Radnor Township, being born Sept. 10, 1848; is the son of Evan T. and Ellen Jones, whose biography accompanies this work; our subject passed his youthful days on his father's farm, assisting him in his farm duties; his education was as good as the common schools could give. His marriage with Miss Della Finley was solemnized Dec. 25, 1870; she is the daughter of George W. and Angelina (Williams) Finley; in her father's family there were five children, three of whom are yet living; the result of the union of Mr. Jones and Miss Finley bore the fruit of one child, Wray Everette, born Nov. 16, 1878. Mr. Jones and wife are consistent and active members of the M. E. Church. Is a Democrat. Mr. Jones is a man that keeps thoroughly posted on county and township enterprises and news, and takes an active part in laudable county enterprises.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 757
THOMAS S. JONES, general farmer, of Scioto Township, owns a highly cultivated farm of fifty acres and is one of the representative citizens of this section.  He was born in Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1875, and is a son of Perry J. and Ellen Jane (Murfield) Jones.
     PERRY J. JONES, father of Thomas S., was also a native of Scioto Township, where he died September 13, 1900, aged fifty-one years.  He continued to farm the old homestead until 1886, when he moved to the farm now owned by his son, Thomas S.  He was a Democrat, but took no very active part in politics.  He married a daughter of George Murfield, who was a substantial farmer of Concord Township.  Of their eight children, seven reached maturity at Ostrander; Susan, who married William Holly, of Liberty Township; William, residing in Scioto Township; Ernest, residing at Ostrander; Lena, who married Eram Hall, of Liberty Township; and Myrtle M., who married Henry Stawser, of Concord Township.  Some years after the death of her first husband, Mrs. Jones married Thomas Harris and they reside in Paulding County, Ohio.  She is a member of the United Brethren Church.  The Jones family is of Welsh extraction and the grandfather of Thomas S. Jones came to Delaware County from Pennsylvania.  In his early years he followed shoemaking, but he was a man of such excellent business qualifications that he soon enlarged his interests and in the course of time became one of the most extensive buyers of stock in this section.  He married Laand Stottlemyer, and he died at Bellpoint about 1884.
     Thomas S. Jones was educated in the schools at Bellpoint and White Sulphur, and remained on the home farm until his marriage.  He then engaged in farming in Crawford County, and so continued until 1905, when he purchased the home farm and has continued its cultivation ever since.  He raises all the leading cereals but makes corn his main crop, and he keeps about forty head of hogs, twenty of sheep and five of cattle, doing a safe and satisfactory business.  On October 4, 1900, Mr. Jones was married to Lottie Hazlett, who was reared in Crawford County, and who is a daughter of Mason Hazlett, of Scioto Township.  They have had four children, the survivors bearing the names respectively of Ardice Marie, and Mary Florence.  The two deceased were Bertha Elizabeth and Ruth Arline.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the United Brethren Church at Ostrander, and the former is a stanch Republican in politics.
PHILIP JONES , farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Radnor; was born in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, July 25, 1820; is a son of John P. and Mary (Penry) Jones, both natives of Breconshire, South Wales; there they were married, and three daughters born to them; in 1818, they emigrated to the United States, arriving in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, Oct. 13 of the same year; two children were born to them after their arrival in this country; at the present time, four of the children are living. John P. Jones and wife were industrious, intelligent people, consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, and universally respected by all their friends and neighbors. The father died in 1864, and the mother in 1863. Our subject was raised upon a farm, receiving such education as the schools afforded; he had the care of his parents during their old age. He was united in marriage with Jane E. Tomley June 14, 1853; she was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, June 28, 1822; from this marriage there are five children – Richard E., Sue M., W. Guy, Jennie F. and Jessie B. Mr. Jones has held a great many positions of honor and trust, and is a man of more than ordinary ability, and liberally contributes to all enterprises that tend to build up or benefit the community in which he lives; he owns 200 acres of nicely improved land. Mr. Jones is a Republican.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 757
TIMOTHY GOMER JONES, general farmer of Radnor Township, was born July 18, 1853, in Radnor Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, and is a son of Evan T. and Ellen (Jones) Jones.
     EVAN T. JONES was born in South Wales in 1818, and died in Ohio, Jan. 18, 1896.  He grew to manhood in South Wales and on coming to America settled in Radnor Township, near the river, where he acquired a farm of 97 acres.  At one time he was an active member of the Odd Fellows and assisted in erecting the fraternity's building at Radnor.  In politics he was a Democrat.  He married the widow of his brother Thomas.  She was born in North Wales and was a daughter of David Jones.  The four children of the second marriage who grew out of infancy were:  Elizabeth, who married James Paulding, residing at East St. Louis, Illinois; Thomas T., residing at Prospect; Timothy G.; and Mary Ellen, who married Robert Thomas, residing in Radnor Township.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Congregational Church.
     Timothy Gomer Church was six years old when his parents moved to the farm he now owns, and his father built the residence and other structures.  He secured his education in the district schools and his occupation has always been farming.  To the original acreage of the farm he has added until he now owns 143 acres.  This he has under a fine state of cultivation.  Like his father, Mr. Jones believes in the principles of the Democratic party.
     On February 14, 1878, Mr. Jones was married to Elizabeth Jane Jones, who is a daughter of John A. and Mary (Newell) Jones.  Three children have been born to them, of whom one is deceased, the two survivors being:  Evan T., residing at Pinconning, Michigan, and John A.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones belong to the Congregational Church at Radnor, of which he has served as a trustee.
     John A. Jones, father of Mrs. Timothy G. Jones, was born in North Wales and died in Ohio in 1895, aged 70 years.  He grew to manhood on his father's farm in Wales prior to coming to America with his bride.  In 18545 they reached Columbus, Ohio.  Here he learned the blacksmith's trade which he followed until within five years of his death.  For 21 years he worked in the Miami shops and was also employed in the Panhandle Railroad shops, later going into business for himself.  Of his five children four reached maturity, namely:  Elizabeth Jane; Mrs. Catherine Williams; Mary Ann, who is the widow of George F. Twitchell, of Columbus, Ohio; and Emma Gertrude, also a resident of Columbus.
T. K. JONES, M. D., physician and surgeon at Radnor, was born in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, April 16, 1853, and is a son of WILLIAM and Hannah (Humphreys) Jones.
      The father of Dr. Jones was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1806, and died at Radnor, Ohio, in 1889, aged 83 years.  He remained in his own country until a man of 35 years and the came to America, later settled in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he carried on farming and stockraising until 1885, when he retired to Radnor.  He married a daughter of Edward Humphreys.  The latter was a native of Wales and an early settler in Troy Township.  William and Hannah Jones had three children to grow to mature years, namely:  Elizabeth, T. K. and Ruth A.  Elizabeth is deceased.  The father was a Welsh Presbyterian in his religious faith, but the mother was a Congregationalist.  The paternal grandfather was a soldier in the English army.
     Dr. Jones was educated in Troy township, in the Ohio Business College at Delaware and at the Normal School at Worthington, Ohio.  For several winter terms he taught school, engaging in farming during the summers and while teaching began the study of medicine under Dr. Fowler, a practitioner at Delaware.  He attended the Columbus Medical College, where he was graduated in 1883.  He established himself at Radnor, where he has remained ever since, his practice extending over a wide territory.  In earlier years he did a great deal of driving through he country, but latterly his practice is more restricted.  He is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society.
     Dr. Jones married Emma Harsh, residing at Radnor and they have three children, namely: Martha H., Albert H. A. and C. Irwin.  Mrs. Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Dr. Jones continues in his mother's faith and for several years served as trustee of the Radnor Congregational Church.
     Politically, Dr. Jones is a Republican.  Fraternally, he belongs to Prospect Lodge, F. & A. M., and of Radnor Lodge of Odd Fellows, and has served as district deputy grand master of the latter organization.  Mrs. Jones belongs to the auxiliary lodges of these orders, the Eastern Star and the Rebekahs.  Dr. Jones  and wife are among the most esteemed citizens of Radnor.
DR. TITUS K. JONES.  In 1853, in Troy Township, near Delaware, the subject of this sketch was born.  His father and mother were two of the early settlers in this Welch settlement.  The common schools and rural life prepared him early in life for teaching, which he followed until he took a normal course at the Ohio Business College in Delaware; and a course at Ogden Normal School at Worthington, Ohio.  In the winter of 1878 he commenced reading medicine in the office of Dr. S. W. Fowler, at Delaware, Ohio, and graduated at the Columbus Medical College in 1883.  He at once, at the earnest solicitation of his Welsh friends and others, located in Delhi, now Radnor, Ohio, where he has been the leading physician and the most prominent doctor ever in Radnor or that part of the country.  In 1890 he married Miss Harsh, of Radnor, the daughter of the late Caleb Harsh, one of the most wealthy men of the county.  The honesty and high moral principles of Dr. Jones have given him the entire confidence of all the people he comes in contact with.  He is a member of the church, a Mason, and an Odd Fellow.  He has a good wife and four children of whom he is justly proud
W. W. JONES , farmer; P. O. Radnor; the subject of this sketch was born in Radnor Township, Ohio, in the year 1825; his father, John P. Jones, was a native of South Wales; his mother, Mary (Penry) Jones; there were six children in the family, four of whom are yet living. The marriage ceremony of Wm. W. Jones and Eleanor Evans was celebrated in 1852. The wife's father's name was John Evans, and his wife's name was Margaret (Jones) Evans, there were five children in this family; the number of children in the subject's family is seven – Margaret A., John P., Francis C., Harvey, Elizabeth, Charles and Eleanor. Mr. Jones has two sisters and one brother living in Radnor Township. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Jones is a Republican. He owns 197 acres of nicely improved land; has held the offices of Township Trustee, School Director, Road Supervisor, etc.; is a man of good, steady habits and unpretentious manners; has the esteem and good, will of his fellow-men and neighbors.
Source No. 2 - History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 – Page 757
HON FREDRICK MERRICK JOY was born Nov. 15, 1846, in Delaware, Ohio, and died Mar. 17, 1883, being only a little over thirty-six years of age when called to his long rest.  He grew up in the community in which he was born and attended the public schools until he had advanced as far as the course would take him.  He entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in June, 1867.  He immediately began the study of law in the office of Messrs. Reid & Powell, attorneys, and was admitted to the Bar in the summer of 1869, from which time to date of his death he devoted his energies and talents to the profession of his choice.  He was a justice of the peace for two terms of the city of Delaware for two terms.  He was a law partner of Hon. H. M. Marriott at the time of his death.
     He was possessed of a keen and lively humor, but his sarcasm left no sting.  In his social relation he was congenial and companionable, but in his domestic life the real beauty of his character shows most resplendent.  As a husband he was affectionate and devoted, as a father he was indulgent and kind, as a neighbor civil and obliging, and as a citizen zealous and patriotic, and his early demise was lamented by all who knew him.
 
CLICK HERE to Return to
DELAWARE COUNTY, OHIO		 CLICK HERE to Return to
OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS
This Webpage has been created by Sharon Wick exclusively for Ohio Genealogy Express  ©2008
Submitters retain all copyrights