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(Source: History of Madison County, Ohio
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DR. WM. H. JEWETT, Sr.,
physician, West Canaan, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1831;
he is a son of B. F. and Eliza (Burgess) Jewett. His
parents emigrated to Franklin County, Ohio, about 1815. His father
was born in Vermont July 29, 1800, and died Sept. 23, 1867; his mother
was born Jan. 1, 1810, and died Mar. 29, 1862. Our subject
attended the common schools awhile, and then commenced the study of
medicine with Andrews & Johnson, of Worthington, Ohio, completing
his studies under Dr. Pinny, of Dublin, same county. His
first course of lectures were at the Starling Medical College, Columbus,
Ohio. He also attended a course in Cincinnati, and attended the
normal school at Dublin, Ohio, two terms. He practiced one year at
Belle Point, and was in the army two years. He was a member of
Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, for fourteen months;
he was Second Lieutenant and acting as Orderly Sergeant, and was
detailed for hospital duty, serving three months in the Louisville
Hospital, and three months as physician. In politics, he is a
Democrat. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 193, Plain
City, and also of Urania Lodge, No. 311, F. & A. M., Plain City.
His wife is a daughter of George and Mary Ann Wirtz, who
emigrated to Ohio in 1835, and are of English descent. By his
marriage he has had ten children, viz., Mary E., George F., Laura E.,
Flora E., Sarah A., Charles E., Katie E., Dumpie (deceased),
Leslie and an infant. Dr. Jewett Returned to Hillyard
after the war in 1864, and practiced medicine there until 1871, since
which time he has resided in Amity, Madison County, Ohio. |
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DR. GEORGE F. JEWETT, Jr.,
physician, West Canaan, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Mar. 17,
1857; he is a son of Dr. W. H. and Lina E. (Snouffer) Jewett, the
former a native of Ohio, whose sketch appears elsewhere, and the latter
a native of Maryland, both of English descent. Our subject
received his rudimentary education in the schools of his native county,
and in 1878 commenced reading medicine with his father. From 1874
to 1877, he attended the Central Normal School at Worthington, and in
1877 entered the State University, at Columbus, graduating Feb. 24,
1882. During the winter of 1873 to 1881, he was engaged in
teaching school. Since his graduation, he has been practicing his
profession with his father, at Amity, in this county, where he is well
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The first settler that we have been able to gain
any account of within the precincts of Oak Run Township was
WILLIAM JAMISON, who came to his county from
Kentucky and located just south of the mouth of Glade Run, about 1805.
He purchased 200 acres of land, upon which he resided till his death. He
became quite a prominent and prosperous farmer of that day. He married
Ann Brown, of Brown County, Ohio, by whom he had three
sons and three daughters—Ira, the oldest son, became a minister in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in Hancock County, Ohio. The second
son died young. William, the youngest son, arriving at manhood,
emigrated West and is now a resident of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The three
daughters were named Zelah, who married a man by the name of
Ferguson; Cynthia married Levi Poulston, and
the third daughter (name forgotten) married a man by the name of
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Jefferson Twp. -
LUTHER JOHNSON,
farmer, P. O. West Jefferson, is a descendant of the early pioneer,
Michael Johnson, who came to
Madison County in 1797, and a son of
Jacob Johnson¸who is
mentioned elsewhere in these pages.
Our subject was born in
Jefferson
Township Jan. 16, 1826.
He was raised a farmer boy, and enjoyed only the privileges of
the common schools. His
attention through life has been more or less given to farming, but for a
period of twenty-one years he made a specialty of handling and shipping
stock. He owns a good-sized
farm, and now gives his entire attention to it, save the time taken up
in the duties of his office, Justice of the Peace.
He has been publicly connected with the township more or less for
several years. He married
Mary A. Thompson in 1844,
and by her has had six children: four only survive.
Source: History of Madison
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 1001 |
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Jefferson Twp. -
CHARLES C. JONES,
banker, Jefferson, is a grandson of
Samuel and a son of
Isaac Jones¸ who were both
natives of New Jersey,
where the former matured and married.
In 1819, he, wife and several children came to
Ohio, locating in Jefferson Township, Madison Co.,
purchasing land now occupied by Jefferson.
His land joined Samuel
Sexton’s land, out of which two pioneers, on July 5, 1822, laid out
New Hampton, just south of the present residence of
John Heath.
On Sept. 15, 1823, Samuel
Jones, buried his wife, in the fifty-fourth year of her age.
He soon after returned to New Jersey, where he
married his second wife. On
Nov. 17, 1830, he and wife, Mary,
deeded 110 acres of land, on the National road, just west of Little
Derby, to his son Isaac.
Isaac was born in New Jersey in 1802, but, from seventeen years of age, was
a resident of Ohio.
In 1821, he married Eliza,
daughter of John Mills.
She was born in New York Apr. 30, 1804.
He and wife settled in New Hampton.
The north line of the 110 acres deeded to him by his father was
the northern limit of Jefferson, which town he laid out into sixty-four
lots, in the fall of 1831.
Early in life, he joined the Baptist Church, and, during the third decade of
the present century, he was ordained as a minister in that church.
Through his efforts the original church was organized at New
Hampton. He labored long
and faithfully, and, on the 22d of September, 1842, died.
He was a zealous Christian worker, of unwavering fidelity and
unswerving integrity. He
was licensed to solemnize marriage on July 9, 1830, and, on Mar. 20,
1840, William Shannon,
Governor of the Stae, appointed him Associate Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas for the cunty of Madison, in which capacity he served until
his death. He was interred
in the Hampton Cemetery,
where a suitable monument has been erected to his memory.
His widow survived him several years.
They had born to them eight children, viz.,
Sarah, wife of
Dr. Col. Crabb, of
York,
Neb.,; an infant, deceased;
Charles C.; Thomas P., who
served as Quartermaster of the Ninety-fifty Ohio Volunteer Infantry in
the late war; Col. William Jones,
whose biography appears in Union Township; an infant, deceased;
Samuel, who died in 1842,
aged nine years; J. M., who
left Oberlin College and enlisted in the late war, but now is a resident
of Clark County, Ohio; and Isaac
C., Jr., who was also a student in the same college, but, seeing the
need of men to protect our country, left school, and, at Cincinnati,
Ohio, enlisted in Company C, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He rose to Lieutenant Colonel, participating in some of the
severest battles, but, on Nov. 27, 1863, while engaged in the battle at
Ringgold, was mortally wounded, and, while lying in the last agonies of
death, he said to his comrades, “I am happy to die for my country!”
Of the entire family of
Rev. Isaac Jones, four are now living,
William and
Charles, in Madison County.
The latter was born in New Hampton, Oct. 7, 1826.
He grew up in his native county, where he has always resided.
He started in life with no means, but is now among the wealthiest
citizens of Jefferson.
He has devoted thirty-two years to auctioneering, in which he has
been successful. He
connected himself with the
Baptist
Church many years ago, and
is now one of its Trustees.
He has been associated with the interests of the township in various
capacities; since 1874 has been, a Republican.
He and wife have had a family of eleven children, seven of whom
are now living.
Source: History of
Madison
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 1001
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JOHN
JONES came from Franklin County and settled on
Oak Run, one mile
above its mouth, about 1808; resided here some eight or ten
years, and opened out the farm and made considerable
improvements, then moved away. Thomas Nash, a
native of Kentucky, settled
near the mouth of Oak Run about 1812; after residing there a
few years, he removed to Indiana. "William
Sly settled on Turkey Run. en Surveys 10,904 and
12,364, at an early day, and was becoming somewhat prominent
as an active, energetic man, but finally moved to
Sandusky, where he died. John
Linsey, a Virginian, settled on Oak Run, one mile
above its mouth, on the land first settled and improved by
John Jones, mentioned above, about 1818. He
resided here about six or eight years; was quite active and
energetic, gained some wealth and moved to near Sandusky. where he
purchased land and died there, leaving a large estate.
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Union Twp. -
JOHN JONES, a well known retired merchant of
London, was born in that village Oct.
31, 1818, and is probably the oldest native-born resident in
it. His father,
William Jones,
was born and reared near
Knoxville, Tenn.
He accompanied his father,
Solomon Jones, to
Ohio, at a very early day.
William Jones
was a blacksmith and a pioneer in that trade in
London, where he settled in November,
1814. He was
also engaged in various occupations through life, such as
buying property, dealing in grain, buying and selling goods,
etc., and became very wealthy.
He was a very liberal man, giving a great deal of
money to assist those who needed financial help and for
various charitable purposes.
He was familiarly known as “Dad Jones,” and was
“everybody’s friend.”
He suffered severely in the “crash of 1837,” bay
paying security debts, and removed to his farm.
A few years later, he died at London.
John Jones
was reared in the
village
of London,
and the entire period he attended school would probably not
exceed two years.
He assisted his father in the store till of age, and
was then employed as clerk in the store of
William Warner, remaining in that position two years.
In February, 1841, he married
Jane H., daughter
of John and Sarah
Melvin, and a native of this county.
After marriage, he rented a piece of land near
London, where he farmed that
following summer.
The same fall,
William Warner was elected Sheriff of Madison County,
and Mr. Jones was
made his Deputy, removing to town, and serving in that
position for four years.
HE was then elected Sheriff of the county on the Whig
ticket, and served one term of two years.
He refused a re-nomination, and since then has
retired from official life, with the exception of serving
twelve years as Justice of the Peace.
Mr. Jones,
like his father, has engaged in various occupations, and has
accumulated a good property.
He purchased a stock of groceries and started his
three sons in business, and about 1875 retired from active
business labor.
He took charge of a younger brother, sent him to school,
started him in business and subsequently studying law, and
he is now a resident of
Champaign,
Ill.
Mr. Jones
was once a member of the Sons of Temperance, and on Sept.
18, 1846, became a charger member of Madison Lodge, No. 70
(I. O. O. F.), of London.
Six children have been born to himself and wife, four
living – Frank,
Horace, Dollie (wife of
V. H. Wilson, of
Lafayette), and
Emma, wife of Harvey Chandler¸of
London.
Frank¸of
Jones Brothers,
wholesale and retail grocers, was born in
London, Feb. 26, 1847.
He obtained a good education in the public schools of
his native village, and in early life was engaged in
farming. He then
entered the employ of his father as a clerk, and
subsequently farmed one year in Illinois. Upon the
completion of the Union Pacific Railroad, he made a trip to California, being absent eight or nine
months. In 1874,
with his elder brother,
Lucien, he
purchased his father’s stock and trade, and they remained
together until the death of
Lucien, in 1876.
A younger brother,
Horace, then became a partner, the firm name still remaining “Jones
Bros.” The
brothers have built up a very large trade, and no firm in
London
stand higher in the estimation of its citizens than they.
Mr. Jones
is a member of Madison Lodge No. 70 (I. O. O. F.), and is
Republican in politics.
He was married, Sept. 30, 1875, to
Lizzie Loogler, a
native of Champaign Co.,
Ill.
They have one child – Nina K. Horace, the junior
member of the firm, was born in
London, Sept. 6, 1852.
He received a good education, and early in life was
employed in his father’s grocery.
He subsequently clerked for his brothers,
Lucien and
Frank, and upon the death of the former became a member of the
present firm. He
resides in a neat and pleasant frame cottage on
East High street.
Mr. Jones
is connected by membership with Mystic Lodge, No. 36,
Knights of Pythias, and Madison Lodge, No. 70 I. O. O. F.
His political views are decidedly Republican.
He was united in marriage, Sept. 10, 1879, to
Lizzie, only
daughter of Dr. J. T.
Houston, of
London.
Source: History of
Madison
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1883 - Page
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COL. WILLIAM JONES, ex-Sheriff of Madison County, London,
is a life-resident of the county.
He was born in Jefferson Township,
Nov. 3, 1832. His
father, Isaac Jones,
was a farmer and miller by occupation.
He laid out the village of Jefferson;
was its founder and principal citizen for some years.
He was a minister of the Baptist denomination, and
discoursed upon the views of that church whenever
opportunity afforded.
He married Eliza,
daughter of “Old John
Mills,” who built a mill on Darby Creek in an
early day, probably the first mill in that township.
Our subject was reared in Jefferson Township, and
was about ten years of age at the time of his father’s
death. He resided
with his mother on the old homestead until the fall of 1877,
when he was elected Sheriff of Madison County, on the
Republican ticket. He
took possession of the office in January, 1878, and served
two terms giving way to his successor,
John F. Johnston,
in January, 1882.
Mr. Jones in 1861, took out an order from headquarters to raise
Company A, Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
The order was speedily obeyed, and
Mr. Jones made
Captain. In the
latter part of 1862, he was elected Major or the regiment,
and the following February or March was promoted to
Lieutenant Colonel.
He served in the latter position until April, 1864, when the
regiment was mustered out of service.
Col.
Jones was married, Jan. 1, 1858, to
Jennie Hukill, a
native of Columbus, Ohio, but reared in
this county. They
have seven living children- Alta, Albert, Fannie (wife of
Frank Speasmaker),
Foster, Zura, Truman
and Loraine.
Mrs. Jones is a member of the Baptist Church.
Source: History of
Madison
County,
Ohio – Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 893 |
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