Biography of T B Jones, Mississippi Co, AR ********************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. Submitted by: Michael Brown Date: Sep 1998 ********************************************************************* Bibliography: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1890. T. B. Jones, a successful planter and a prominent merchant of Frenchman's Bayou, is a native of Illinois, and the son of James Jones, who died in Illinois. T. B. Jones obtained a good practical education in the schools of his native State, and afterward went to the Lone Star State, where he remained for two years. At the age of twentythree years he came to Mississippi County, Ark., located there, and although his means were very limited, he went to work with the determination to succeed, and is now the owner of 113 acres, of which he has sixty under cultivation. On this he averages about one bale of cotton to the acre, and in addition he has a general store in which he keeps a full line of goods necessary in a country neighborhood. He has placed about thirty acres [p.520] under cultivation, made all the other improvements, building a fine frame residence with about 2,000 feet of flooring and two stories high. He also has a frame store-house 20×50 feet, four tenement houses and a barn. His marriage occurred in 1881 with Miss Lizzie Hightower, of Mississippi County, where she was born and reared. Her father, William Hightower, settled in Mississippi County, Ark., at an early day. He was originally from East Tennessee, his wife being a native of this county. They died in Mississippi County, Ark., when Mrs. Jones was small. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones has been born one child, a daughter named Claudia. Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 157, Frenchman's Bayou. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.