Imperial-Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Jones, Howard T. 1882 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

HOWARD T. JONES.—In reviewing the lives of men of Imperial County whose record
will go down to posterity in the first history of Imperial County, special
mention should be made of Howard T. Jones. He has achieved success in life as a
result of his own efforts, and he is today one of the representative business
men of his chosen county. Mr. Jones came to Imperial County in June, 1907. He
was born April 23, 1882, a son of Charles E. and Margaret (Welsh) Jones, both
residents of Cincinnati, Ohio. Howard T. received his education in the public
and high schools of his native county, graduating from the latter in 1900. He
later attended the University of Cincinnati for three years. In 1903 he engaged
with the Wagner Electric Company of St. Louis,  Missouri,  and was made local
representative in  Cincinnati, Ohio. He filled that position to the satisfaction
of his company and when the exposition opened at St. Louis, Mr. Jones became
identified with the concession department until the end of the fair. Returning
to Cincinnati, he became designer for the D. T. Williams Valve Company for two
years. In January, 1907, he came west and located in Los Angeles. He then became
engaged with the F. O. Engstrom Construction Company until he came to Holtville,
which was in June, 1907. He worked for the Imperial Creamery for a time and
later worked for L. F. Shaw for a very brief period. He then walked from the
ranch to Holtville and took a position with C. H. Eckert, and while in his
employ Mr. Jones filed on 160 acres of land, which he sold for $500 six weeks
after filing. He then bought an 80-acre relinquishment two miles northeast of
Holtville, in which he planted 20 acres of cantaloupes and 20 acres of grapes.
That season Mr. Jones lost $500 on his cantaloupes. By hard, faithful labor he
leveled the balance of his land, which has since been brought up to a high state
of cultivation. Mr. Jones has fifty acres of grapes and has fifty acres in
watermelons. In 1910 he was elected city clerk and later engaged in the real
estate and insurance business, which vocation he followed for four years. Mr.
Jones with Mr. F. S. Shumate purchased the grocery business of Carl Morford, and
after six months Mr. Jones purchased his partner's interest and now has one of
the finest stores in Imperial County. Mr. Jones is city chairman of the war
savings stamp committee. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epislon, a college
fraternity. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic Lodge and served as master
for one year. Mr. Jones was married in Los Angeles, April 8, 1916, to Laura
Howard, a sister of Mrs. Porter and Albert Ferguson of Holtville.



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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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