Shasta County CA Archives Biographies.....Jones, Benton 1841 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 13, 2006, 7:42 pm Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891) BENTON JONES, one of the worthy and reliable citizens of Redding, California, is a native of Sandwich, Illinois, born December 27, 1841. His father, William L. F. Jones, a native of the Green Mountain State, emigrated to Pennsylvania and from there to Illinois in 1836. He was a tanner and blacksmith and one of the brave pioneers of the latter State. Mr. Jones' grandfather, Nathaniel Jones, was also a native of Vermont. The mother of the subject of this sketch, nee Betsey Misner, was born in Indiana, of German ancestry. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones six children were born, five of whom are living. Benton remained with his parents, receiving a public-school education and spending his summers in work on the farm. He continued to work on his father's farm, of which he is the owner, until 1885, when he rented it and came to California, purchasing a home and settling in Redding. He is engaged in the real estate and abstract business and is interested in several placer mines. In 1875 Mr. Jones married Harriet R. Vance, daughter of Dr. G. E. Vance. One son was born to them, Edwin D., in Redding. The loving wife and mother was attacked with that dread disease, typhoid fever, and notwithstanding the best medical treatment and care were given her she died in September, 1887. Politically Mr. Jones is a Republican. He frequently held offices of trust in his Eastern State. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is a Chapter Mason. Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California. Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of Prominent Citizens of To-day. "A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendents." – Macauley. CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1891. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/shasta/bios/jones388nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb