Routt County CO Archives Biographies.....Jones, Joseph J. January 31, 1869 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     Joseph J. Jones, sheriff of Routt county since 1901, when he was first

elected as a Republican, having been a devoted supporter of that party during

all his manhood, and one of the prominent and progressive ranch and stock men of

the county, is a native of Mahaska county, Iowa, where he was born on January

31, 1869.  He is the son of Price and Dorcas (Long) Jones, who had two children,

Alva and Joseph.  The father was a Freemason fraternally and a Republican in

politics.  He served as a soldier during the Civil war, being a member of the

Sixth Iowa Infantry.  He died in March, 1882, ten years after the death of his

wife, which occurred in 1872.  Their son Joseph received a limited education at

the public schools, and in 1882 left home to make his own way in the world,

being thirteen years old at the time.  In 1880 he accompanied his parents to

Kansas and the next year to Pitkin, this state, where he was employed by the

railroad company.  From 1882 to 1886 he worked on farms in Iowa, then passed a

year going through various parts of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.  In 1887 he

became again a resident of Colorado, but after a short residence in Denver, went

to Rawlins, Wyoming, where he passed a year engaged in various kinds of work. 

From 1888 to 1892 he had charge of the McIntosh horse ranch in Routt county.  In

the year last named he moved to Routt county and located near Hayden.  Here he

was a member of the mercantile firm of Carley & Jones until 1896, when he turned

his attention to the cattle industry, serving as foreman for J.L. Norvell.  In

1898 he bought the Ed. Smith ranch, which comprises five hundred and twenty

acres, of which three hundred and fifty acres are under cultivation in hay and

grain.  Cattle, horses and hay are his chief products and these he raises in

good qualities and extensively.  In 1901 he was elected sheriff of the county

and is still filling the office.  Fraternally he is connected with the Odd

Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.  On June 11, 1895, he united in

marriage with Miss Ada Hormald, a native of Iowa.  They have one son, Gilbert J.

 In his business Mr. Jones is upright, reliable and progressive; in the

discharge of his official duties he is honest, fearless and attentive, and in

all the relations of private and social life he is correct, straightforward and

manly.  He is one of the universally popular and esteemed citizens of the

county, whose names are as household words in every section and indicative of

the best attributes of American citizenship.  

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From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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