Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Jones, Hiram 1840 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Hiram Jones, farmer, P. O. Gardner, was born in Somerset County, Me., May 4, 
1840, son of Thomas J. and Harriet (Small) Jones, natives of Maine. The father 
was a farmer by occupation, and died in April, 1868. The mother died in 
August, 1870. Our subject availed himself of such educational advantages as 
his native place afforded, and, when the late war broke out, he enlisted in 
Company E, Seventeenth Maine Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Sawyer, the 
regiment being commanded by Col. West. After serving two years and three 
months in the army, Mr. Jones engaged in farming. In 1867, he located in 
Highland Township, Grundy County, where he remained eight years; he then came 
to Gardner, where he has since engaged in general farming, occasionally 
drilling wells and sinking coal shafts. He was married, in Maine, August 20, 
1863, to Hannah N. Collins, born in Maine October 28, 1839. This union has 
been blessed with five children, viz., Leland E., Bertrand P., Willie B., 
Byron C. and Luella M. Mr. Jones is a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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