Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Jones, William 1861 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

WILLIAM JONES. Among the younger farmers of Florence Township, Mr. Jones 
occupies a leading position and is in possession of a fine body of land on 
section 1. Enterprising, industrious and progressive in his ideas, he has 
obtained a good start in life, not only as a thorough and skillful farmer but 
as a useful member of the community. His native place was Yorkshire, England, 
and the date of his birth June 10, 1861. His immediate progenitors, John and 
Anna (Hall) Jones, were also natives of Yorkshire and of pure English stock as 
far back as is known. John Jones occupied himself as a farmer in his native 
shire until 1870, and then not satisfied with his condition or his prospects 
resolved upon seeking his fortunes in America. He accordingly crossed the 
Atlantic with his family when William, our subject, was a lad of nine years, 
and coming to Illinois settled in Wilton Township, this county. He purchased a 
farm upon which he made many improvements, and upon which, with his estimable 
wife, he still resides. He has become well-to-do, being the owner of two 
hundred acres of thoroughly improved land, which with its various 
appurtenances, buildings and machinery, forms one of the most valued estates 
in the township. The elder Jones is now seventy-four years old, while his 
estimable partner is seventy-six. Four sons were born to the parents of our 
subject, these being named respectively, John, William, Joseph and George. 
They are all industrious and thrifty young men, and all occupied at farming in 
this county. William, our subject, like his brothers, spent his boyhood and 
youth under the home roof, and acquired a practical education in the common 
school. He assisted his father on the farm until reaching his majority, and 
then commenced operations on his own account on the land which he now owns. He 
lived prudently and economically and saved his earnings, and, in 1884, his 
wife received from her father's estate his present farm, which embraces eighty 
acres of valuable land, under a good state of cultivation and with substantial 
improvements. About the time of removing to his present homestead Mr. Jones 
was married, March 30, 1880, at the bride's home in Wilton Township, to Miss 
Emma Holmes. The young wife survived her marriage less than a year, her death 
taking place December 28, 1880. On the 15th of November, 1884, Mr. Jones 
contracted a second marriage with Miss Emma Geiss, of Florence Township. The 
present wife of our subject was born in Jackson Township, this county, June 
30, 1865, and is a daughter of Hiram E. and Malinda E. (Whitsen) Geiss, who 
were natives of Pennsylvania and Illinois, and who are now deceased. The 
household circle now embraces three bright children, viz; John, Florence and 
Floyd. Mr. Jones has started in life under favorable auspices and with the 
best wishes of hosts of friends.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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