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now three hundred and seventy-six and one half acres, a part of which is
in Owen county, and is carrying on general farming with most satis-
factory pencumiary results.
    On January 8, 1885, mr. Werremeyer married Ellen R. Bashmore, who
was born in Morgan township, Owen county, a daughter of Henry
Bashmore, Her father was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and
coming to fayette county indiana, settled as a pioneer in Owen county,
and on the farm which he improved is now living. To him and his wife,
whose maiden name was Sarah Hahn, five children were born, as follows:
Elizabeth, Louisa, Ellen R., Henry and Melinda. Mr. and Mrs. Wer-
remeyer have two children, Franklin William and Albert William. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Werremeyer were reared in the religious faith of the
Reformed Evangelical church.
    JEREMIAH THOMAS JONES.-- A man of Keen intelligence, sound judg-
ment and excellent business qualifications and abilty,Jeremiah T. Jones,
of Harrison township, holds a noteworthy position among the active and
highly respected citizens of this part of Clay county. A son of Samuel
B. Jones, he was born April 6, 1849, in Montgormery, Hamilton county
Ohio. the emigrant ancestor of that branch of the Jones family from 
which he is descended settled in this country in colonial days, and here
Joshua Jones, the grandfather of Jeremiah T., was born, his birth occur-
ring March 25, 1786.
    A farmer by occupation Joshua Jones Spent his earlier life Penn-
svlvania. Subsequently movung with his family to Ohio, he purchased
land in Brown county, near the "twenty-mile stand,’’ a stage station near
Cincinnati on the Reading Pike. He improved a goodly portion of the
land, and was there actively employed in tilling the soil until his death.
December 20, 1841. His wife, whose maiden name was Lavinia Brown,
was born February ,5, 1801, and died September 24, 1854. Eleven children
were born to them, namely: John, Samuel B., Thomas A., Joshua L. W.,
Ann, Margaret, Jane, Martha H., Caroline, Mary Emeline and Amanda
M.  These children were nearly all born and bred in Ohio. John, born
April 8, 1817, married, September 15, 1839, Eliza Allen, Samuel B., born
April 24, 1826, married, December 12, 1847, Esther Tice Cameron, and
died January 4, 1867. John went to Pike’s Peak in 1847, as a gold
seeker, meeting with success, and in 1866 tried his luck in the silver
regions of Nevada, since which time nothing has been heard from him.
Thomas A., born January 1, 1831, was educated for the Presbyterian min-
istry, but afterwards engaged in the practice of law, subsequently removed
to Alabama, and nothing has since been heard about him. Ann, the oldest
daughter, born June 28, 1819, married Elisha Blue, and about 1856
removed to St. Paul, Minnesota. Margaret, born April 5, 1821, married,
November 10, 1840, John Harper, and died February 12, 1844. Jane,
born January 17, 1824, married John Ledford, and in 1855 moved to St.
Paul, Minnesota. Martha H., born December 6, 1828, married David
Woolley, and resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, until her death, May 12, 1860.
Caroline was born April 27, 1833. Mary F., born September 11, 1835,
married Thomas Johnson, and subsequently removed to Sunrise, Ken-
tucky, where her husband, a plantation owner, was a slaveholder, owning
fifty or more slaves. Amanda M., born April 28, 1838, n3arried John
Buchanan.