Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Jones, Herbert E. 1866 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

HERBERT E. JONES.

    Herbert E. Jones, who is serving for the third term as city clerk of East
Chicago, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on the 23d of July, 1866, his parents
being John T. and Mary (Jones) Jones, both of whom were  natives of Wales. The
paternal grandfather, John Jones, was also born in Wales, was an iron worker by
trade and corning to America was identified with the iron industry of
Pennsylvania. He died in Pittsburg, that state, when more than eighty years of
age. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Jones, also a native of Wales, spent his
entire life in that little rock-ribbed country, dying in middle life. He had
made farming his occupation. His widow married again, becoming the wife of a
minister.

    John T. Jones followed in the business footsteps of his father and became an
iron worker. He emigrated to America about 1851 and located in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, making, his home in that state until 1866, when he went to
Knoxville, Tennessee, continuing, to reside there and in the neighborhood of
Chattanooga until 1873, when he removed to Portland, Maine. About seven years
were passed in that city, at the expiration of which period he took up his abode
in Chicago, Illinois, where he continued until 1889, when he removed to East
Chicago. Here he spent his remaining days, passing away in 1897, when
seventy-one years of age. His wife had departed this life about six months
before, in July, 1896, at the age of sixty-nine years. They were members of the
Congregational church. Their family numbered ten children, five sons and five
daughters. of whom four are now living: John A., a resident of East Chicago;
Mary, the wife of John P. Hickman, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Herbert E., of East
Chicago; Daniel, who is also living in East Chicago.

    In taking up the personal history of Herbert E. Jones we present to our
readers the life record of one who is now widely and favorably known in East
Chicago. Born soon after the removal of his parents to Knoxville, Tennessee, he
spent the first seven years of his life in that state and then accompanied his
parents to Portland, Maine. His education was acquired in the public schools.
When he was thirteen years of age he began to earn his own living by working in
a rolling mill, thus following the occupation which had been the life labor of
his ancestors through several generations. He continued in that pursuit for a
number of years, and in the meantime had become a resident, first of Chicago and
then of East Chicago. Finally, however, he abandoned the iron industry to accept
the position of city clerk, in 1898, and by popular franchise he has been
continued in the office for three terms. His re-elections are certainly
indicative of his methodical, systematic and accurate work in the office and of
his unfaltering fidelity to duty. In March, 1904, he was nominated for the
office of recorder of Lake county.

    On the 1st of September, 1896, occurred the marriage of Mr. Jones and Miss
Mary Jenkins, a daughter of Richard and Mary Jenkins, and they are now the
parents of two children-Agnes and Herbert. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are consistent
members of the Congregational church. They reside at 4222 Magoun avenue, where
he has recently erected a comfortable home. Fraternally he is connected with
East Chicago Lodge NO. 595, F. & A. M., was formerly its master and is now
filling the position of secretary. He also belongs to East Chicago Lodge No.
677, I. O. O. F., to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of the
Maccabees and the Modern Woodmen of America. His political allegiance is 'given
to the Republican party, his study of the questions and issues of the day and of
the attitude of the two parties respecting these leading him to give a loyal
support to Republican principles, and it was upon the ticket of that party that
he has been three times chosen to the position of city clerk.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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