Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Jones, Hiram L. April 9, 1835 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Washington Township
p. 743 & 744

Hiram L. Jones, farmer, was born April 9, 1835, in Milton, Ind., a son of 
Alexander and Mary (Dickel) Jones, natives of Lancaster County, Pa., his 
father born in 1808, and his mother in 1811. Alexander Jones came to Wayne 
County, Ind., about 1834 and settled in Milton, where he worked at the 
cooper's trade till 1864, and was also engaged in farming and general 
merchandising. In 1867 he was one of four to organize the Hoosier Drill Works, 
his partners being Joseph Ingels, the original  patentee, Aaron Morris, and 
Joshua Gresh. The capital stock was $60,000. Mr. Jones was Treasurer of the 
company till 1874. He owned 160 acres of excellent land in Iowa and a saw-mill 
and furniture factory in Milton, and also a handsome residence, but prior to 
his death he gave the greater part of his property to his children. He and his 
wife were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he was 
first a Whig and afterward a strong Republican. He died Nov. 7, 1879. His wife 
died Feb. 7, 1881. To them were born ten children----all living but Isaac, who 
enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in October, 1861, in the Fifty-seventh 
Indiana Infantry, and served till the spring of 1862, when he was taken sick 
at Nashville, Tenn., and died in May. Wilson D. is a dry-goods merchant of 
Milton; Hiram L., our subject; Sarah Ann, the wife of John Woodburn, resides 
in Washington County, Pa.; Mary Eliza is the wife of William Davis; Alexander, 
Jr., resides in Carroll County, Ind.; John L. is a miller in Wayne Township; 
Francis M. is a merchant of Milton; George M. is the confidential clerk of 
Fleischmann &Co., distillers, Cincinnati, Ohio; Henry S. has charge of the 
city trade of Clark & Wise, manufacturers of oils and axle grease,  Chicago, 
Ill. Hiram L. Jones was educated in the common schools of Milton and 
subsequently attended two terms at Fairview Academy, Rush Co., Ind. In 1861 he 
was appointed to the first-class clerkship in the Patent Office at Washington, 
D.C., by David P. Holliday, and served two years. He was then promoted to the 
second-class clerkship and served two years, and was again promoted to second 
assistant examiner of patents, and served till May 1, 1870, when he resigned 
and returned home, and engaged as traveling salesman for the Hoosier Drill 
Company remaining with them four years, and then traveled two years for Ludlow 
& Rogers. May 24, 1877, Mr. Jones was married to Minerva Lewis, who was born 
Jan. 20, 1844, a daughter of Caleb and Mary (Willits) Lewis. They have one 
child---Nellie. After his marriage Mr. Jones settled on his present farm, a 
mile east of Milton, where he is successfully engaged in farming. He is a 
member of Milton Lodge, No. 108, F. & A. M. Politically he is a Republican. 
Mrs. Jones is a member of the Christian church.




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