Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Jones, Hon., Oliver T. September 19, 1810 - December 16, 1874
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Centre Township
p. 342 & 343

Hon. Oliver T. Jones, deceased, was born in Kanawha County, Va., Sept. 19, 
1810, a son of Levi and Mary (Thomas) Jones. He was of Welsh descent, his 
great-grandparents coming to the United States from Wales and settling in East 
Virginia when the colonies were under British rule. His grandfathers, John 
Jones and Joseph Thomas, were soldiers in the war of the Revolution, and 
subsequently received pensions. They settled in Kanawha County in 1782, and 
there Levi Jones was born and remained till 1814, when he immigrated to 
Indiana Territory and settled in what is now Wayne County. He was married to 
Mary Thomas in 1804. His death occurred in 1823. Oliver T. Jones was thus 
reared in Wayne County and here spent his life, and was identified with all 
her interests. In his early life he taught school, and worked on the farm and 
at brick-making seven years. In the meantime he was Collector of the State and 
county revenues two years. From 1839 till 1844 inclusive served as Justice of 
the Peace, and during the same period was County School Examiner. In 1844 he 
removed to the farm a mile north of Centreville, where he spent the remainder 
of his days. He was one of the charter members and the first President of the 
Centreville National Bank, established in 1863. He was for several years its 
Cashier, serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Long before Mr. 
Jones attained his majority he espoused the political faith of the old Whig 
party, and zealously advocated its principles till its dissolution when he 
adhered as faithfully to the Republican party. In 1860 he was elected to 
represent Wayne County in the Legislature, and re-elected in 1862. He also 
attended an extra session held in 1863, at which he resigned, as the body as a 
majority refused to indorse and support Governor Morton in his loyal course 
toward the General Government. As a Representative he was firm in his 
adherence to the principles he considered right and to the interests of those 
who had reposed confidence in him, and to him is accorded a high place among 
prominent men and politicians of Wayne County. Noble, generous, honest, he won 
the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. In the fall of 1863 he was 
elected one of the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, and served nine 
years. He was for several years Treasurer of Centre Township. March 17, 1838, 
he was married to Mary, daughter of John and Judith (Roundtree) King, who came 
to Wayne County from Kentucky in 1828. Their children were twelve in number---
Joseph, died at the age of nineteen years; Jane, deceased, wife of J. M. 
Eliason; Elmira, wife of J. S. Russell; John K., Cashier of Centreville 
National Bank; Lucinda, wife of Joshua Eliason, Jr.; Martha, wife of S. G. 
Smith; Levi M., of Richmond; Anna, wife of Lewis Shute, of Preble County, 
Ohio; William H.; Emily, deceased, wife of W. C. Shute, Preble County, Ohio; 
Charles W. D., Teller First National Bank, Cambridge City, Ind.; Lincoln H., 
residing on the home farm. Mr. Jones died Dec. 16, 1874. He had been a member 
of the Christian church fifteen years, and an Elder of the church four years. 
Mrs. Jones has been a member of the same church thirty-seven years. She is 
residing with her son, Lincoln, on the old homestead.



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