Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Jones, Albert L. 1880 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

ALBERT L. JONES.

    Albert L. Jones, one of Guittard township's representative farmers, former
clerk of that township and now the township trustee, is a native son of that
township and has lived there all his life. He was born on the farm on which he
is now living, August 18, 1880, son of Peter and Emma (Totten) Jones, pioneers
of Marshall county, the former of whom died in 1911 and the latter of whom is
still living on the old home place.

    Peter Jones was one of Marshall county's earliest settlers, having come here
back in the days when land was still open to pre-emption. Upon coming to Kansas
he had settled in Nemaha county, but after a short stay there Came over into
Marshall county and pre-empted a quarter of a section in Guittard township,
where he proceeded to establish a home. He had no wagon, but he had a team of
oxen and those he drove to St. Joseph, where he bought a wagon. He loaded on
this wagon doors and sashes and the material for Flooring and a roof and
returned with the same to his claim, where he erected a stone house, which is
still standing and which, with the numerous improvements that have been made to
it, continues to make a comfortable home for his widow, who is still living
there, one of the honored pioneer mothers of Marshall county. Peter Jones broke
up his farm with a team of oxen and soon had it under cultivation and in a way
to the later development that caused it to be regarded as one of the best-kept
farms in that part of the county. When he settled there Indians still were
numerous throughout this part of the state and for some time after locating on
that place there was a band of two hundred Indians encamped on the place, the
evidence of that aboriginal camp still being visible at the northwest corner of
the farm. At that time the nearest market was at Beatrice, Nebraska, to which
place Mr. Jones hauled his first gathering of grain. The wheat was cut with a
scythe and was threshed with a flail. Deer still were numerous along the timber
line and the buffalo ranges still held numerous herds of buffalo, Mr. Jones
often engaging in a buffalo hunt, particularly over in the western part of the
state, where for some time he was manager of a ranch. At that time the old
government trains were still making the trip west to Pike's Peak and the
slowly-moving wagon trains could be seen from the Jones place on the way west
through this county.

    Albert L. Jones was reared on that pioneer farm and received his schooling
in the neighboring district school. From boyhood he was a valued assistant to
his father in the labors of developing and improving the home place. Following
his marriage he rented a portion of the farm and there established his home.
Upon the death of his father on February 11, 1911, he became heir to one of the
eighties and is now the owner of a full quarter section, on which he has made
valuable improvements, including a modern house and barn, and he and his family
are very comfortably situated. Mr. Jones is a Democrat and has long taken ah
active part in local civic affairs. For some time he served as clerk of the
township.

    On May 3, 1905, Albert L. Jones was, united in marriage to Lillie Millikan,
who also was born in Guittard township, this county, May 27, 1885, a daughter of
William and Belle (Thorn) Millikan, who were the parents of four children, of
whom Mrs. Jones was the second in order of birth. William Millikan was born in
Missouri and his parents were among the earliest pioneers of Marshall county,
having settled in the neighborhood of Frankfort shortly after lands in this
county were opened for settlement. Belle Thorn was born in this county, on a
pioneer farm in Guittard township, and was one of the first white persons born
in that part of the county. After her death Mr. Millikan married again and is
now living in Kansas City, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones four children have
been born, Albert L., Jr., Iris Belle, Leroy and Peter V. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
have a very pleasant home and take a proper part in the general social
activities of their home community, helpful in advancing all good causes. Mr.
Jones is a member of the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of the World and
takes an active interest in the affairs of the same.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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