Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Jones, Charles B. 1873 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

CHARLES B. JONES.

    Charles B. Jones, one of the best-known and most substantial farmers and
stockmen of Bigelow township and the proprietor of a fine farm of three hundred
and forty acres lying in sections 8 and 16 of that township, with his home and
well-kept farm plant in the former section, is a native son of Marshall county
and has lived here all his life. He was born on a pioneer farm in Wells township
on April 22, 1873, son of James M. and Louise A. (Jones) Jones, natives of
Kentucky and pioneers of Marshall county, and the latter of whom is still living
here.

    James M. Jones was born in Bath county, Kentucky, September 18, 1839, a son
of Charles and Rebecca (Robins) Jones, also natives of the Blue Grass state, the
former of wnom was of Virginia parentage, his parents having moved over into
what then was Kentucky county of the Old Dominion before the days of the
organization of that great western district into a state. In Kentucky J. M.
Jones grew to manhood and there in 1860, he married Louise A. Jones, who was
born in that state on January 12, 1840, daughter of Joseph Jones and wife, the
latter of whom was a Boyd, also natives of Kentucky, where they spent all their
lives. In 1865 J. M. Jones and his wife came to Kansas and settled in Marshall
county, driving over from Atchison, their first destination having been the John
D. Wells farm. In that neighborhood, in Wells township, Mr. Jones bought a
quarter of a section of land, erected a log cabin on the same and there
established his home. After breaking up his land he set out trees and later
built a better house. In 1875 he sold his farm and with his family moved to
California, a change of climate being sought for the benefit of his wife's
health. Returning to this county in the spring of 1876 he resumed his home in
Wells township and there rented land until 1883, when he bought the southeast
quarter of section 8 in Bigelow township, the place where the subject of this
sketch is now living, and later added an adjoining "forty" to the place. There
Mr. Jones spent the rest of his life, a substantial farmer and stockman. He made
excellent improvements on the place and always kept a good herd of cattle,
prospering in his operations. He took an active part in local civic affairs and
served as treasurer of Bigelow township for two terms. His death occurred on
August 16, 1900, and his widow is now making her home with her son, Samuel
Jones, a substantial farmer of Bigelow township, and the only survivor, besides
the subject of this sketch, of the eight children born to his parents.

    Charles B. Jones was the fourth in order of birth of the children born to
his parents, and he was reared on the farm, receiving his elementary schooling
in the district schools and supplementing the same by two terms of study at the
Ellenbecker Normal School at Marysville and a course in Campbell University at
Holton. In 1897, upon his return from the university, Mr. Jones took charge of
his father's farm and in 1901 bought eighty acres of the old home place,
continuing farming there with such success that in 1911 he bought an adjoining
tract of two hundred and sixty acres and now has a well-kept and profitably
cultivated farm of three hundred and forty acres, on which he is doing very
well. He has made many and valuable improvements to the place and is now very
comfortably situated there. Mr. Jones is a Republican and takes an earnest
interest in local political affairs, but has not been a seeker after public office.

    On April 20, 1910, Charles B. Jones was united in marriage to Mrs. Nettie
(Fenwick) Williams, daughter of William and Melissa (Boyd) Fenwick and widow of
James W. Williams, to whom she was married in 1895, that union having been
without issue. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones one child has been born, a son, who died in
infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have a very pleasant home and take a proper part in
the general social activities of the community in which they live. Mr. Jones is
a member of the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the
Knights of Pythias at Irving, and in the affairs of those two popular
organizations takes a warm interest.


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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