Sedgwick-Crawford County KS Archives Biographies.....Jones, James M. 1843 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 25, 2007, 11:23 pm Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) James M. Jones, one of the pioneers of Sedgwick county, Kansas, is a native of North Carolina, having been born in Alexander county, that state, on May 28, 1843. His parents were Calvin and Miriam (Watts) Jones, both natives of the Tar Heel state. The elder Jones was born June 7, 1811, and his wife on May 27, 1814. The father of Calvin Jones, John Morley Jones, came from Wales in Colonial times, he and his father, Thomas Jones, settling near Baltimore, Md., coming to North Carolina after the close of the War of the Revolution. John Morley Jones' wife's maiden name was Ruth Basket. Calvin Jones resided in his native state until after the close of the Civil War, in 1866, when he moved to Missouri, leaving Missouri in 1870 and settling in Crawford county, Kansas, in which county both he and his wife died, the latter in 1873 and the former in 1897. James M. Jones came to Kansas with his parents, and came to Sedgwick county in 1875 and pre-empted the 160 acres on which he is now living. To his original quarter section he added another, and is now the owner of 320 acres. On December 20, 1868, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Roxanna Russell, who was born in Missouri. Four sons have been born to them, viz.: Joseph C, of Viola township; M. Hall, of Jones City, Okla.; T. Elmer, who is now taking a seminary course in the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Kan., and R. Lee, who is now in the Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kan. Mr. Jones has served as Justice of the Peace for several years, and is now (1910) serving his third term as trustee of Viola township, having recently been re-elected for the fourth term. While farming he devoted his time to grain and stock raising, but is now practically retired, his son Joseph attending to the farm. Fraternally Mr. Jones is a member of Viola Lodge, No. 518, Independent Order of Odd Fllows, [sic] in which he has passed the chairs and is now Past Grand of the order and a member of the Grand Lodge. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Baptist Church. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/jones340gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb