BIO: Llewellyn Jones, Jefferson Co., KY

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Transcribed by: Pat psettle@yahoo.com
Date:  08 Jan 2001
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Donated by Brenda Woods, transcribed by Pat Settle

"History of Kentucky and Kentuckians" by E. Polk Johnson

LLEWELLYN JONES - The superintendency of the admirably conducted poorhouse and farms 
of Jefferson county is entrusted to Lewellyn(sic) Jones, and his administration has 
been marked by utmost efficiency as well as by kindly solicitude for the unfortunate 
wards of the county.  Mr. Jones is a native of Kentucky and is a representative of a 
family whose name has been identified with the history of this favored commonwealth 
for virtually an entire century.

Llewellyn Jones was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, on the 25th of June, 1852, and 
is a son of George R. and Emerine (Collins) Jones, both likewise natives of Spencer 
county, where the former was born on the 8th of May, 1827, and the latter on the 19th 
of November, 1829.  The lineage of the Jones family is traced back to Welsh origin and 
that of the Collins family to stanch Irish stock.  George R. Jones passed his entire 
life in Spencer county, where he became a prosperous agriculturist and stock-grower 
and a citizen of prominence and influence in his community.  

He died on the 13th of May, 1902, secure in the high regard of all who knew him, and 
his widow, now venerable in years, still resides on the old homestead.  Concerning the 
five children, the following brief data are given:  Sarah A. is the wife of Edmund T. 
Carlin, of Spencer county; Miranda F. is still living at the old homestead; Llewellyn, 
of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Angeline C. died in infancy; and
John C. B/ is a resident of Jefferson county, where he is engaged in agricultural 
pursuits.

The initial experiences gained by Llewellyn Jones were those incidental to the work of 
the old homestead farm, and he early learned the lessons of practical industry, the 
while he duly availed himself of the advantages of the local schools.  He continued to 
reside in his native county until 1881, when he removed to Jefferson county, where he 
continued to be identified with the great basic industry of agriculture until 1905, 
when he established his home in the village of Jeffersontown, where he was engaged in 
the hotel business for a period of about two years.  In January, 1910, he was 
appointed superintendent of the county farm and poorhouse and he assumed the duties of 
the office on the 1st of February.  

He has shown much energy and discrimination in handling the industrial department of 
the poor farm and has instituted many improvements in the general affairs of the 
institution, in which cleanliness and good order are maintained in all departments and 
the service conducted with economy.  His administration has met with marked approval 
and he is proving one of the best executives in this office that the county has had.  
The institution has a capacity for the accommodation of about fifty inmates.  In 
addition to his official duties Mr. Jones also gives a general supervision to his well 
improved farm of one hundred and seventy acres, located near Jeffersontown and about 
twenty miles distant from the city of Louisville.

In politics Mr. Jones has ever given an unqualified allegiance to the democratic party 
and he has been an active worker in behalf of its cause.  He is a member of the 
Baptist church and his wife held membership in the Christian church.  He is a man of 
sterling integrity and of generous nature, so that he has never been denied the 
fullest measure of popular confidence and esteem.

In Bullitt county, Kentucky, on the 12th of June, 1879, Mr. Jones was united in 
marriage to Miss Sarah C. Baird, who was born in Spencer county, this state, on the 
24th of May, 1859, and who was a daughter of Jacob W. and Catherine (Wells) Baird.  
Mrs. Jones was summoned to the life eternal on the 29th of July, 1910.