BIO:  JONES, William W., s/o Joseph & Hannah (Johnson) Jones

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

JONES   JOHNSON   COLLINS   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Harrison Twp., page 864

WILLIAM W. JONES was born in Daviess County, Ind., August 4, 1832, son of
Joseph and Hannah (Johnson) Jones.  The family are of Welsh descent.  The
father was born near Charleston, S.C. in 1802, and the mother in Kentucky,
in 1798.  They both died in this county, the father in 1866, and the mother
in 1862.  Joseph Jones came to what is now Daviess County in 1816 with his
father, who was also a native Carolinian and a slave-holder in that State.
He died in Daviess County in 1840.  William W., our subject, attended the
common schools and farmed until 1864, when he enlisted in Company E.,
Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about one year, when
he was honorably discharged.  He had a brother in the late war who was shot
at the battle of Cedar Mountain, and died there.  After his return from
the army Mr. Jones resumed farming, and now owns 300 acres of good land.
In 1852 he was married to Eliza Collins, a native of Knox County, Ind., born
in 1832.  They became the parents of thirteen children, five of whom are
living:  Franklin S., Lydia O., Hannah M., Milton C. and Mason R.  Two sons
were accidentally drowned in the White River while bathing July 9, 1884.  
Mr. Jones is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
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