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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  ROBERT J. JONES, president of the State Bank of Reading, was one of the first

settlers of that little village and erected the first business house in the

town. He has taken an active part in the affairs of the village, and is

interested in several business enterprises besides his banking business.



  Mr. Jones was born in Iowa county, Wis., Sept. 18, 1869. His father was David

J. Jones, a native of Wales, who died in 1889. His mother, Mary J. (Jones)

Jones, was born in Wisconsin and is still living. The family moved to a farm

near Sibley, Iowa, in. 1873, and there the subject of this biography was raised.

He secured an education in the country schools of Osceola county and in Hull

(Iowa) academy, where he took a two-year business course. In 1888 the family

moved to Ocheyedan, Iowa, where Mr. Jones, Sr., engaged in the mercantile

business. Robert managed the store until 1890. For two years thereafter he

taught a country school, and in 1892 took employment with the Porter Lumber

company, of Ocheyedan, with which firm he continued until 1898, being bookkeeper

and assistant cashier. He next entered the newspaper business, managing the

Ocheyedan Press until the fall of 1899, when he disposed of his interest and

moved to Nobles county. During his residence in Ocheyedan he served three years

as village clerk and two years as assessor. Upon his arrival in Nobles county he

went at once to the site selected for the town of Reading, on the new railroad,

erected the first building in the village, and engaged in the hardware and

lumber business. He remained in the lumber business three years and ran the

hardware store until 1906. He was one of the organizers of the State Bank of

Reading, which opened its doors August 2, 1902, was elected president at that

time, and still holds the office. He took the active management of the bank in

the fall of 1904. He was appointed postmaster in February, 1904, and served

three years. He is secretary and general manager of the Farmers Mutual Telephone

Co., a corportion [sic] with a paid-up capital of $9,000.



  Besides his business interests, Mr. Jones has time to devote to public and

social matters. He has been town clerk of Summit Lake township since 1901, and

for two years was a director of school district No. 7. He is a member of the

Masonic lodge of Worthington, the M. W. A. and Yeomen of Reading, and of the

Reading Presbyterian church.



  Mr. Jones was married at Ocheyedan, Iowa, April 21, 1897, to Jean A.

Woodworth, daughter of C. Woodworth, of that city. They are the parents of two

children, a daughter, Mary Gladys, and an infant son.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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