Sketch of John Jones, Warren County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Giles Jones was an Englishman, but came to America and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His son John came to Missouri in 1817, and studied medicine under Dr. Young. Dr. Jones married Miss Minerva Callaway, daughter of Flanders Callaway, and grand daughter of Daniel Boone, and settled near Marthasville. They had the follow- ing children: James, Caroline, Emily, Daniel, John S., Ellen, Paul, Samuel, George and Anna. The Doctor became celebrated as a physician, and had an extensive practise. He was also very fond of hunting, and had a horse named Nick, that he generally rode on his hunting expedi- tions. Sometimes, just as he would be in the act of firing at a deer or some other game, Nick would move and cause him to miss his aim. The horse did this one day just as he was drawing a bead on a fine buck, and the buck escaped unhurt, which so enraged the Doctor that he determined to give him a whipping. So he alighted and cut a keen switch, and placed the bridle under his feet to keep old Nick from running away while he whipped him; but the horse jerked his head up at the first cut of the switch, threw the Doctor on the back of his head, and nearly killed him. After that, when he tried to whip old Nick, he held the bridle in his hand. Dr. Jones took a prominent part in ferreting out the couterfeiters and horse thieves with which the country was infested from about 1835 to 1844, when the "Slicker" organization put a stop to their rascally practices. By so doing he incurred the enmity of the gang, and on January 22, 1842, he was shot and killed in his own yard, by an assassin who was concealed in the woods near the house. The whole country was thrown into a state of excitement by this murder, and the repeated outrages which led to it, and companies of regulators and patrols were organized in every comm- unity. but notwithstanding the most delight and thorough search was made for the murderer, no trace of him could ever be found. Several suspected parties were arrested and tried, but they generally had but little difficulty in proving their innocence. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================