Gloucester County NJ Archives Biographies.....Henry JONES, 1852 - 1913
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Author: Mary Depue Ogden, Editor  (1917)

JONES, Henry,
Honored Citizen.

  Living close to nature all his life and drawing from so pure a source his
inspiration, Henry Jones could not but be sound to the core, as just and as fair
as the measure he gave and his life as wholesome as the products he caused to
spring forth from Mother Earth. He was a type of the hardworking, persevering
farmer, those who form the backbone of the State, and while the public hears
little from them it is their conscientious labor, upright lives, and thoughtful
political action that constitute a nation's bulwarks. He caused "two blades of
grass to grow where but one grew before," lived a life of constant endeavor,
and, dying, left a precious memory to his family and friends.

  He was a grandson of Merbeth Jones and a son of William V. Jones, both
agriculturists of Gloucester county, New Jersey. William V. was a farmer and
land owner of Logan township, Gloucester county. He married Mary Sack, who, like
himself, was a native of Gloucester county. She bore him six children: Ruth,
married Richard Batten; Abram, a farmer of Cumberland county; Levi, a worker in
the lumber trade at Camden, now deceased; Henry, of further mention; Charles, a
farmer of Berkley, New Jersey, and William, who died in childhood.

  Henry, son of William V. and Mary (Sack) Jones, was born at the homestead in
Logan township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, June 24, 1852, and died at
Swedesboro, New Jersey, January 10, 1913. He attended public schools, and grew
to manhood his father's farm assistant. In 1878 he became the owner of the
homestead, bought by his father in 1830. There he was the prosperous farmer
until January 31, 1908, when he moved to Swedesboro, and henceforth lived
retired from all business cares. He built a home on East avenue, and there
resided until death, selling his farm prior to his death to his son Clark. A
feature of Mr. Jones' farming was the excellence of his methods and the great
pride he took in his being one of the "neatest and best kept" farms in Logan
township. He made his fields to produce abundantly and ever prospered. He was
progressive and utilized all aids to good farming that were brought to his
attention, and on his own initiative inaugurated advanced methods of seed
selection and cultivation. He was an authority among his neighbors. Liberally
giving of his means to the needy, he was held in respect by those who knew him,
and lived a life free from reproach. He died in the faith of the Methodist
Episcopal church, was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, joining the latter order in 1873, and was a
Democrat in politics, but independent in political action. His progressiveness,
combined with great industry and perseverance, brought him a competence, and
this he enjoyed to the full after his retirement to Swedesboro. He believed in
the gospel of work, but asked of no man he employed greater effort than he
himself put forth. His entire life until the removal to Swedesboro was spent in
Logan township, and farming was his life work.

  Mr. Jones married Julia A., daughter of William P. Zane, of Woolwich township,
Gloucester county, who survives him, a resident of Swedesboro. Children: Levi
S., born December 23, 1874, married Anna A. Lamson and has Ethel, Lillian M.,
Herbert, Julia A., Raymond, and Florence E.; Mila Zane, born July 19, 1876,
married William H. Brown and has Ruth H. and Amanda M.; Mary, born July 22,
1878, married Charles Lamson and has Ellen H., Elsie B., William H., Howard C,
Mary Emma, Bertha B., and Oscar L.; Elizabeth P., born July 23, 1880, married
Franklin Bennett, and has Howard H., Myrtle V., Clarence F., and Dorothy E.;
Walter, born March 30, 1883, married Elsie Schwible; Clark, born May 12, 1885,
married Eva Leap, and has a son, Henry; Emma S., born August 14, 1887, married
Reuben Eves, and has a daughter, Alice M.; Clinton V., born February 14, 1895,
now a student at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia.

  William P. Zane, father of Mrs. Henry Tones, was born at Repaupa, New Jersey,
August 5, 1824, died at Pitman, New Jersey, January 29, 1909, after a life spent
entirely in agricultural pursuits. His early life was passed in Paulsboro and
after a few years spent in farming for others he purchased a small place and
married. Later he sold and bought sixty acres near Bridgeport. This he
profitably cultivated for years, then sold and bought a smaller place of ten
acres, residing there until his retirement to Pitman, where he lived until his
death.


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MEMORIAL CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW JERSEY

UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF MARY DEPUE OGDEN

VOLUME III
MEMORIAL HISTORY COMPANY NEWARK,  NEW JERSEY
1917


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