BIO: Samuel M. JONES, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 579 & 580.
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  SAMUEL M. JONES, superintendent of Red Jacket Junior mine, of the Lehigh 
Valley Coal Company, in Boggs township, Clearfield county, Pa., is a thoroughly 
experienced man in his line of work and is also a representative and substantial 
citizen of Blue Ball, where he owns considerable real estate.  He was born in 
Franklin county, Pa., August 22, 1857, and is a son of John T. and Sarah Jane 
(Neal) Jones.
  John M. Jones was born in Franklin county, Pa., which was his home through 
life.  He was a son of Samuel Jones, and a grandson of James and Polly Jones.  
James Jones was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.  John T. Jones was a farmer 
by occupation.  He was a loyal and patriotic citizen and served three years in 
the Civil war.  He married Sarah Jane Neal, a daughter of Henry Neal.  Both Mr. 
and Mrs. Jones are now deceased.  They were highly esteemed people in their 
neighborhood and were consistent members of the Reformed church.  They had the 
following children born to them:  Irene D., who is the wife of Rev. Joseph R. 
Jones, who is pastor of a church of the United Brethren faith, at Baltimore, 
Md.; Mary S., who is deceased, was the wife of Henry Wright; Samuel M.; Susan 
E., who is the wife of B. F. Guyer; Sarah J., who is now deceased, was the wife 
of Alexander Hoover; J. H. K.; and Ellen C., who is the wife of B. A. Jones.
  Samuel M. Jones was educated in the public schools in Franklin county and in a 
Methodist college at Mt. Pleasant, Ia.  He then entered the employ of the 
McCormick Manufacturing Company and became general agent of the Western 
District, with headquarters at Chicago, continuing as such for two years.  Mr. 
Jones returned then to Franklin county for a short time but in 1882 came to 
Clearfield county.  He engaged in farming on a tract of sixty-five acres, in 
Boggs township, which he owns, afterward taking up his present line of work and 
has been either mine foreman or mine superintendent ever since.  He still owns 
his farm of 157 acres, in Franklin county, and has a half dozen pieces of 
improved real estate at Blue Ball.
  Mr. Jones was married August 19, 1885, to Miss Allie Johnston, a daughter of 
Charles Johnston, who now is a resident of Wisconsin.  Mrs. Jones has one 
brother, John Johnston.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones have had fourteen children born to 
them, all of whom survive except the eldest, Maggie E.  The others are:  John 
V., Clara Bertha, Harvey E., Bessie V., Earl McKinley, Sarah, Ida May, Irene, 
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul W., Nora E., Harry P. and Lester.  The eldest son, John 
V., is a soldier in the U. S. Army and at present is stationed at Honolulu.  Mr. 
Jones and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  He is a 
Republican in politics and has served in public office at various times, for a 
number of years being a member of the school board and twice its president since 
coming to Blue Ball.  He is president of the Clearfield Directors Association 
and has served in the office of justice of the peace.  For many years he has 
been identified with the Odd Fellows and belongs to the Encampment as well as 
the lower branch, and he is a member also of the Elks, the Junior O. U. A. M., 
and the I. O. O. F.