Morgan E. Jones Biography


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	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	MORGAN E. JONES, one of the honored pioneers of Cambria township, 
Brown county, is a native of Wales, though he has passed practically his 
entire life in the United States. He was born on the 5th of August, 
1841, being a son of Evan and Mary (Jones) Jones, who immigrated to 
America when he was two years of age, locating in La Crosse county, 
Wisconsin, where his father engaged in agricultural pursuits, being one 
of the pioneers of the Badger state, where both he and his noble wife 
passed the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of five 
children, of whom four are living at the present time. 

	The subject of this sketch was reared to maturity on the homestead 
farm, having the experience common to the farmer boys of that pioneer 
epoch in Wisconsin and early beginning to aid in the work of clearing 
the land and assist in its cultivation, while his educational advantages 
were such as were afforded in the common schools of the locality and 
period. He continued to reside on the old homestead for more than thirty 
years, having become the owner of the property, and in ~88r he disposed 
of his interests there and came to Brown county, South Dakota, arriving 
here in the spring of that year and taking up a homestead claim in 
section 33, Cambria township, which is his present farm. He has made the 
best of improvements on his place and the same is one of the model farms 
of the county. He also bought a relinquishment on a tree claim, which he 
has within the past few years given to his son Frank, while he later 
bought another quarter section, in the same township, which he presented 
to his son John, so that he is favored in having the members of his 
family in close proximity to the old homestead, since his two married 
daughters also are located not far distant. 

	Mr. Jones was reared in the faith of the Republican party and gave 
his support to the same until the presidential campaign of 1896, when he 
showed the courage of his convictions and voted for Bryan for president. 
He has served for many years as a member of the school board of his 
district, and has been a member of the board of township trustees from 
practically the time of its organization until the present, a fact which 
indicates the high estimation in which he is held in the community. He 
was reared in the Congregational church, but he and his wife are now 
members of the Welsh Calvanistic Methodist church at Plana. 

	In La Crosse county, Wisconsin, on the 25th of December, 1866, Mr. 
Jones was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Protheroe, who likewise 
was born in Wales, whence she accompanied her parents to America in 
early childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six children namely: Abbie, who 
is the wife of Earl B. Holmes, a successful farmer in this township; 
Frank, who married Miss Maggie Jones, is engaged in farming in the same 
township, as is also John who married Anna Owens; Morgan remains on the 
homestead farm; Mary Elizabeth is the wife of Edward L. William, of this 
township; and Charles remains beneath the parental roof.