Richard Jones Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 628-629

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RICHARD JONES. Without a knowledge of American customs, soil, or 
climate, and with no previous experience as an agriculturist, it would 
seem impossible to succeed in this vocation, and more especially when a 
start is made in a pioneer settlement, where struggles are to be 
surmounted on every hand. The subject of this review has not only had 
these difficulties to overcome, but he entered America an invalid, and 
is to-day one of the substantial farmers of Hand county, where he is 
engaged in general farming and stock raising, on section 8, in Gilbert 
township, near St. Lawrence. 

Our subject was born in Merionethshire, Wales, England, July 30, 1845, 
the son of David and Jane (Morgan) Jones. His parents were natives of 
England, engaged in farming there and passed away in the same shire, 
leaving four sons. One brother and our subject are the only ones in 
Hand county. 

Richard Jones was educated in his native land, and learned the trade of 
a tanner, which he followed in England for twenty-one years. He decided 
to try his fortune across the broad Atlantic, and emigrated to America 
in 1883, going direct to Hand county, from New York, took a claim on 
his present farm, and became a permanent citizen of Gilbert township. 
His health improved on the western prairie, and he is able to 
personally supervise the work on his place. He has a well improved 
farm, comfortable residence and outbuildings, and has been attended by 
success. 

Our subject was married in 1867 to Catherine Eveans, a native of 
Montgomeryshire, England, and a daughter of Evan and Elizabeth Eveans, 
native of the same shire. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Jones, and are named as follows: David L., Evan A., Jane E., Richard 
M., John L., Joseph E. and Edith M. Our subject and wife are prominent 
members of the Congregational church, near their home, and which Mr. 
Jones assisted in founding, and of which he is a deacon. He is also a 
member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He has filled various 
offices in his county and township, including clerk of the school 
board, and chairman of the town board. In political sentiment he is 
Populist, and is well versed on matters of reform.