Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Jones, John N. 1831 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 16, 2007, 10:13 pm Author: Unknown JOHN N. JONES, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. West Salem; was born in Hamilton Co., near Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1831. He came from Cincinnati to La Crosse all the way by steamboat, September, 1855. He worked for Deacon Smith, of La Crosse, one year. In 1856, he purchased a farm in the southwest quarter of Sec. 17, town of Hamilton. He returned to Cincinnati March, 1858, and was married to Elizabeth J. McFarlan, born in Hamilton Co., Ohio. They have eight children, four sons and four daughters - Anna, Lydia, Martha, George H., Abbie, John N., Eldridge and Joseph. Mr. Jones settled on his present farm of 235 acres in 1871. He is engaged principally in stock-raising. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 823. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/jones502gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb