Lacrosse-Waukesha County WI Archives Biographies.....Jones, David 1824 - 
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DAVID JONES (deceased), born in Wales about 1824; came to the United States 
when a young man; lived in Waukesha County, this State, for a time, where he 
was married to Mary Howells, born in Wales. They came to La Crosse County 
about 1854, and purchased the farm now occupied by his two sons, Edward H. and 
Watkin. A part of this farm was Government land at the time he purchased it. 
He resided here till his death, which occurred Aug. 18, 1875. The mother died 
Aug. 20, 1879. They had eight children, four of whom are living, viz.: Edward 
H.; Margaret, now Mrs. John O. Thomas, resides at Youngstown, Ohio; Watkin, 
born on the homestead in 1857, and Mary Ann, now Mrs. Richard Evans. The 
homestead farm contains 230 acres, which is occupied by Edward H. and Watkin.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 835.

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