Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Ira A. JONES ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, April 2008 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Ira A. Jones was the youngest son of Ira and Sarah J. Jones. His parents were pioneers in Southern Wisconsin, coming in April 1840 to the farm which has ever since been the family home. In this home, Ira A. was born May 16, 1852. From this home, which had become his own, he passed to the Great Beyond, Monday morning, June 6, 1921, at eight o'clock, after an illness of over a year's duration. The last four months were a time of extreme suffering, borne with great fortitude. In his childhood and boyhood he attended the home district school and Evansville seminary. In early manhood he went to Kansas, and from there, in 1874, to Genesse county, New York. November 5, 1876, at Elba, near Batavia, New York, he was married to Mary B. daughter of Seneca and Rachel Haight. A few weeks after their marriage the young couple came to the home of his mother, and he commenced the life of a farmer. He was an ardent republican and keenly interested in national and state politics. He took an active part in town of Union affairs. For eleven years he was a member of the town board of supervisors, most of that time chairman. For ten or twelve years he was town assessor. In 1880 he was elected district clerk, and except for two years since then has been a member of the school board, filling at different times each one of the three offices. In childhood and boyhood he was a member of the Evansville Methodist sabbath school and in manhood an attendant at that church until deafness prevented his enjoyment of the services. Ira loved home life and was never happier than when surrounded by children and grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, five children and eight grandchildren. During his sickness he was blessed with the loving constant care of wife and children. Of his six brothers and sisters only two are living, a brother in San leandro, Cal., and a sister in the old home. Of his wife's family only one sister is left who lives in Paris, Michigan. "O'er the river we are going They are thronging to the shore, To shout our safe arrival Where the weary weep no more." The funeral services will be at the home three miles south of town this afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Barnlund officiating. After the sermon the funeral will be in charge of the Knights of Pythias of this city of which the deceased was an exemplary member. June 9, 1921, Evansville Review, Evansville, Wisconsin