jones/poland family

JONES, POLAND

Posted By: Janey Cook (email)
Date: 1/26/2007 at 16:04:25

Greetings:

I am a descendant of Jeptha Jones and Martha Poland
through their daughter Ann C. Jones who married Abram
Waugh. And I believe she was a sister to John W.
Jones.

The reference I found came from the "Biographical
History of Montgomery and Adams Counties, Iowa--1892"
which I found posted on the Internet. Keywords:
jones biographical adams iowa.

RE:

B.L. Jones, a prominent business man of Carbon, was
the second child born in Quincy, then the county seat
of Adams county, Iowa, his birth having occured June
22, 1855. His father, John W. Jones, a pioneer of this
county, located here in 1854, and is still a resident
of Adams County.

John W. Jones was born in Hampshire county, Virginia,
February 9, 1822, son of Jepthah Jones, born in
Virginia, son of John Jones who was a soldier in the
war of 1812. The Joneses originally came from Wales
and were among the first settlers of Baltimore, Maryland. The mother of John W. was Martha Poland, a
native of Hampshire county, Virginia, and a daughter
of Samuel Poland of New Jersey.

In 1853 the Jones family took a boat at Wheeling,
Virginia, for Burlington, Iowa; thence by stage to
Mount Pleasant, where the father and brother of John
W. had come the fall before. In March, 1854, John W.,
in company with L.V. Ritchie, came to Adams county,
and the former subsequently went to Council Bluffs and
entered land for Mr. Ritchie and himself. Jepthah
Jones and his wife came to this county in 1858. The
father died here in 1865 and the mother, in 1888, the
latter at the age of eighty-six years. They had
reared a family of nine children, seven of whom are
living at this writing.

John W. Jones was married in Marion county, Virginia,
May 18, 1843, to Jane Jonst, daughter of Peter Jonst
and Margaret his wife. She died in Virginia, in 1851,
of cholera. February 7, 1854, he wedded Mary Wolf, a
sister of Judge Barnett's wife, and by her had two
children: B.L. (Barnett L.), the subject of our
sketch, and Salona, who is deceased. His second wife
died in March, 1859. In May, 1862, he was united in
marriage with his present wife, Clara, daughter of
William Lockwood, a pioneer of Adams county. This
union is blessed with five children, namely: Clara,
Lillian, Frank Eathel, Bessie, and John Cleveland.
John W. Jones has filled many local offices of trust;
was county assessor in 1858, and for a number of years
served as Justice of the Peace.

B.L. Jones received his education in the common
schools of Polk and Adams counties, completing his
studies at the Baptist University at Des Moines. He
then began teaching, in which profession he was
engaged for some time. In 1878 he turned his
attention to agricultural pursuits in Lincoln
township, and in 1883 came to Carbon and engaged in
his present business.

He was married in 1876, to Ella J. Hall, who was born
in Pennsylvania and reared in Iowa, daughter of
William and Mary Hall. They have two children:
Willie P. and B.L., Jr. The second born, Ruby May,
died at the age of two years.

Politically Mr. Jones is a Democrat and is identified
with the best elements of his party; he is a member of
the Democratic Central Committee. During President
Cleveland's administration he was postmaster of
Carbon. He is a notary public and does all kinds of
legal business; he has been active in educational
matters, and is now serving as a member of the school
board. In short, every good cause calculated to
promote the best interests of the town and county
receives from him a hearty support.

I haven't gotten far on this family line but I am
willing to share what I have.

Looking forward to hearing from any others related to these families.

Sincerely,

Janey Cook