JONES, James F.

JONES, ABBOTT, BARROW, BABCOCK, PITKIN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/28/2014 at 13:33:00

History of Decatur County Iowa and Its People
Illustrated, Volumne II.

Prof. J. M. Howell and Heman C. Smith
Supervising Editors

The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. Pp. 335-37. Chicago. 1915.

JAMES F. JONES

James F. Jones, a registered pharmacist, has been connected with the Barrows Drug Store at Lamoni since 1900 and his services have been very satisfactory to all concerned. His birth occurred at Davis City, this county, in 1881 and he is a son of Frank and Elizabeth (Abbott) Jones. The father was born at Key West, Florida, and the mother was a native of New England but after the Civil war accompanied her parents to Illinois. Her father fought in the Union army as a member of a Vermont regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones located in Davis City in 1876 and the former, who was a contractor, had charge of the building of bridges along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in this section of the state. He eventually took up his residence in the south. His wife died at Lamoni about 1900, in the faith of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. To their union were born two children, the sister of our subject being Mrs. Esmah Jones, of Lamoni.

James F. Jones was reared in Decatur county and attended the schools of Lamoni in the acquirement of his education, being graduated with the class of 1898. Subsequently he took a course in pharmacy at Highland Park College under Professor Babcock and since 1900 has been connected with the Barrow's Drug Store of Lamoni. He is a registered pharmacist and not only has an accurate knowledge of his profession but is also very painstaking and accurate in his work.

Mr. Jones was married, in 1905, to Miss Pearl Pitkin, a native of Linn county, Iowa, who accompanied her parents to Lamoni about thirteen years ago. They now reside in Fayette township and have many friends in this county. In religious faith they are Latter Day Saints. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have a son. Maxwell Warren, whose birth occurred in 1912.

Mr. Jones is a democrat and is now both township and city clerk. He has always given his time and thought freely for the advancement of his community and has discharged all of the duties devolving upon him with conscientiousness and efficiency. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and his wife is a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. His expert technical knowledge, his good business sense and his courtesy have been strong factors in the growth of the Barrows Drug Store and in social, fraternal and political circles he is well known and highty respected.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2014