Jones, Lloyd D.

JONES, TRIPLET, DEAN, RITTER, GIFFORD, LARK, HALES

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Date: 9/1/2009 at 07:55:01

Jones, Lloyd D.

Standing for upright manhood and progressive citizenship, Loyd D. Jones has long occupied a conspicuous place among the representatives of the great agricultural interests of Jasper County and his influence in every relation of life has been for the material advancement of the community in which he resides and the moral welfare bf those with whom he has been brought into contact.

Mr. Jones was born in Ohio, December 16, 1840 and he is the son of Thomas and Lucinda (Triplet) Jones, both of whom were natives of Virginia. By trade the father was a moulder, continuing at this work all his life. He and his wife emigrated from Virginia to Licking County, Ohio, at an early day and there they both died when their son, Lloyd D., was a small boy. Mr. Jones then went to make his home with Benjamin Dean, with whom he remained until he was nineteen years of age. Dean was a good man and did all he could for the friendless boy, sending him to school and in every way possible taking the place of a father. He was a hotelkeeper. At the age of nineteen Mr. Jones came to Illinois, where he farmed for over two years, after which he came to Newton, Iowa, and engaged successfully in farming, near there for twenty-five years, having arrived in this County in the fall of 1857. Newton was then but a small village and the whole country was practically undeveloped and new, and Mr. Jones has lived to see and take part in its wonderful transformation. Aside from farming and stock raising, he followed threshing all over the County. In March 1906, he came to Reasnor and purchased the residence and property where he now lives, conducting a hotel and livery barn for two years, but since then he has lived retired.

Mr. Jones was one of the honored boys in blue, having enlisted in the Federal army at Newton, in 1861, becoming a member of Company K, Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. After serving about eighteen months he was discharged and sent home owing to a disability, being injured at the siege of Vicksburg. He had taken part in that siege and the battles of Port Gibson and Champion's Hill.

In 1866 Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Catherine Gifford, daughter of William and Sarah (Ritter) Gifford, both natives of Ohio and both now deceased. The father was a hotelkeeper and owned a large farm near Canton, Ohio, at the time of his death.

Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones, namely: Thomas W., who has remained unmarried, resides at home; Libbie married William Lark and they live in Des Moines. The subject and wife reared Ella Hales, the daughter of a sister of Mrs. Jones, who is at this time making her home with the subject.

On February 28, 1910, Mrs. Jones departed this life at the age of fifty-four years. She was a member of the Christian Church at Newton, of which Mr. Jones is also a member. She was a most excellent woman, beloved by all who knew her.

Mr. Jones was a member of Garrett Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Newton for a number of years. He had no brother and but one sister, Mrs. Leonidas Ball, of Woodson, Illinois, who died about eleven years ago. Mr. Jones is a genial, kindly gentleman, of that type of sturdy manhood that has made Jasper County what it is. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 928.