Jones, Uriah 1813-1893

JONES

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 11/7/2011 at 09:03:55

--Uriah Jones who died at his home in Madison twp. last Monday was in his 80th year, and came to Poweshiek county in 1852. He opened up the second piece of land in Madison township and was the first to petition to have the township divided, the county then being composed of just two townships, Bear Creek in the north half and Jackson in the southern. He was an old line democrat, and had voted for every candidate for president since and including Jackson, except Pierce, in 1852, when he had lost his residence by moving to Iowa. He was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1813, moved to Indiana in 1835, and was one of the engineers of the Erie and Wabash canal. He was a neighbor and friend of the late Vice-President Hendricks. Mr. Jones had been a candidate in this county for the legislature several times, but as the county was strongly republican he never held an office above the township or the board of supervisors. The cause of his death was cancer of the lip, and he has suffered greatly for about three years. He leaves a wife and ten children, he being the father of sixteen children, four by his first wife and twelve by his second.