Jones, Edward H.

JONES

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 12:42:50

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.629

JONES, EDWARD H., merchant; born August 12, 1849, in Madison county, Indiana; is a son of J. W. Jones, of Palmyra, this county, who was proprietor of the woolen mills of that place; was educated at Notre-Dame, Indiana, an institution of which he speaks in the highest terms, at being catholic, although he is a protestant to that faith; first entered business in Des Moines in 1864; moved to Indianola in 1870, and to Lacona in 1872; carries a fine stock of dry goods and notions, and has a good trade; married May 1, 1873, to Josephine e., daughter of Cyrus Westerfield, of Indianola; have two children: E. Paul and Geraldine, both living.