Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 978
EDWARD A. JONES

Edward A. JONES, located on section 15, of Jackson Township, came to the county in the fall of 1867, and first located in Morgan Township, where he bought fifteen acres of land, and an interest in the Amos Chase sawmill. He remained there six years and then bought one hundred and twenty acres of wild land, a part of his present farm.

Mr. JONES was born in Cortland County, N.Y., in 1842. His parents, Thomas and Hannah JONES, were natives of the Empire State, and had a family of eleven children. Our subject remained at home until of age, then went to work on a farm by the month. He was drafted in Cortland County, N.Y., to serve as a soldier in the Union Army, but was rejected, and was again drafted for the Home Guards, and rejected.

He was married in 1870, to Helen A. SILSBY. By this marriage three children were born: Thomas L., Henry W. and Fayette. Our subject was a member of the Board of Supervisors for four years. He belongs to the Masonic lodge at Little Sioux, and is a member of the Farmers' Alliance.

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