U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jones, John (1821-1882) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Page 423 John Jones, born in Maryland, 1821. His parents were of German and French descent, from Rockingham County, Va. In 1840, he married Unice DeMoss, of Monongalia County. Children: George W., Hannah J., Martha A., Thomas J., Henry C. and John E. He is a farmer and has lived within a few miles of St. George ever since he was 16 years old. He was the first justice of the peace of Tucker County after its formation. In 1865, he held the office of supervisor, and in 1882 was elected county commissioner. In the war he leaned toward the South. Latham took him prisoner and carried him to Belington, and held him a few days. He was carried to Philippi by Capt. Holler, and was again released. He was a captain of the Confederate Home Guards. He lost a son, James W., in the Confederate service, who was taken sick of a fever brought about by overwork as a carrier of dispatches, and died near Monterey, on the Huttonsville road. His farm of 150 acres is six miles west of St. George, in Clover District. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a double-tombstone in Pifer Mountain Cemetery, Saint George, Tucker County, WV John Jones (1821-1882) Unice Jones (1810-1903) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------