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A. W. JONES, an
enterprising physician and surgeon of Flat Rock, Crawford
Co., Ill., was born in the same place Sept. 15, 1847.
He is the son of John M. and Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Jones,
the former was born in Butler County, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1815.
His occupation through life has been that of a farmer, he
came to Crawford County as early as 1832, at which time the
country was a vast wilderness. His brother, Asa,
was the first to enter land east of the range road leading
from Mt. Carmel to Chicago. His wife, formerly Mrs.
Elizabeth Ford, was born in Kentucky in 1813, and died
in this county Sept. 22, 1881. Her remains are
reposing in Flat Rock Cemetery. Dr. Jones'
father was descended from Welsh and English parents, where
many of the same name and relationship, have attained
positions of trust and great personal influence. His
grandfather on his father's side came from Wales and on his
mother's side from England. The latter came to America
long before the Revolution, and it is supposed that they
settled in Virginia. He was a wagoner during the war
of the Revolution. The marriage of Dr. Jones'
parents occurred Dec. 19, 1837, and by the union resulted
the births of six children, as follows, named in the order
of their births: J. William, Sarah Ann, Cynthia
Ann, A. W., A. H. and H. F. Sarah Ann
and Cyntha Ann are deceased. In early life,
Dr. Jones spent his youth on his father's farm, or, more
properly speaking, in assisting his father in opening and
improving a farm. In this occupation, the subject of
this sketch spent his youth, only alternating the labors
incident thereto with such brief terms as neighborhood
schools afforded chances for gaining a little rudimentary
learning. During his years of minority, however, his
brain was not idle, and his hard toil by no means exhausted
his energies or blighted his ambition. Actuated by the
desire for knowledge, and the purpose to be and do something
for his fellow-men, he chose for his life work the medical
profession, and accordingly, entered the Otterbein
University, of Ohio, and, later, the Michigan University.
He also took a scientific course and graduated, receiving
the degree of B. A. After his graduation, he located
and began the practice of his profession at LaGrange County
in 1878, where he remained but a short time, and removed to
Flat Rock in August of the same year. He was married
in Logan County, Ill., in 1872, to Miss Mary E. Ambrose,
formerly from Ohio. She was born Apr. 3, 1851.
Three children was the result of this union, as follows:
Wendall Ambrose, Hanby R., and Eva N., who died
while young. Her parents are Lewis D. and Nancy
Leib (Ambrose), both of whom were born in Ohio.
Dr. Jones is a man of pleasant manners and fine
personal appearance, a fluent speaker and conversationalist,
using correct language. In politics, he is
well-informed, and possessed of decided opinions, which he
does not seek to conceal. He is a Republican, while
not loud or pretentious. He is interested in the
spread of religion, morality and educational interests of
the neighborhood in which he lives.
--- Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
Lakeside Building,
1883 - Page 369 |
