HARRY C. JONES, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Harry C. Jones was born in Hartford, Connecticut, June 7, 1836, his father being Isaac B. Jones, a sea captain on a whaling vessel, who had sailed around the world several times and visited the Arctic and Antarctic zones. Mr. Jones received a fine education, and in March, 1850, entered the employ of the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad as an apprentice in the machine shop, and was engaged in putting up engines for some months. He was then advanced to fireman, in which capacity he served until 1854, when he was promoted to engineer, and for a short time ran between Hartford and Wilmenta. In the same year he resigned and accepted a position on the Pennsylvania Railroad, where for six years he ran a passenger train between Altoona and Harrisburg. On October 18, 1860, he entered the service of the Erie and ran an engine until 1863, when he resigned and took a contract with the New Jersey Central Railroad to fill in their docks. It took five years to complete this work, and at the expiration of his agreement with the Central Mr. Jones returned to the Erie and has ever since run an engine, being now in charge of a work train.

He was married in 1867 to Miss Lucie Blizen, daughter of Henry Blizen, a farmer near Jersey City. Mr. Jones has been an Erie employe for thirty-one years, has established a high reputation as an engineer, and is well thought of by his many acquaintances.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.