Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Henry T. Jones

HENRY T. JONES

Henry T. Jones, a  farmer near Pharisburg, was born in Richland County, Ohio, May 13, 1850, and is a son of Henry T. and Julia Ann (Burk) Jones. His father was a native of Virginia, of German descent and emigrated to Union County in 1860. Our subject was raised on a firm ; has lived in this county since ten years of age. He operated a threshing machine for fourteen years, after which he ran it saw mill for eighteen months, since which he has been a farmer. He was the eighth child of a family of thirteen children, of whom nine survive. He was married March 12, 1870. to Ruth, daughter of G. W. and Mary E. (Franklin) Cary. She was as born in Union County, September 14, 1853. They have had six children, four living, viz.: Nancy M. Nina May, Wilbert A., Roy F , Ray A. and Milo M. Mr. Jones is a member of the Subordinate lodge and encampment of Odd Fellows at Richwood.