Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - William W. Jones
WILLIAM W. JONES
William
W. Jones, a farmer near Richwood, was born in Delaware County, Ohio,
March 28, 1841. Hid parents were Edward and Ann (Dowing) Jones, the
former of Welsh and the latter of Scotch descent. Our subject was
reared on a farm and educated in Troy Township, Delaware County. During
the rebellion, he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-sixth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Wiser, and Served six months. At the battle
of Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863, he received a gunshot wound in the
hip, which confined him to the hospital at St. Louis for ten months,
after which he was discharged charged. He is a Democrat in politics,
and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He was
married March 25,1866, to Miss Lydia A. Williams, a daughter of William
J. and Lydia (Coonfare) Williams, and a native of Delaware County, born
October 27, 1845. By this union six children were born, viz.: Charles,
Cora F., Anna S., Rosa D., Willie T. and an infant. Mr. Jones owns
nearly 100 acres of land four miles southwest of Richwood, on which he
resides.