Illinios: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County L.A. JONES, JR., postmaster, and agent of the O. & M. Railroad, Bluff Springs; was born in Hickory Precinct, this county, Feb. 17, 1847, and is a son of Luther A. and Drusilla C. (Calif) Jones, who were the parents of four children. Luther A. Jones, who is a farmer by occupation, was born in 1813, and now resides in Marshall County, Ill.; he ran the ferry at Beardstown for thirteen years. Louis A., received his education principally in Beardstown, and engaged as agent for the O. & M. Railroad, which position he has held at Bluff Springs for eight years; he also engaged in mercantile business here for a year. In Beardstown, Feb. 23, 1873, he married Rosa Dale, who was born in Frederick, Schuyler Co., Ill., Aug. 3, 1850, daughter of Hickman and Amelia Dale. By this union they have been blessed with four children: Charles F., Luther A., died March 23, 1876, aged ten months, Emma L. and Louis A. Mr. Jones is the present postmaster of Bluff Springs; he is a Republican. Jones Calif Dale = Marshall-IL Schulyer-IL