History of Tama County, Iowa - 1883 - J

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History of Tama County, Iowa
Springfield, Ill., Union Publishing Company, 1883.

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Unless otherwise noted, bios were submitted by Dick Barton.

Dr. P. C. JONES, a practicing physician of Dysart, is a native of South Wales, England. He was born June 28, 1834. His early life was spent in that country, and there he received his classical education. During the spring of 1852, he came to America, and immediately settled in DeKalb county, Illinois. The following fall his parents also crossed the ocean, and followed their son to his new home. Upon their arrival the subject of this sketch began the study of medicine with his father, who was a physician. Subsequently he attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, and afterwards the University of Medicine and Surgery at Philadelphia, where he graduated with the class of 1872. Mr. Jones then located in Brown county, Wisconsin, where he practiced for a short time, and then removed to Iowa. He first spent some time in Wright county, and then came to Dysart, where he has since practiced, with the exception of four years spent in Watkins, Benton county, this State. The doctor is a Republican, is a member of the A. O. U. W., the Knights of Honor, and the I. L. of H., which latter he was instrumental in organizing in Dysart. His marriage with Miss S. A. Rhodes, of Madison, Wisconsin, occurred in April, 1864, at Whitewater, Walworth county, of that State. They have been blessed with four children, two boys and two girls - Birdie Ella, Millie Blanch, Frank L. and Courtland C. The two former are deceased.