Anderson County Biographies
"Portrait and Biographical Record of Southeastern Kansas"
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1894
TIMOTHY H. JONES. Of the various enterprises that have made Greeley one of
the thriving cities of Anderson County,
the lumber trade has always held an important place, employing large capital in its conduct, and giving to cognate industries a decided
impetus by the energy and ability displayed in
its development. Among the most active, enterprising firms engaged in this line is that of Jones
& Harrison, which deals extensively in lumber and
building material at Greeley.
Timothy H. Jones was born in Clinton County,
Ind., September 29, 1846, to the marriage of Uriah
and Elizabeth (Boyle) Jones. The grandfather of
our subject was a native of Wales, and on first
coming to the United States settled in Virginia.
He was married in that state, but later moved to
Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of
his days. His son, Uriah, father of our subject,
grew to manhood and was married in the Keystone State. From there he moved to Indiana,
settled in Clinton County, but in 1851 moved
from there to Iowa, stopping near Mt. Vernon
at first. About 1854 he settled in Poweshiek
County, that state, and there purchased raw land,
paying for the same with a land warrant given
him for service in the Mexican War. He became
wealthy as a farmer, and died in that state April
3, 1893, aged eighty years, lacking ten days.
the mother is still living. Besides farming, Mr.
Jones followed contracting and building, and for
a number of years had quite an extensive business, building churches and schoolhouses. He affiliated with the Democratic party in his political
views and for some time was County Commissioner of Poweshiek County. Left an orphan at
an early age, and being the youngest of the family, he was bound out. After reaching his fourteenth birthday he branched out for himself, and
what he accumulated was the result of many years
of hard labor.
Uriah Jones was one of the civil engineers
who surveyed the Wabash Canal, having followed surveying more or
less for many years. Socially, he was a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, being Past Grand Master. A
complete account of the life of this worthy citizen
will be found in the history of Poweshiek County. He was the father of ten children, who are
named in the order of their births as follows:
John W., a farmer of Poweshiek County, Iowa;
Uriah C, a physician of Carroll County, Iowa;
Newton Jasper, a physician at Shelby, Iowa; Timothy H.; Henry S., a farmer of Audubon, Iowa;
Martha, who married S. M. Winchell and resides at
Malcolm, Iowa: David F., a merchant of California; Jacob, a farmer on the old homestead;
Dora; Frank, of Poweshiek County, Iowa; and
George W., a physician of Boulder, Colo. The
original of this notice, who was the fourth in order
of birth of the above-mentioned children, was
reared on the farm, attended the common schools
and served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's
trade. Later he worked at his trade with his father, but in 1869 he came to Kansas and purchased sixty acres of prairie land in Liberty Township, Linn County, which he at once began
improving. At the same time he carried on his
trade, and subsequently purchased one hundred
acres.
Until 1884 our subject was a resident of Linn
County, after which he rented his land and moved
to Greeley, where he followed his trade until 1888.
He then embarked in the lumber business at Goodrich, continued there three years, and then sold
out and returned to Greeley, where he has since
been engaged in the lumber business under the
firm name of Jones & Harrison. June 16, 1870,
he wedded Miss Lizzie Holmes, a native of Brownsville, Ohio, but
at the time of her marriage a resident of Poweshiek County, Iowa, and the daughter of Thomas J. and Eliza Holmes. Mr. and
Mrs. Jones' union was blessed by the birth of six
children, as follows: Mayne D., Alice M., Iris E.,
Harry, Frank A. and Opal. Formerly a Democrat
in politics, he is now a Populist, and has held a
number of local offices. At one time he was a
candidate for county office, but his party was in
the minority. He is a member of Greeley Lodge
No. 211, A. F. & A. M., and in his religious views
has been a Methodist for nearly thirty years. Our
subject had two brothers in the Civil War, and,
although but a boy of fifteen at that time, he was
anxious to fight for the Old Flag. They would
not enlist him, but he joined Company C, Sixth
Iowa Cavalry, and remained with the same for
three months.
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