HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis
Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, 
Vol. III, pp. 1235-36.   [Bourbon County]

WILLIAM S. JONES--Bourbon county has been the home of William S. Jones 
from the time of his nativity and he is a scion of the third generation to be
actively identified with agricultural pursuits within the borders of this
favored section of the Blue Grass commonwealth.  He has wrought out a very
intelligent success through the persistent application of his energies and
abilities in connection with the great basic art of agriculture and is
recognized as one of the representative farmers and stock-growers of his
native county, where he is well upholding the prestige of the honored name
which he bears.
     William S. Jones was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, on the 7th of
July, 1845, and is a son of John W. and Amanda (Talbott) Jones, both of
whom were likewise natives of Bourbon county, where the former was born on
the 15th of June 1820, and the latter on the 2d of October, 1823; their
marriage was solemnized in this county on the 20th of October, 1840.  John
W. Jones was a son of William S. and Nancy (Ashurst) Jones, who established
their home in North Middletown precinct, Bourbon county, in the pioneer
days and who have continued to reside until their death.  William S. Jones,
the founder of the family in Bourbon county, became a successful farmer and
was the founder of a large and well improved landed estate at the time of
his death.  He was a man of sterling character, did well his part in
connection with the industrial and social development of the county and
here commanded the uniform esteem of all who knew him. William S. and Nancy
(Ashurst) Jones became the parents of five children--John W., Benjamin F.,
Josiah A., Rebecca and William S.  The last mentioned died in infancy and
the other four children attained to maturity and reared families.
     John W. Jones, father of him whose name initiates this review, was
reared and education in Bourbon county and soon after his marriage, in the
year 1840, he settled on a farm about two miles north of North Middletown,
on the North Middletown and Cane Bridge turnpike.  There he developed a
valuable property, made excellent improvements on his farm and on this
homestead he continued to reside until his death.  His first wife was
summoned to the life eternal on the 10th of May, 1850, and on the 14th of
May, 1851, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Sarah Redmon, who was born
in Bourbon county, on the 30th of January, 1823, and who was a daughter of
George L. Redmon, a representative pioneer of the county.  Of the first
union were born five children, concerning whom the following brief record
is entered--Susan A. was born on the 8th of October, 1841, and died on the
17th of January 1908; Mary C., who was born on the 9th of August, 1843,
died on the 10th of October 1851; William S., the subject of this sketch,
was the next in order of birth; Daniel R., who was born on the 11th of
July, 1847, died on the 12th of October, 1851; and John W., who was born
May 12, 1849, died on the 22d of the following October.  The children of
the second marriage were two in number--Sallie B., who was born on the
21st of September, 1856, died on the 4th of February, 1906; and the other
child, a daughter, died in infancy, unnamed.  John W. Jones died on the
4th of March, 1889, and his second wife passed to the life eternal on
the 15th of January, 1897.
     John W. Jones was a man of prominence and influence in his county,
was progressive in his ideas and methods and was loyal and liberal in his
civic attitude.  He won success by very appreciable merits, was kindly and
tolerant in his judgment of others and was ever ready to aid those "in any
way afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or estate."  He accumulated a
large tract of land and in the work and management of the same brought to
bear such progressive ideas that his success was of very distinct and
definite order.  He was a stanch Democrat in his political proclivities
and while never ambitious for public office his aid and influence were
ever given in support of all measures and enterprises tending to conserve
the best interests of the community.  He was a sincere and devoted member
of the Christian church, as were also his first and second wives, and he
served as an elder in the same for many years.  He commanded a secure
place in the confidence and esteem of all who knew him and his life course
was ordered upon the highest plane of integrity and honor.
          William S. Jones, whose name introduces this article, was reared
to maturity on the home farm and he has never found it expedient to
withdraw his allegiance from the great basic industry under whose
influences he was reared.  He was afforded the advantages of Clay Seminary,
at North Middletown, an institution that is now known as the Kentucky
Classical & Business College.  He was married in the year 1883 and then
established his home on a farm one mile south of North Middletown, on the
Thatcher's Mills turnpike, but three years later he removed to his present
finely improved homestead which is located on the North Middletown and
Cane Ridge turnpike, one mile north of Middletown, where he owns 575 acres
of well improved and highly cultivated land.  In addition to raising the
various crops best suited to the soil and climate he is also a successful
grower of live stock of excellent grades and his work as a farmer has
been characterized by indefatigable energy and progressive methods, through
which he has gained precedence as one of the essentially representative
agriculturists of his native county.  He is liberal and loyal as a citizen
and gives his support to all public enterprises that make for the well
being of the community.  He and his family are zealous members of the
Christian church, in whose faith he was reared and in the same he has
served as an elder for the past fifteen years.
     On the 10th of October, 1883, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Jones
to Miss Emma Collins, who was born in Bourbon county, on the 16th of
October, 1860, and who is a daughter of William and Sallie (Trimble)
Collins.  (See her brother John T. Collins' sketch on other pages for her
family history.)  Concerning the children of this felicitous union the
following brief data are given--John W., who was born November 24, 1884,
is now incumbent of the office of cashier of the North Middletown Deposit
Bank, in which his father is a stockholder; Sarah., who was born on the
29th of October, 1889, is the wife of Walter S. Meng, who is engaged in
farming in this county; and Robert G., who was born on the 18th of June,
1894, remains at the parental home and assists his father in the work and
management of the farm.  The attractive home is a recognized center of
gracious hospitality and the family is one that enjoys unqualified
popularity in connection with the best social activities of the community.

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