JOHN JONES, carpenter, Patch Grove; was born at Floore, Northamptonshire, England, June 15, 1836; came to America in 1867; settled in the town of Wyalusing, Grant Co., Wis., where he worked at his trade until 1876, when he removed to Patch Grove; owns a fine home with 5 acres of land near the village of Patch Grove. In the year 1854, he was in the East India service, and remained until 1860; was there through the mutiny. His wife, Sarah Dale, a native of Telsworth, Oxfordshire, was born September, 1836; they married July, 1860; they had nine children - Mary E., Charlotte J., Hannah (deceased); these three were born in England; Edith E., Edwin T., Hannah (deceased); Jessie R., Arthur J., an infant boy, deceased; and Albert Edward. A Republican; Episcopal. Has been Clerk of Schools in Wyalusing; also Justice of the Peace and Notary Public; was Postmaster at Bradville from 1872 to May, 1876. Member of I. O. O. F. Lodge.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.