OBED C. JONES, Sec. 6; P. O. Platteville; was born March 23, 1810, in Trumbull Co., Ohio, where his early life was spent; at 15, he went to Oswego Co., N. Y., but afterward returned to Ohio; in 1837, he went to Hancock Co., Ill., spent a year and then came to Platteville; Obed King was then the only settler at "Whig;" after a short stay he returned to Illinois, and, the next year, brought his family to Harrison for permanent settlement; locating on what is now the Levi Bushnell farm; he followed his trade of carpenter, and worked at millwrighting for many years; during 1839, he put the screening and bolting apparatus into the historic old McKee Mill. Mr. Jones has owned three different farms, and spent 1868 and 1869 in the city of Platteville; in 1870, he settled on his present farm of 160 acres. He married, in Hartford, Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 20, 1834, Miss Ursula Miner, who was born Jan. 27, 1818, in Hartland, Conn. Her parents located as early as 1820, in Ohio, where she grew to womanhood. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have six living children - Pluma A. (born in Vernon, Trumbull Co., Ohio), Albert H., Maria A., Celia J., Julia A. and Mollie E., all born in Harrison. Julius M. Jones enlisted in the 4th W. V. I., and died of typhoid fever on the banks of the Potomac, Dec. 2, 1861. Albert served three years with the 35th W. V. I., and was with Sherman on his march to the sea and through the Carolinas. Besides J. M. this pioneer couple have lost five children - Ursula J., aged 16; Calvin R., aged 19; Lura L., aged 9; Elluna L. aged 9, and an infant. Mr. Jones is a member of the Christian Church and is a Republican; he served ten years as a Justice of the Peace, and is well and widely known as a well-posted old settler.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.