MOSES JONES, fruit grower, P.O. Johnsonville, was born in Letart Falls, Mason Co., W. Va., January 26, 1819, a son of Henry Jones, a native of Vermont. Mr. Jones was married in Virginia, February 28, 1841, to Miss Aurelia A., daughter of Dr. Shaug, a native of Virginia; she was born in Meigs County, Ohio, May 29, 1824. This union has been blessed with the following named children
Mr. Jones also reared Mrs. Abbie (Dyke) Barney, wife of Fletcher N. Barney, of Englewood, Ill. Her parents had died soon after coming to the Unitd States from England. Mr. Jones' eldest son, Junius N., was in the service during the civil war for over three years and during the time lay eighteen months in Southern prisons. In 1880, he was lost north of North Platte River, Neb. Supposed to have been killed by the Indians.
Junius N. was married to Miss Abbie Penn, of Shelby County, Ill, by whom he had two children, viz.;
Thomas H. who now has taken charge of the orchard for Mr. Jones, was educated in Mt. Union College, Ohio, and afterward in McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., from which he graduated in class of 1880, and in 1883 received the degree of M.A. For some years he was a successful teacher. In 1881, he was Associate Principal of the Wayne County Normal , with Prof. West. In 1882-83, was Principal of the Odin Schools. August 8, 1882, he was married to Miss Laura J. Johnson, daughter of Dr. William Johnson, of Johnsonville.One child was the result of this union, viz., Shelby. He, wife, mother and brother are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Moses Jones is a member of the A., F. and A.M. He and sons are members of the Republican party.
Mr. Jones moved from Virginia to Middleport, Ohio, in 1848, and was there engaged in milling, mercantile business, and also as a Captain of a packet on the Ohio River. In 1863, he removed to Illinois and bought his present farm of Samuel Halliday, father of the Halliday Brothers of Cairo. Mr. Jones first began farming but afterward turned his attention to the nursery business, and then to fruit, having at one time 2,000 peach trees, but on account of frequent failures he gave up peaches and began the cultivation of apples very extensively, and now has an orchard of 2,300 apple trees coming into bearing, the yield in 1883 being about 5,000 bushels, and this will be very largely increased as the trees grown in size; and they are also making extensive additions to the orchard. He and his son have experimented on about sixty-five varieties of apples, and of those about three varieties of winter fruit receive their attention, viz.; Ben Davis, Rome Beauty and Winesap. Mr. Jones has done much to develop the fruit industry in this county, and has been very successful in his enterprise.
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