Among the early settlers who deserve a permanent place in the records of their county was Mark Jones, who located in Noble Township in 1847. He was an interesting character and a man of solid worth and accomplishments. He was one of those old-fashioned Quakers, who were not only devoted to the tenets of their faith, but lived up to their teachings in all respects. When he came here the country was in a primitive condition. The Indians were still here, and wild animals and game abounded. He possessed the courage of the pioneer and by the hardest kind of manual labor bore his part in converting Wabash lands from a wild condition. His creed was to do unto others as he would be done by, to worship God after the teachings of his father, to walk uprightly in all the paths of life to which he was appointed, and to rear his children to fear God and to honorable citizenship. If success in life is measured by succeeding in undertakings, then Mark Jones' life was eminently successful.
He married Esther Jenkins, and both he and his wife were natives of Darke county, Ohio. After coming to Wabash County, Mr. Jones farmed until about the close of the Civil War, when he turned his attention to the manufacture of lumber, having previously in connection with farming, operated a "muley" sawmill, on the Somerset Pike. From 1865 to 1868 he had a circular sawmill, one of the first in the county. In 1868, he started a hub and spoke factory in Wabash, but later, in partnership with Eli Hutchins and W.D. Jones, converted this into a concern for the manufacture of a cheap grade of furniture for which there was at that time a large demand.
Mr. Jones was uniformly successful, but success was attained only through discouraging circumstances at times, hard work and sound business judgment. Few men have left a better impress for good upon the minds of the people than Mark Jones. He died February 5, 1877, when fifty-two years of age. To this marriage four sons and three daughters were born.
Source: 1914 History of wabash County, Indiana, page 949
He married Esther Jenkins, and both he and his wife were natives of Darke county, Ohio. After coming to Wabash County, Mr. Jones farmed until about the close of the Civil War, when he turned his attention to the manufacture of lumber, having previously in connection with farming, operated a "muley" sawmill, on the Somerset Pike. From 1865 to 1868 he had a circular sawmill, one of the first in the county. In 1868, he started a hub and spoke factory in Wabash, but later, in partnership with Eli Hutchins and W.D. Jones, converted this into a concern for the manufacture of a cheap grade of furniture for which there was at that time a large demand.
Mr. Jones was uniformly successful, but success was attained only through discouraging circumstances at times, hard work and sound business judgment. Few men have left a better impress for good upon the minds of the people than Mark Jones. He died February 5, 1877, when fifty-two years of age. To this marriage four sons and three daughters were born.
Source: 1914 History of wabash County, Indiana, page 949
Among the early settlers who deserve a permanent place in the records of their county was Mark Jones, who located in Noble Township in 1847. He was an interesting character and a man of solid worth and accomplishments. He was one of those old-fashioned Quakers, who were not only devoted to the tenets of their faith, but lived up to their teachings in all respects. When he came here the country was in a primitive condition. The Indians were still here, and wild animals and game abounded. He possessed the courage of the pioneer and by the hardest kind of manual labor bore his part in converting Wabash lands from a wild condition. His creed was to do unto others as he would be done by, to worship God after the teachings of his father, to walk uprightly in all the paths of life to which he was appointed, and to rear his children to fear God and to honorable citizenship. If success in life is measured by succeeding in undertakings, then Mark Jones' life was eminently successful.
He married Esther Jenkins, and both he and his wife were natives of Darke county, Ohio. After coming to Wabash County, Mr. Jones farmed until about the close of the Civil War, when he turned his attention to the manufacture of lumber, having previously in connection with farming, operated a "muley" sawmill, on the Somerset Pike. From 1865 to 1868 he had a circular sawmill, one of the first in the county. In 1868, he started a hub and spoke factory in Wabash, but later, in partnership with Eli Hutchins and W.D. Jones, converted this into a concern for the manufacture of a cheap grade of furniture for which there was at that time a large demand.
Mr. Jones was uniformly successful, but success was attained only through discouraging circumstances at times, hard work and sound business judgment. Few men have left a better impress for good upon the minds of the people than Mark Jones. He died February 5, 1877, when fifty-two years of age. To this marriage four sons and three daughters were born.
Source: 1914 History of wabash County, Indiana, page 949
He married Esther Jenkins, and both he and his wife were natives of Darke county, Ohio. After coming to Wabash County, Mr. Jones farmed until about the close of the Civil War, when he turned his attention to the manufacture of lumber, having previously in connection with farming, operated a "muley" sawmill, on the Somerset Pike. From 1865 to 1868 he had a circular sawmill, one of the first in the county. In 1868, he started a hub and spoke factory in Wabash, but later, in partnership with Eli Hutchins and W.D. Jones, converted this into a concern for the manufacture of a cheap grade of furniture for which there was at that time a large demand.
Mr. Jones was uniformly successful, but success was attained only through discouraging circumstances at times, hard work and sound business judgment. Few men have left a better impress for good upon the minds of the people than Mark Jones. He died February 5, 1877, when fifty-two years of age. To this marriage four sons and three daughters were born.
Source: 1914 History of wabash County, Indiana, page 949
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