Born in Preble County Ohio in 1813. His father, Charles Jones, married Stephen Bogue's sister Anna, in 1812. Charles Jones came to Cass County in 1829 and built a homestead housing 17 people. He became one of the prominent landowners in Penn township, and died in 1832.
William Jones, son of Charles and Anna Bogue Jones, married Lydia, daughter of Henry Jones in 1834 and purchased the old homestead pictured here. This home still stands at Gards Prairie and M60. Lydia died in 1845 and in 1857 William married Maria Parish of Kalamazoo County. He became one of the largest and most successful farmers in the county.
Quaker William Jones was a staunch abolitionist. The Jones house was on the UGRR. One historian notes "the William Jones house, just outside of Cassopolis, represented a successful 'end of the line' to many on the Underground Railroad".
In Perry Sanford's account of the night of the Kentucky raid, he said Rube Stephens escaped from his cabin on Bogue property and ran to Quaker William Jones (less than a mile away) who calmed the situation until Stephen Bogue arrived from Cassopolis with a party of townspeople.
SOURCE- https://www.urscc.org/cass-co-ugrr-notables.html
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William Jones, son of Charles and Anna Bogue Jones, married Lydia, daughter of Henry Jones in 1834 and purchased the old homestead pictured here. This home still stands at Gards Prairie and M60. Lydia died in 1845 and in 1857 William married Maria Parish of Kalamazoo County. He became one of the largest and most successful farmers in the county.
Quaker William Jones was a staunch abolitionist. The Jones house was on the UGRR. One historian notes "the William Jones house, just outside of Cassopolis, represented a successful 'end of the line' to many on the Underground Railroad".
In Perry Sanford's account of the night of the Kentucky raid, he said Rube Stephens escaped from his cabin on Bogue property and ran to Quaker William Jones (less than a mile away) who calmed the situation until Stephen Bogue arrived from Cassopolis with a party of townspeople.
SOURCE- https://www.urscc.org/cass-co-ugrr-notables.html
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Born in Preble County Ohio in 1813. His father, Charles Jones, married Stephen Bogue's sister Anna, in 1812. Charles Jones came to Cass County in 1829 and built a homestead housing 17 people. He became one of the prominent landowners in Penn township, and died in 1832.
William Jones, son of Charles and Anna Bogue Jones, married Lydia, daughter of Henry Jones in 1834 and purchased the old homestead pictured here. This home still stands at Gards Prairie and M60. Lydia died in 1845 and in 1857 William married Maria Parish of Kalamazoo County. He became one of the largest and most successful farmers in the county.
Quaker William Jones was a staunch abolitionist. The Jones house was on the UGRR. One historian notes "the William Jones house, just outside of Cassopolis, represented a successful 'end of the line' to many on the Underground Railroad".
In Perry Sanford's account of the night of the Kentucky raid, he said Rube Stephens escaped from his cabin on Bogue property and ran to Quaker William Jones (less than a mile away) who calmed the situation until Stephen Bogue arrived from Cassopolis with a party of townspeople.
SOURCE- https://www.urscc.org/cass-co-ugrr-notables.html
Contributor: 47001358
William Jones, son of Charles and Anna Bogue Jones, married Lydia, daughter of Henry Jones in 1834 and purchased the old homestead pictured here. This home still stands at Gards Prairie and M60. Lydia died in 1845 and in 1857 William married Maria Parish of Kalamazoo County. He became one of the largest and most successful farmers in the county.
Quaker William Jones was a staunch abolitionist. The Jones house was on the UGRR. One historian notes "the William Jones house, just outside of Cassopolis, represented a successful 'end of the line' to many on the Underground Railroad".
In Perry Sanford's account of the night of the Kentucky raid, he said Rube Stephens escaped from his cabin on Bogue property and ran to Quaker William Jones (less than a mile away) who calmed the situation until Stephen Bogue arrived from Cassopolis with a party of townspeople.
SOURCE- https://www.urscc.org/cass-co-ugrr-notables.html
Contributor: 47001358
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