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Lexington, February 28, 1901. Mrs. Johnston, whose ancestry is English, was born at Beaver Crossing, August 9, 1876. Six children were born to this marriage: Ora, born January 2, 1902, who died November 8, 1902; Milton, November 9, 1904, who married Mildred E. Decker; Ruth, January 27, 1907, who married William Bluel; Adah, August 7, 1909, who married Fred H. Teets; Isabelle, April 26, 1911, who married Lloyd R. Smith; and Elizabeth Jane, February 12, 1919.
Mr. Johnston holds membership in the Lexington Kiwanis Club and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. Mr. Johnston was made a master farmer in the class of 1931. He moved to Dawson County from Lexington, Illinois in 1891 and has resided here ever since on the same farm named Walnut Grove Farm. He is a Republican Residence: Lexington.
Wilber M. Johnston
Wilber M. Johnston, a continuous resident of Nebraska since 1888, was born at Greene, Iowa, May 14, 1876. He is the son of Hugh and M. Josephine (Ledyard) Johnston, the former a native of Long River, Canada. Hugh Johnston was born in 1840. His father settled in Canada in the first part of the nineteenth century, coming from Glasgow, Scotland. Hugh Johnston was a carriage and wagon manufacturer, and a skilled mechanic. His death occurred at Minneapolis, March 25, 1907.
M. Josephine Ledyard was born in Wayne County, Ohio, December 29, 1850. Assistant principal of city schools at Greene, Iowa, in 1883, she held this position until 1885. In March, 1888, she was graduated from Iowa State University as a physician and surgeon, and practiced at Osceola, until 1912. She is of Scotch and English descent.
Educated first in the public schools of Greene, Atlantic, Red Oak, and the Cedar Valley Seminary at Osage, Iowa, Mr. Johnston also attended public school at Osceola. He was admitted to the bar of Nebraska, at Lincoln, on November 17, 1908, and during 1907-08, was county attorney of Polk County. A Republican, he was appointed city attorney of Osceola, which position he held twelve years, and from February 14, to March 31, 1926, was acting county judge of Polk County.
Mr. Johnston was editor and owner of the Polk County Republican from December, 1900, to August, 1902, and editor of the Osceola Record from December, 1902, to August, 1903. Since the fall of 1904, he has been actively engaged in the practice of law.
In April, 1908, he enlisted as a private in Company E, First Nebraska Infantry, serving with his company at Camp Alvin Saunders until rejected for service in May, 1908. He always favored the entry of the United States into the World War on the side of the Allies, and was active in all war time projects.
Mr. Johnston is a member of Osceola Lodge No. 65, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Osceola. He is also a life member of The Nebraskana Society. His hobby is reading.
On September 14, 1922, he was united in marriage to Grace Pheasant at Osceola. Mrs. Johnston, who was born at Osceola, November 3, 1883, is clerk of the district court of Polk County. She is of Scotch, English, French and German descent. Residence: Osceola.
Peter Johnstone
A native of Hardgate, Scotland, born March 13, 1883, Peter Johnstone is the son of Francis and Maggie (McPherson) Johnstone. His father was born at Hardgate, and died there in 1887. His mother was born at Largs Argylshire, Scotland, and is still living. Mr. Johnstone received his education in the public schools of Scotland, and came to American as a young man. For the past twenty-six years he has been a resident of Lincoln.
He was married to Mary Ellen Malone on July 8, 1912, at Lincoln. Mrs. Johnstone, who is the daughter of the late James Malone, was born at Lincoln, December 5, 1886. There are four children, James F., born May 25, 1913; Mary M., born August 7, 1914; Francis P., born June 11, 1916, and Emily D., born October 25, 1919.
Mr. Johnstone is a Republican. For three years he was with a local transfer company, and then was special agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad for the same length of time. Thereafter he served as captain of detectives to May, 1916. From that date until January 15, 1918, he was superintendent of construction of public works, Malone Contractors. This position was succeeded by that of captain of detectives until December 11, 1918. From December 11, 1918, until November 1, 1930, he filled the office of chief of police of Lincoln. He is now guard of the First National Bank of Lincoln.
At the present time Mr. Johnstone is a member of the Red Cross and Community Chest, the Chamber of Commerce, Young Men's Christian Association, Hiram Club and Kiwanis Club, and the First Presbyterian Church. He is an Elk and a Mason, Scottish Rite and Shrine. He enjoys a little golf. Residence: Lincoln.
George Fedilis Jonaitis
George Fedilis Jonaitis, an immigrant boy, priest, patriot, and hero of the World War, has resided in Nebraska for the past 23 years, and was born at Kursenai, Lithuania, April 23, 1880, the son of George and Frances (Gricius) Jonaitis. His father, who was a grain farmer, was born at Kurtevenai, Lithuania, 1836, and died at Kursenai, Lithuania, 1890. His mother was born at Raudenal, Lithuania, and died at Kursenai, in 1901.
Father Jonaitis attended grammar school in Lithuania, and was a student at St. Bonaventure's College in New York, Louvain College, at Louvain, Belgium, and St. Paul's Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He received the B. A. degree in 1905 at St. Bonaventure's College where he was a member of the debating team. He was ordained a priest in the Catholic Church in 1908, by the Right Reverend R. Sconnell of Omaha, and served his first parish at St. Anthony's Church, South Omaha, Nebraska. He organized and built the latter, and organized and built St. Peter's Church at Detroit, Michigan in 1920. From 1927 to 1931, he was pastor of St. Peter's Church at Stanton, Nebraska. He is now pastor of St. Francis Borgia Church at Blair, Nebraska.
He is the author of My Experience in the World War (1920) Four Angels (1927) and various articles published in Ford's magazine. He enlisted in the United States Army as a first class private in April, 1918; was trained at a chaplain's training school in May, 1918; was commissioned chaplain and first lieutenant, May, 1918; and was assigned to Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. He was sent to France as a casual, and was assigned to the 26th Division, 102 Infantry, 3rd Battalion. He served at Chateau Thierry. Aisne-Marne and St. Mihiel; and was transferred to the 313th Infantry, 79th Division, First Battalion. On November 7, 1918, Father Jonaitis was wounded in action in the Argonne Battle, and has lost the use of one forearm. He has been commissioned Major Chaplain in the United States Reserves.
He acted as lecturer for the Roman Catholic Church Alliance of America for six months in 1919, in the east, on the subject of Bolshevism. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Disabled Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department Chaplain, American Legion (1929-1930); Emergency Officers of the World War; the American Legion; and the Knights of Columbus. He is an Elk and a Moose. His sports include football, wrestling, and boxing. His hobby is geography.
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Adeline Nelle Jones
Adaline Nelle Jones, registrar and secretary to the dean of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, was born at Dallas, Texas. She is the daughter of John Bartlett and Nellie (Rust) Jones, the former of whom was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1, 1864. He is president of the Midwestern Paper Company, a former director of the Western Newspaper Union, and its general purchasing agent at the present time.
Nellie Rust Jones was born at Winfield, Michigan, April 17, 1867. For some years she was department editor of the Southern Mercury at Dallas, and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Delphian Society. She is of English and Scotch descent, and is listed in the Rust Genealogy.
Adaline Jones attended the public schools of Houston, and Dallas, until 1904; she was a student at the Houston High School and the Pasadena (California) High School. She was a graduate in normal training from the Northwestern University School of Music in 1913. While attending the university she was a member of the glee club.
From 1914-16 she was head of the music department at Margaret College, Versailles, Kentucky, and in charge of vocal department, Columbia Institute, Columbia, Tennessee, from 1918-19. She was vocal instructor at St Mary's College, at Dallas, during 1919 and '20, and in charge of the music department at Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City, from 1920-24.
In 1925 she returned to Omaha, and became executive secretary of the Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce for the term 1925-27, she is now vice president of that organization; and has been registrar and secretary to the dean of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine since 1927.
She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of the board of the Altrusa Club. An Episcopalian, she attends Trinity Cathedral. Her social club is the Omaha College Club. Residence: Omaha. (Photograph in Album).
Carl Conant Jones
A resident of Nebraska for the past 47 years Carl Conant Jones was born at Oneida, Illinois, October 6, 1882, son of Charles Leonard and Octavia Howard (Conant) Jones.
His father was born in New York State in 1842, and prior to his death at Hastings, on November 26, 1931, was a livestock dealer. His wife, Octavia, was born in Vermont in 1852, and died at Sidney, in September, 1914. She taught Bible at Hastings College, and at one time was the editor of the Union Worker, a Woman's Christian Temperance paper. Two of her ancestors came over on the Mayflower.
Mr. Jones attended public school and high school and was a student for two years at Hastings College Academy. At the present time he is city water commissioner and city clerk of Sidney. He is a progressive Republican. He has been in the lumber and farm implement businesses, and engaged in auto sales.
On October 4, 1914, he was married to Lucy Irene Howard at Sidney. Mrs. Jones was born in Kankakee, Illinois, February 25, 1886. During the World War she was chairman of the Red Cross for the Gurley District. They have four children, Catherine, born August 23, 1915; Helen, born March 23, 1917; Robert, born September 14, 1919; and Jeanette, born June 27, 1921.
During the late war, Mr. Jones was food administrator for Gurley District of Cheyenne County. He is a member of the Lemon Memorial Methodist Church at Sidney, and the Masons. Residence: Sidney.
Charles Leonard Jones
Charles L. Jones, a resident of Nebraska for the past 52 years, was born at Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, April 4, 1875, the son of George William and Emma (Bonney) Jones. His father, who was born at North Hampton, England, October 20, 1849, and died at O'Neill, Nebraska, April 25, 1893, homesteaded in Holt County in 1879; he served as county sheriff in Wisconsin, and at the time of his death was engaged in the livery business. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, April 13, 1850, of Irish descent. She was a school teacher before her marriage.
Mr. Jones was graduated from a 10th grade school in 1889. He served an apprenticeship as machinist for the Case Threshing Machine Company; was employed by the Alis Chalmers Company, erecting machinery for three years; was with the Union Pacific Railroad for four years; and for seven years was engineer for the Wells Abbott Nieman Milling Company at Schuyler. He has spent some time in the employ of the United States government as railroad builder in the west. He is now a farmer near Schuyler, Nebraska.
He is a Republican, and was elected to the legislature as state representative in 1924-26-28-30. For the past 17 years he has been moderator of the Schuyler school board. He is a member of The Nebraskana Society; has been a member of the Young Men's Christian Association for many years; and is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church at Schuyler. He holds membership in the Masons and the Royal Highlanders. During the World War Mr. Jones served as chairman of the precinct and school district committee in bond and stamp drives. His hobby is good horses.
On December 4, 1897, he was united in marriage with Phebe May Storts at Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska. Mrs. Jones, whose ancestry is German, was born at Cutler, Ohio, June 26, 1876. They have one son, George W., born January 8, 1899, who is a farmer. Residence; Schuyler.
Charles Monroe Jones
Charles Monroe Jones, leading merchant at Hartington, was born at Richland, Iowa, August 13, 1855. He is the son of John W. and Almarinda (Gibbons) Jones, the former born at Mooresville, Indiana, in 1831. John W. Jones, who was a farmer, was of Welsh descent, and his death occurred at Hartington on May 22, 1909. Almarinda, his wife, was born in Indiana, in 1834, and died at Hartington on January 3, 1922. She was of Irish descent.
Educated in the public schools of Jefferson County, Iowa, Charles M. Jones later attended Central University of Iowa, at Pella. He came to Nebraska in 1883, and entered the mercantile business, in which he has continued for many years. He owns a controlling interest in the Globe Clothing Company at the present time, and is former president of the Hartington National Bank.
On September 23, 1886, he was united in marriage to Bessie Hogenson at St. James, Nebraska. Mrs. Jones was born in Sweden in 1865. To them were born five children, three of whom, Arthur, Paul and Minnie, died in infancy. Mary, their fourth child, was born January 14, 1897, and Charles M., Jr., was born August 1, 1903. He is in the clothing business with his father at present.
Mr. Jones is a Republican, a member of the First Congregational Church, a life member of the Red Cross and is active in all civic organizations. He served as sheriff and deputy sheriff over a period of ten years, and was a member of the local school board ten years. Residence: Hartington.
Charles Sandusky Jones
Charles Sandusky Jones, educator, was born at Prentice, Illinois, February 24, 1862, son of Cyrus Graham and Nancy Sandusky (Ferguson) Jones. His father, who was born in LaFayette, Indiana, March 15, 1830, died at Nevada, Missouri, October 13, 1905. A farmer, he was also a poet, and was a member of the Nebraska legislature, He was a descendant of John
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Jones and of William Morris of Virginia, who fought in the Revolution. Nancy Sandusky Ferguson, his wife, was born in Kentucky, November 19, 1827, and died at Nevada, Missouri, June 17, 1912. Active in church and community affairs, she was descended from the Ferguson family of Kentucky and Virginia.
Educated first in rural schools, Charles S. Jones attended Humboldt High School and received his A. B. from Oskaloosa College in 1910. He was graduated from Peru State Normal School in 1893, attended Cotner College 1901-02 and spent several summers at the University of Nebraska. He was a member of the chorus at Peru and a life member of the Philomathean Society.
During the World War he was a member of the Home Guard and secretary of the County Council of Defense. He is a member of the Christian Church at Ord, and has held various offices in the Young Men's Christian Association, among them vice president 1889-90; president 1891-92, 1892-93; delegate to Lake Geneva 1892. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Nebraskana, and the Knights of Pythias, and Masons.
Active in civic affairs, he is a member of the Red Cross, and scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts of America, and in 1921 was secretary of the School Board at Ord. He is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers Association, and was at one time president and secretary of the district organization. His favorite sport is golf.
He married May M. Wyne, of Peru, in 1894. There are three children. Dora, born in 1896, attended Wesleyan university. She married Dr. K. C. McGrew and lives at Ord. Margaret Lillian, born in 1897, graduated from the Ord High School, married Dr. Glen D. Auble and lives at Ord. Howard E. was born in 1904; graduated from Clarkson High School and is on the Ord Quiz.
Clarence C. Jones
Clarence C. Jones, newspaper publisher, was born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, July 2, 1871, son of John Wesley and Anna E. (Irwin) Jones. The father was born in Zanesville, Ohio, September 30, 1850, and died at Rigby, Idaho, January 28, 1918. He was a newspaper man in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Idaho. The mother was born in Ohio, September 13, 1851.
Mr. Jones attended the public schools of Iowa and with the exception of three years (1899-1902), has been in the newspaper business. He began type-setting in 1887, at Gray, Iowa, and was later associated with his father at Gordon. In 1888 he went to Oelrich, South Dakota, and established the Advocate.
Later Mr. Jones was at Hot Springs with his father, who established the Herald. In 1893 they went to Lead, South Dakota, and the next year launched the Lead Daily Call. In 1902, after several years in a gold mine, he again took up newspaper work, as city editor of the Daily Cell and Lead Register. In 1909 he purchased the Brown County Democrat at Ainsworth, and with his wife still publishes it.
His marriage to Lillian L. Hedrick was solemnized at Hot Springs, May 10, 1902. She was born at Marengo, Iowa, September 13, 1869, and before her marriage was a teacher.
Mr. Jones is a Democrat. He is a member of the National and the Nebraska Editorial Associations, the Red Cross, and the Chamber of Commerce. He is a Woodman of the World. Residence: Ainsworth.
Daisy Viola Jones
Daisy Viola Jones was born at Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, daughter of Lachyman Oscar and Sarah Malinda (Swift) Shouf. Her father was a native of Polk, Ohio, born August 15, 1846. He was a manufacturer of tile and brick, and died at Bryan, February 17, 1881. His father, John Breckenridge Shouf, published the first Democratic newspaper in Bryan, in 1855. The Shouf family traced descent through the Breckenridges of Virginia, and the Culbertsons of Pennsylvania. Nancy Ann Franks, mother of Lachyman Shouf, was descended from Colonel Peter Livingood and from Jacob Franks, who built the first fort at Frankston, Pennsylvania. She was born June 11, 1809. John Breckenridge Shouf was born March 13, 1811, and died April 5, 1874.
Sarah Malinda Swift was born at North Eaton, Ohio, August 24, 1851, and died July 17, 1923. She was a poet and newspaper correspondent. On the paternal side she was descended from Richard Warren of the Mayflower, and on her mother's side from John Howland and Edward Fuller of the Mayflower.
Mrs. Jones was graduated from Bryan High School, and was valedictorian of her class. She later attended Ohio State University and Oberlin College. Coming to Nebraska, on November 25 1906, the date of her marriage to Roland M. Jones (see Nebraskana), she has since reesided (sic) here. She has one daughter, Sarah Ruth, born April 23, 1920.
She is a charter member of the Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants, ex-regent of Major Isaac Sadler chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, ex-state treasurer of the Daughters of the American Revolution, ex-state president of the United States Daughters of 1812, state registrar of the Daughters of American Colonists, ex-councilor and color bearer of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots, ex-board member of the American Legion Auxiliary and a life member of National Flag Association. She is a member of the Colony of New England Women and member of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. Residence: Omaha.
David Pierce Jones
David Pierce Jones, prominent banker at Hastings, Nebraska, has been a resident of this state for 56 years. He was born at Pauline, Nebraska, October 2, 1874, the son of Thomas T. and Margaret (Davies) Jones. His father was born at Talyaarn, Wales, January 29, 1846. His mother, who was interested in church and educational affairs, was born at Beddgelert, Wales, December 27, 1845, and died at Pauline, Nebraska, March 10, 1910.
Mr. Jones attended rural school and later was a student at Fremont Normal School. He served as clerk, cashier, and vice president, successively in the Exchange National Bank at Hastings from 1903 to 1926, was connected with the First National Bank of Hastings from 1926 to 1928, and since 1928 has been treasurer and business manager of Hastings College. He holds membership in the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Chamber of Commerce, and the Nebraskana Society.
For six years Mr. Jones served as a member of the Hastings School Board, and at this time is affiliated with the Methodist Church and the Young Men's Christian Association. He was prominent as a member of the committee on Liberty bonds sale during the World War.
His marriage to May Bourne was solemnized at Pauline, September 6, 1899. Mrs. Jones, who was born in Morgan County, Indiana, October 23, 1873, is descended from Major Frederich Goss of the Revolution. They have two children: Mary Ellen, born December 30, 1902; and Margaret Ann, born November 12, 1906. Both are public school teachers. Residence: Hastings.
Edith D. Jones
Edith D. Jones, better known in the professional world as Mrs. Will Owen Jones, is an accomplished pianist and instructor at the University of Nebraska. She was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, the daughter of Benjamin Rush and Precepta M. (Austin) Jenne. Her father, who was a major in the Civil War, was born in Vermont, and died in New York. His English ancestors came to America in 1623. Her mother, who was born a Massachusetts, died at Brattleboro when Edith Jones was an infant, and the child was adopted by her mother's sis-
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ter and took the name of Doolittle. She was a descendant of John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland of Mayflower fame.
Mrs. Jones attended the public schools of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and was a student at the University of Nebraska Preparatory School for two years. She attended the University of Nebraska for two years; was graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston; and later studied under Rafael Joseffy in New York City. Since 1897 she has been an instructor in the University School of Music at Lincoln; and since 1925, has been professor of piano at the University of Nebraska.
Her marriage to Will Owen Jones, a distinguished newspaper man in Nebraska, was solemnized at Lincoln, in 1889. Mr. Jones, who was born at Berlin, Wisconsin, in 1862, was for many years editor of the Nebraska State Journal. He died at Lincoln, January 29, 1928. One daughter was born to them, Mariel, who is instructor in piano at the University School of Music.
Mrs. Jones is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, honorary musical fraternity, and the Clef Club. She holds membership in the Matinee Musicale and the Sorosis Club. She is affiliated with the First Plymouth Congregational Church at Lincoln. She is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.
J. Arvid Jones
J. Arvid Jones was born at Vannas, Sweden, May 6, 1890, the son of Jonas and Erika Kristine Jonson. His father died in Sweden in 1897. His mother was born at Nordmaling, Sweden, and died at Vannas, September 8, 1918.
Mr. Jones attended school in Sweden, and in 1916 was graduated from the Theological Seminary at Chicago. He received the A. B. degree at Nebraska Central College, Central City, Nebraska, 1919. For three years he served the Siloa Mission Church, for five years was clergyman at Marquette, Kansas, and since 1924 has been pastor of the Ceresco Mission Covenant Church at Ceresco, Nebraska. He is chairman of the Evangelical Mission Association of Nebraska, is a member of the board of foreign missions of the Southwest Evangelical Mission Convenant of America, and is a member of the Nebraskana Society. He is a Republican.
On June 28, 1916, he was married to Hilder Ethyl Udd at Mead, Nebraska. Mrs. Jones was born at Mead, May 26, 1894. Two children were born to this marriage: Eleanor Arvida, May 29, 1918; and Rosalie, born September 2, 1920. Residence: Ceresco.
James Arthur Jones
James Arthur Jones was born at Peoria, Illinois, September 25, 1878, the son of Emanuel and Hester Medora (Deal) Jones. His father, who is a farmer, was born at Jackson, Ohio, January 10, 1846, of Welsh ancestry. His mother was born of German parentage at Jackson, Ohio, September 7, 1854, and died at Holdrege, Nebraska, November 28, 1931.
Mr. Jones completed a business college course and taught in a rural school for two years. He was connected with the First National Bank at Hastings, Nebraska for a year, was a clerk and timekeeper for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad until 1907, and since 1907 has been engaged in farming in Phelps County, Nebraska. He is president of the Funk Oil Company, is township treasurer, and is president of the Funk and Haydon Telephone Company.
He is affiliated with the Evangelical Free Mission and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. On June 2, 1908, he married Ellen Marie Norberg at Funk. Mrs. Jones was born of Swedish parents at Holdrege, September 25, 1885. They have one daughter, Mildred, born August 3, 1909. She was graduated from the Holdrege High School in 1927, attended teachers college for two years, and is now teaching school. Residence: Funk.
Mariel Theresa Jones
Mariel T. Jones, pianist of note and musical educator, was born at Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of William Owen Jones and Edith Precepta (Doolittle) Jones. Her father, who was born at Berlin, Wisconsin, October 6, 1862, was editor of the Nebraska State Journal. A member of the staff of this paper for over 40 years, he was an outstanding figure in editorial circles. He died at Lincoln, January 29, 1928. Her mother, who was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, was a Mayflower descendant. She is a talented pianist and has been instructor at the University School of Music for many years.
Miss Jones was graduated from the Lincoln High School, after which she began an extensive musical education. She was graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1912 with the degree, A. B.; was awarded her Bachelor of Music degree at the University School of Music, 1913-15; and took post graduate work there in 1918. She has attended the following schools: Chicago Musical College, 1919; Chautauqua Summer School, 1924; Matthay School at London, one of the foremost pedagogues of the world, 1927-28; and Shakespeare Studios at Chicago.
She was distinguished in college by election to various honor societies through scholastic achievement. Among them are: Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Lambda, Alpha Rho Tau, Mortarboard, the German Club, and the Latin Club. She is a member of Delta Gamma, and Sigma Alpha Iota, of which she is patroness. She has been presented in several piano recitals.
During the summer of 1917 Miss Jones was instructor at York College. She acted as accompanist at the LeBaron-Wheatley Studios, 1916; and since 1919 she has been an instructor at the University School of Music at Lincoln.
She is a member of the Clef Club and holds membership in the following social and professional societies: Mortarboard Alumnae, Musical Art Club, Matinee Musicale, Delta Gamma Alumnae, and Sigma Alpha Iota Alumnae. Her favorite sports are hiking and swimming. Her hobby is cooking. She is affiliated with the First Plymouth Congregational Church of Lincoln. Residence: Lincoln.
Myrtillo Lester Jones
Myrtillo Lester Jones, optometrist, was born at Greeley, Iowa, December 12, 1869, son of Rollin James and Alice Sophia (Vernal) Jones. The father was born at Norfolk, New York, May 17, 1837, and was a farmer of unusual ability and success. He owned the first McCormick reaper and the first Beloit self rake harvester in Delaware County, Iowa. He died at Greeley, May 31, 1905. His ancestors, who were thrifty Welshmen, came to America about 1818. Alice Sophia Vernal was born in Glastenburg, Vermont, March 9, 1841, and died at Bennett, May 12, 1918. She taught school in her early life and was a natural musician. Her ancestry was English.
Mr. Jones attended rural school near Greeley, Iowa, and graduated from Greeley High School in 1886, and received the Bachelor of Science degree in 1890 from Epworth Seminary. During 1887 and 1888 he studied at Upper Iowa University. In college he was active in both debating and dramatics.
On October 14, 1895, he was married to Clara Luella Palmer at Fairfield. Mrs. Jones was born at Monmoth, Illinois, May 8, 1872, of early American ancestry. They have two children, Alton V., born August 3, 1899; and Frieda Pauline, July 6, 1915. Alton is a graduate of Drake University and also of the Institute of Musical
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Art in New York. He is one of the most outstanding of the younger artists on the American concert stage, and was mentioned by Winthrop Tyron, New York correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor, as one of the twelve most important pianists now before the public. At the present time he is head of the piano department of Columbia University summer school, and a member of the faculty at the Institute of Musical Art. Frieda Pauline is still in high school and is also unusually talented musically.
Mr. Jones served his apprenticeship under J. H. Boyce of Fayette, Iowa, in watch repairing, and was later graduated from the Chicago Watchmakers Institute. He is also a graduate of LeGrange Optical Institute, and the owner at the present time of an attractive jewelry store a Fairfield, which is operated by G. T. Patton. He was admitted to practice in Nebraska in April, 1909, and for three years served as an examiner in optometry under appointment from Governor Shallenberger, and again served for three years, appointed by Governor Bryan. He is a member of the Nebraska Association of Optometrists (charter member), and served one term as president of the Nebraska Association in 1911. He is a member of the Fairfield Community Club (president 1929), a member of the local school board (1928-), and a member of the Fairfield board (1929-). He is also a member of the Central Nebraska Optometric Study Club which meets each month in Grand Island.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Red Cross and assisted in Red Cross drives during the late war. His religious affiliation is with the Christian Church of Fairfield. He is a 32nd degree Mason and member of the Shrine, and a member of the National Georgraphic (sic) and the Nebraskana Society. In his younger days he enjoyed playing baseball and still is a baseball fan. His hobby is devotion to the science of the conservation of vision. Residence: Fairfield.
Orel Jones
Orel Jones, druggist at Oconto, was born at Malvern, Iowa, February 6, 1877, son of Norvel and Ellen (Nelson) Jones. The father, born at New Windsor, Illinois, August 31, 1845, died at Grand Island, May 6, 1927. He was a farmer, whose father came to the United States from Canada in 1837, crossing the Chicago river on a pontoon bridge. Ellen, wife of Norvel, was born in Sweden and died at Logan, Iowa, March 21, 1909.
Educated first in the Madison public schools, Orel Jones was graduated from high school on May 26, 1893, and from 1899-1900 attended Highland Park College at Des Moines, where he studied pharmacy. He was admitted to practice in Iowa in August, 1900; in Wyoming in 1903; in Nebraska in June, 1905, and now holds a national certificate.
From 1893-98 Mr. Jones taught school. Since leaving college he has been engaged in the drug business continuously in Nebraska, except four years spent in that business at Loveland, Iowa. Since February 6, 1910 he has been the owner of a pharmacy at Oconto.
On January 6, 1904, he was married to Eva Pearl Hope at Little Sioux, Iowa. She was born there on December 26, 1879. Mrs. Jones is a pharmacist, attended the same college that her husband did, and was registered at the same times.
Mr. Jones is a Republican. During the World War he was vice president of the Custer County Council of Defense, a four minute speaker, and active in Red Cross and other drives.
He was president of the Nebraska Pharmaceutical Association in 1920, is a member of the National Association of Retail Druggists, was a member of the Pharmaceutical Examining Board 1913-17, and is now treasurer of the board of managers of the proprietors division of the Nebraska Pharmaceutical Association.
For twenty-two years Mr. Jones has been clerk of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a trustee and superintendent of the Sunday School of the Evangelical Church, has served on the local school board eight years and as village clerk six years. He devotes much time to reading. Recently he was made a life member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Oconto.
Ralph Edward Jones
Born at La Fayette, Illinois, August 28, 1867, Ralph Edward Jones is the son of Rufus Sheridan and Mercy Jane Taylor Jones. His father, who was born at La Fayette, August 20, 1841, and died near Ainsworth, Nebraska, September 26, 1917, was a farmer and carpenter who came to Nebraska in 1883 as a homesteader. His mother, who was born at Kentontown, Kentucky, October 5, 1845, and died at Norden, Nebraska, December 28, 1929, received her early education in the public schools of Stark County, Illinois; her parents were Kentuckians who moved to Illinois in 1847.
Mr. Jones received his education in the public school at La Fayette, Illinois. He served as a clerk in a mercantile establishment at Ainsworth and Spencer, and a little later entered business independently at Norden, Nebraska. Until 1920 he owned a store at Springview, Nebraska; he is now retired on his country home near that community.
During the World War he served as chairman of the county Red Cross organization, was a member of the Council of Defense, and sold war bonds and savings stamps. He is chairman of the disaster relief committee for Keya Paha County, American Red Cross, and is consul of Camp Number 6194 of the Modern Woodmen of America.
He was united in marriage with Clara Eliza Swett at Ainsworth, July 26, 1892. Mrs. Jones, the daughter of Alanson R. and Susan Jane (Tinsley) Swett, was born at Bowman's Grove, Iowa, March 5, 1864. Their two children are: Leah, born June 20, 1893; and Beatrice, born July 25, 1897. Both daughters received their educations at the Springview School, as well as at Brownell Hall in Omaha, and studied at the University of Nebraska. Beatrice is married to a Lincoln business man. Residence: Springview.
Roland M. Jones
Roland M. Jones was born in Ottawa, Illinois, December 17, 1877,, and shortly after his birth his parents moved to Ashtabula, Ohio. His father, John Page Jones, was the son of John Paul Jones, who was one of the "Squirrel Hunters" during the Civil War. John Paul Jones was the son of William Jedediah Jones, who served as a hundred day man in the War of 1812. He was the son of James Jones, captain, who helped in gaining American independence during the Revolution as naval inspector.
John Page Jones married Lillian Artemesia Morrill, daughter of Moses Morrill, a drummer boy from Ohio in the War of 1812. Roland M. Jones was graduated from Adelbert College, Western Reserve University in June, 1901. That fall he came to Omaha, and in 1902 began work on the Omaha World-Herald. He went to Toledo in 1904 and was on the staff of the Toledo Blade one year, returning to the World-Herald in 1905, where he has served continuously to date. He has been police reporter, city hall, state and national political reporter, night editor, city editor, and from the last mentioned enlisted in the World War. He was commissioned first lieutenant at Fort Snelling, served at Camp Dodge, and was overseas with the 88th Division, 351st Infantry. Upon his return to Omaha he became news editor of the World-Herald. He is now an editorial writer for the World-Herald.
On November 25, 1906, he was united in marriage to
