True Republican, 16 December 1914
Hon. Harvey A. Jones, for nearly 50 years an active attorney of this county, senior member of the DeKalb county Bar, and useful public spirited citizen, died on Saturday afternoon.
He bad been in poor health for some three years, but pluckiIy visited his office nearly every day, even up to the day before his death. He was taken worse on Saturday, and that morning was taken to the Municipal hospital where he passed away that evening.
Harvey A. Jones was born near Lafayette, Ind., on October 17, 1837, and was descended from Welsh ancestry, the first representative of the family in America. [Text illegible due to smudging] come from Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1710 and [illegible] on the [illegible] Welsh Tract, where yet stands the old Baptist church which five of Harvey A. Jones ancestors preached the gospel prior to the Revolution, and which bears the marks of many British bullets which were imbedded in its walls during the struggle for independence.
Harvey A. Jones' father David Jones was born near Richmond, Va., on February 18, 1798, but accompanied his parents to Monongalia county, now in West Virginia, when he was only three years of age, and when he was 16 years of age he became a pioneer of Clark county, Ohio, and in early manhood removed to Indiana. He was married to Mary Owens whose parents were southern Quakers. During their early married life they removed to Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Their children numbered ten, all of whom arrived at years of maturity but none of whom are now surviving.
Harvey A. Jones worked on the farm in summer and attended the public schools until he was 17 years of age when he matriculated in Wabash College Crawfordsville, Ind.; he completed the literary course however, in Lombard College, at Galesburg, Ill. He taught school in Missouri for one year or until the outbreak of the Civil War compelled the closing of the school. He then studied law in the office of Hon. A. M. Harrington of Geneva, Kane county until 1863, when he enstrong force of character, native entered the University of Michigan, being graduated from the law department in 1865. He located in Sycamore. He first formed a partnership with Daniel B. James later county judge then with Charles A. Bishop later circuit judge, and in 1891 he became associated with C. D. Rogers which partnership continued to the time of Mr. Jones' death.
On February 22, 1861, at Galesburg, Ill., Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Dudley Perkins, who survives. She was born at St. Charles, Kane county, Ill., on October 14, 1838, a daughter of Otho William Perkins, who came from Boston, Mass. to Illinois in 1834. Mrs. Jones' ancestors came to America long before the Revolution and took a prominent part in the war for independence. She is a lady of wide culture and high literary attainments. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born seven children of whom there are surviving Mrs. Mary Fuller Baker, who has been residing with her parents and who married Elmer J. Baker, publisher and one of the proprietors of the Farm Implement News of Chicago; and Mrs. Anna Kelly Clayberg, who married George M. Clayberg of Oak Park, principal of the McKinley high school, Chicago.
Mr. Jones during his residence in Sycamore of nearly half a century became closely associated with all movements and interests which had direct bearing upon the material, intellectual, and social progress of the city, had long been known as a man of intelligence and marked individuality. In the practice of law his devotion to his clients' interests was proverbial, and his energy, aggressiveness, shrewdness and thorough knowledge of the law made him a power before juries and the courts, but he never forgot that he owed high allegiance to the majesty of the law. He was the oldest member of the DeKalb county bar and was president of the DeKalb County Bar association. He was a man of individual native force and scholarly attainments, owing to his broad and comprehensive reading. Throughout his life he has been a student not only of his profession, but of general literature as well, and his life was enriched by the thoughts of the master minds of the ages.
In the summer of 1900 Governor Tanner appointed Mr. Jones commissioner from Illinois to the Paris Exposition. He sailed in June accompanied by Mrs. Jones and their daughter, Mrs. Clayberg. They were joined abroad by Mr. and Mrs. Jones' other daughter, Mrs. Baker, and granddaughter, Ruth M. Baker, who was at school in France. Together they made a tour of the principal countries in Europe, Mrs. Jones remaining abroad, most of the time in France and England, until October 1902.
The funeral services were held in the Universalist church this Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the direction of the Masons, of which order Mr. Jones had been a member for many years. The DeKalb County Bar association attended the services in a body.
There was a large attendance of friends and neighbors, many of whom had known this kindly man for many years, and a number of friends from out of town were present. Rev. G. H. Ashworth, pastor of that church, spoke. The remains were interred in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
Hon. Harvey A. Jones, for nearly 50 years an active attorney of this county, senior member of the DeKalb county Bar, and useful public spirited citizen, died on Saturday afternoon.
He bad been in poor health for some three years, but pluckiIy visited his office nearly every day, even up to the day before his death. He was taken worse on Saturday, and that morning was taken to the Municipal hospital where he passed away that evening.
Harvey A. Jones was born near Lafayette, Ind., on October 17, 1837, and was descended from Welsh ancestry, the first representative of the family in America. [Text illegible due to smudging] come from Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1710 and [illegible] on the [illegible] Welsh Tract, where yet stands the old Baptist church which five of Harvey A. Jones ancestors preached the gospel prior to the Revolution, and which bears the marks of many British bullets which were imbedded in its walls during the struggle for independence.
Harvey A. Jones' father David Jones was born near Richmond, Va., on February 18, 1798, but accompanied his parents to Monongalia county, now in West Virginia, when he was only three years of age, and when he was 16 years of age he became a pioneer of Clark county, Ohio, and in early manhood removed to Indiana. He was married to Mary Owens whose parents were southern Quakers. During their early married life they removed to Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Their children numbered ten, all of whom arrived at years of maturity but none of whom are now surviving.
Harvey A. Jones worked on the farm in summer and attended the public schools until he was 17 years of age when he matriculated in Wabash College Crawfordsville, Ind.; he completed the literary course however, in Lombard College, at Galesburg, Ill. He taught school in Missouri for one year or until the outbreak of the Civil War compelled the closing of the school. He then studied law in the office of Hon. A. M. Harrington of Geneva, Kane county until 1863, when he enstrong force of character, native entered the University of Michigan, being graduated from the law department in 1865. He located in Sycamore. He first formed a partnership with Daniel B. James later county judge then with Charles A. Bishop later circuit judge, and in 1891 he became associated with C. D. Rogers which partnership continued to the time of Mr. Jones' death.
On February 22, 1861, at Galesburg, Ill., Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Dudley Perkins, who survives. She was born at St. Charles, Kane county, Ill., on October 14, 1838, a daughter of Otho William Perkins, who came from Boston, Mass. to Illinois in 1834. Mrs. Jones' ancestors came to America long before the Revolution and took a prominent part in the war for independence. She is a lady of wide culture and high literary attainments. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born seven children of whom there are surviving Mrs. Mary Fuller Baker, who has been residing with her parents and who married Elmer J. Baker, publisher and one of the proprietors of the Farm Implement News of Chicago; and Mrs. Anna Kelly Clayberg, who married George M. Clayberg of Oak Park, principal of the McKinley high school, Chicago.
Mr. Jones during his residence in Sycamore of nearly half a century became closely associated with all movements and interests which had direct bearing upon the material, intellectual, and social progress of the city, had long been known as a man of intelligence and marked individuality. In the practice of law his devotion to his clients' interests was proverbial, and his energy, aggressiveness, shrewdness and thorough knowledge of the law made him a power before juries and the courts, but he never forgot that he owed high allegiance to the majesty of the law. He was the oldest member of the DeKalb county bar and was president of the DeKalb County Bar association. He was a man of individual native force and scholarly attainments, owing to his broad and comprehensive reading. Throughout his life he has been a student not only of his profession, but of general literature as well, and his life was enriched by the thoughts of the master minds of the ages.
In the summer of 1900 Governor Tanner appointed Mr. Jones commissioner from Illinois to the Paris Exposition. He sailed in June accompanied by Mrs. Jones and their daughter, Mrs. Clayberg. They were joined abroad by Mr. and Mrs. Jones' other daughter, Mrs. Baker, and granddaughter, Ruth M. Baker, who was at school in France. Together they made a tour of the principal countries in Europe, Mrs. Jones remaining abroad, most of the time in France and England, until October 1902.
The funeral services were held in the Universalist church this Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the direction of the Masons, of which order Mr. Jones had been a member for many years. The DeKalb County Bar association attended the services in a body.
There was a large attendance of friends and neighbors, many of whom had known this kindly man for many years, and a number of friends from out of town were present. Rev. G. H. Ashworth, pastor of that church, spoke. The remains were interred in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
True Republican, 16 December 1914
Hon. Harvey A. Jones, for nearly 50 years an active attorney of this county, senior member of the DeKalb county Bar, and useful public spirited citizen, died on Saturday afternoon.
He bad been in poor health for some three years, but pluckiIy visited his office nearly every day, even up to the day before his death. He was taken worse on Saturday, and that morning was taken to the Municipal hospital where he passed away that evening.
Harvey A. Jones was born near Lafayette, Ind., on October 17, 1837, and was descended from Welsh ancestry, the first representative of the family in America. [Text illegible due to smudging] come from Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1710 and [illegible] on the [illegible] Welsh Tract, where yet stands the old Baptist church which five of Harvey A. Jones ancestors preached the gospel prior to the Revolution, and which bears the marks of many British bullets which were imbedded in its walls during the struggle for independence.
Harvey A. Jones' father David Jones was born near Richmond, Va., on February 18, 1798, but accompanied his parents to Monongalia county, now in West Virginia, when he was only three years of age, and when he was 16 years of age he became a pioneer of Clark county, Ohio, and in early manhood removed to Indiana. He was married to Mary Owens whose parents were southern Quakers. During their early married life they removed to Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Their children numbered ten, all of whom arrived at years of maturity but none of whom are now surviving.
Harvey A. Jones worked on the farm in summer and attended the public schools until he was 17 years of age when he matriculated in Wabash College Crawfordsville, Ind.; he completed the literary course however, in Lombard College, at Galesburg, Ill. He taught school in Missouri for one year or until the outbreak of the Civil War compelled the closing of the school. He then studied law in the office of Hon. A. M. Harrington of Geneva, Kane county until 1863, when he enstrong force of character, native entered the University of Michigan, being graduated from the law department in 1865. He located in Sycamore. He first formed a partnership with Daniel B. James later county judge then with Charles A. Bishop later circuit judge, and in 1891 he became associated with C. D. Rogers which partnership continued to the time of Mr. Jones' death.
On February 22, 1861, at Galesburg, Ill., Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Dudley Perkins, who survives. She was born at St. Charles, Kane county, Ill., on October 14, 1838, a daughter of Otho William Perkins, who came from Boston, Mass. to Illinois in 1834. Mrs. Jones' ancestors came to America long before the Revolution and took a prominent part in the war for independence. She is a lady of wide culture and high literary attainments. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born seven children of whom there are surviving Mrs. Mary Fuller Baker, who has been residing with her parents and who married Elmer J. Baker, publisher and one of the proprietors of the Farm Implement News of Chicago; and Mrs. Anna Kelly Clayberg, who married George M. Clayberg of Oak Park, principal of the McKinley high school, Chicago.
Mr. Jones during his residence in Sycamore of nearly half a century became closely associated with all movements and interests which had direct bearing upon the material, intellectual, and social progress of the city, had long been known as a man of intelligence and marked individuality. In the practice of law his devotion to his clients' interests was proverbial, and his energy, aggressiveness, shrewdness and thorough knowledge of the law made him a power before juries and the courts, but he never forgot that he owed high allegiance to the majesty of the law. He was the oldest member of the DeKalb county bar and was president of the DeKalb County Bar association. He was a man of individual native force and scholarly attainments, owing to his broad and comprehensive reading. Throughout his life he has been a student not only of his profession, but of general literature as well, and his life was enriched by the thoughts of the master minds of the ages.
In the summer of 1900 Governor Tanner appointed Mr. Jones commissioner from Illinois to the Paris Exposition. He sailed in June accompanied by Mrs. Jones and their daughter, Mrs. Clayberg. They were joined abroad by Mr. and Mrs. Jones' other daughter, Mrs. Baker, and granddaughter, Ruth M. Baker, who was at school in France. Together they made a tour of the principal countries in Europe, Mrs. Jones remaining abroad, most of the time in France and England, until October 1902.
The funeral services were held in the Universalist church this Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the direction of the Masons, of which order Mr. Jones had been a member for many years. The DeKalb County Bar association attended the services in a body.
There was a large attendance of friends and neighbors, many of whom had known this kindly man for many years, and a number of friends from out of town were present. Rev. G. H. Ashworth, pastor of that church, spoke. The remains were interred in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
Hon. Harvey A. Jones, for nearly 50 years an active attorney of this county, senior member of the DeKalb county Bar, and useful public spirited citizen, died on Saturday afternoon.
He bad been in poor health for some three years, but pluckiIy visited his office nearly every day, even up to the day before his death. He was taken worse on Saturday, and that morning was taken to the Municipal hospital where he passed away that evening.
Harvey A. Jones was born near Lafayette, Ind., on October 17, 1837, and was descended from Welsh ancestry, the first representative of the family in America. [Text illegible due to smudging] come from Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1710 and [illegible] on the [illegible] Welsh Tract, where yet stands the old Baptist church which five of Harvey A. Jones ancestors preached the gospel prior to the Revolution, and which bears the marks of many British bullets which were imbedded in its walls during the struggle for independence.
Harvey A. Jones' father David Jones was born near Richmond, Va., on February 18, 1798, but accompanied his parents to Monongalia county, now in West Virginia, when he was only three years of age, and when he was 16 years of age he became a pioneer of Clark county, Ohio, and in early manhood removed to Indiana. He was married to Mary Owens whose parents were southern Quakers. During their early married life they removed to Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Their children numbered ten, all of whom arrived at years of maturity but none of whom are now surviving.
Harvey A. Jones worked on the farm in summer and attended the public schools until he was 17 years of age when he matriculated in Wabash College Crawfordsville, Ind.; he completed the literary course however, in Lombard College, at Galesburg, Ill. He taught school in Missouri for one year or until the outbreak of the Civil War compelled the closing of the school. He then studied law in the office of Hon. A. M. Harrington of Geneva, Kane county until 1863, when he enstrong force of character, native entered the University of Michigan, being graduated from the law department in 1865. He located in Sycamore. He first formed a partnership with Daniel B. James later county judge then with Charles A. Bishop later circuit judge, and in 1891 he became associated with C. D. Rogers which partnership continued to the time of Mr. Jones' death.
On February 22, 1861, at Galesburg, Ill., Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Dudley Perkins, who survives. She was born at St. Charles, Kane county, Ill., on October 14, 1838, a daughter of Otho William Perkins, who came from Boston, Mass. to Illinois in 1834. Mrs. Jones' ancestors came to America long before the Revolution and took a prominent part in the war for independence. She is a lady of wide culture and high literary attainments. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born seven children of whom there are surviving Mrs. Mary Fuller Baker, who has been residing with her parents and who married Elmer J. Baker, publisher and one of the proprietors of the Farm Implement News of Chicago; and Mrs. Anna Kelly Clayberg, who married George M. Clayberg of Oak Park, principal of the McKinley high school, Chicago.
Mr. Jones during his residence in Sycamore of nearly half a century became closely associated with all movements and interests which had direct bearing upon the material, intellectual, and social progress of the city, had long been known as a man of intelligence and marked individuality. In the practice of law his devotion to his clients' interests was proverbial, and his energy, aggressiveness, shrewdness and thorough knowledge of the law made him a power before juries and the courts, but he never forgot that he owed high allegiance to the majesty of the law. He was the oldest member of the DeKalb county bar and was president of the DeKalb County Bar association. He was a man of individual native force and scholarly attainments, owing to his broad and comprehensive reading. Throughout his life he has been a student not only of his profession, but of general literature as well, and his life was enriched by the thoughts of the master minds of the ages.
In the summer of 1900 Governor Tanner appointed Mr. Jones commissioner from Illinois to the Paris Exposition. He sailed in June accompanied by Mrs. Jones and their daughter, Mrs. Clayberg. They were joined abroad by Mr. and Mrs. Jones' other daughter, Mrs. Baker, and granddaughter, Ruth M. Baker, who was at school in France. Together they made a tour of the principal countries in Europe, Mrs. Jones remaining abroad, most of the time in France and England, until October 1902.
The funeral services were held in the Universalist church this Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock under the direction of the Masons, of which order Mr. Jones had been a member for many years. The DeKalb County Bar association attended the services in a body.
There was a large attendance of friends and neighbors, many of whom had known this kindly man for many years, and a number of friends from out of town were present. Rev. G. H. Ashworth, pastor of that church, spoke. The remains were interred in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.
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