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Isaac C. Jones was born in what is now Webster County, Mo., February 16, 1851, and grew to manhood on the farm on which he is now residing. He was married here on the 28th of April, 1872, to Miss Alice Clayton, a native of Laclede County, Mo., and a daughter of John W. Clayton, by whom he has five children: William Campbell, V. May, Charles L., Bingham H. and Sadie. June C. died August 7, 1881, aged five years. Mr. Jones is the only child of Judge J. B. and Evaline (Jamason) Jones, who were born in North Carolina and Kentucky, respectively, the former’s birth occurring June 21, 1818. Evaline Jones was born May 30, 1822, in Kentucky. J. B. was taken to Tennessee when a lad of five years, and was there reared to manhood and married, the latter event taking place in McMinn County August 10, 1842. They farmed in that State for about four years after their marriage, then came to Missouri, and settled in what is now Webster County in 1846. Six years later they located on the farm on which Isaac is residing, and were obliged to labor very hard for a number of years to clear the land and get it under cultivation. He served one year in the State Militia during the late war, and was county judge four years. His death occurred on the 11th of October, 1888. Mrs. Evaline Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.