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GEORGE W. JONES, one of the best known farmers and dairymen of the vicinity, resides at North Wales, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. The dairy is the especial department of Mr. Jones, being his favorite work. He is unmarried, and resides with his sister Emma Rebecca on the homestead farm. In the lifetime of their parents, the comfort of father and mother was a matter of solicitude to each, and since their death the comfort and welfare of each other has been their highest aim. In politics Mr. Jones is a Democrat of the old school, always going to the polls and voting his party ticket as a matter of principle, but never expecting or receiving any official position by way of recognition. Both are members of the North Wales Baptist church, and Miss Jones is much interested in church work.

John Mann Jones (father) was the son of Hugh and Mary Jones, the mother not changing her name on her marriage, although not connected by the ties of consanguinity with her husband’s family. John M. Jones was born on the homestead in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1805. He attended the schools of the district, and also gave his father needed assistance on the farm, acquiring habits of useful industry which served him well in later years. On relinquishing school studies, he devoted his time and attention to teaching school during the winter and assisting on the home farm during the summer. He married, March 22, 1831, Cordelia, born August 6, 1810, daughter of Edward Jones, of Gwynedd township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. After his marriage, John M. Jones located for a time in Gwynedd, near Kneedler’s Tavern, on a farm. Their children: Benjamin Franklin, born July 27, 1832, married, October 29, 1857, Margaret; born November 11, 1835, daughter of Wilson and Mary (White) Dance, of the village known as White’s Corner, in Upper Gwynedd township, farmers; Edward Agabus, born January 3, 1834, married Jennie_____ ; George Washington, subject of this sketch; Arabella, born June 10, 1837, widow of Francis Myers, of Bucks county, and they have a daughter Tina; Emma Rebecca, born November 23, 1839, is unmarried, and resides with her brother George; John Hugh, born February 23, 1849, married, and resides in Philadelphia; Howard, born September 25, 1851, died February 23, 1868.

Hugh Jones (grandfather) had the following children: Samuel, born June 15, 1790; Margaret, born in June, 1792; Amos, born October 8, 1794; Jesse, born August 8, 1798; Catharine, born May 13, 1802; John Mann, father of George W. Jones, born June 4, 1805; Thomas, born November 15, 1808; William, born June 16, 1811.

George W. Jones, born July 25, 1835, attended school until he was grown to manhood and then assisted on the homestead in farm work. He is actively interested in all that relates to the welfare of the community in which he lives, and is highly respected by all who know him.