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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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THOMAS J. JONES, a well known retired farmer of Springfield township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is a native of Hilltown township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he was born March 9, 1831. He is the son of Edward and Rebecca (Owen) Jones. His father was a member of an old family of Welsh descent, long resident in that section of Bucks county. His mother, Rebecca Owen, was also of Welsh descent.
Edward Jones (father) was educated at such schools as were available in that day. On leaving school he engaged in the occupation of farming, and followed it all his life. By his marriage with Rebecca Owen, who was the daughter of a neighboring farmer, fifteen children in all were born.
Thomas J. Jones was educated in the schools of Hilltown, Bucks county, and on leaving school learned the trade of a stone mason, in which occupation he was engaged for more than a half century, but of late years he has lived a retired life. In 1898 he removed to Springfield, purchasing a valuable property at Flourtown, where he has since resided. Mr. Jones married, in 1855 Miss Anna S. Hottenstin, a daughter of Isaac Hottenstin, a farmer of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. She died suddenly March 3, 1904, and her remains are interred in Ivy Hill cemetery. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones: Alfred, Winfield, Elisha, Catherine, and another who died young.
Mr. Jones is an active Democrat, although he has never sought or held office. He and his family attend the Baptist church. He is interested in all that benefits his community, and is much respected by all who know him.
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