This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, McConnell’s, Stevenson ‘s, Norris, Stobo, Butler, Sohn, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lh.2ADE/2076 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography: Jones, McConnell’s, Stevenson ‘s, Norris, Stobo, Butler, Sohn, PAUL S. JONES is president of the Columbus Abstract Company, a business founded sixty years ago, the first and the oldest abstract firm in Bartholomew County. In this business Mr. Jones is affiliated with his father, Henry C. (Harry) Jones, who is an attorney by profession. Mr. Jones represents the fifth generation of the Jones family in America. He is a descendant of Samuel Jones, who was born in Wales, in 1762. He came to the American colonies when a boy and was living near Frederick, Virginia, when he enlisted at Winchester to serve in the war for independence. He was in the army with the Colonial troops four years, part of the time in Captain Stevenson ‘s company. After the war he moved to Ohio, and died at Georgetown in that state in 1837. Tarpley Jones, son of the Revolutionary soldier, was born at Georgetown, Ohio, and enlisted there as a member of Captain McConnell’s Company of the Ohio Militia for service in the War of 1812. He served four years. ! After his death his widow, Phoebe Jones, applied for and was granted bounty land for his service. Samuel M. Jones, grandfather of Paul S. Jones, was a son of Tarpley and Phoebe Jones. He was born at Georgetown, Ohio, in 1824 and carried on the military record of the family by serving in the Mexican war, as first lieutenant and then captain of Company I, Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, under General Zachary Taylor. Later, in 1861, he joined the Union army during the Civil war. For many years his home was in Versailles, Indiana. Henry C. Jones, a son of Samuel M. and Elizabeth Jones, was born at Georgetown, Ohio, grew up in Indiana, was educated in Moore’s Hill College and graduated from the law Department of Indiana University. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and for seven years practiced law. In 1885 he went to Washington and for twenty-one years was an employee of the treasury department. Since returning to Indiana he has practiced law a! t Columbus and is a partner with his son in the Columbus Abstract Company. Henry C. Jones married Alta Norris, a native of Kentucky, and they were the parents of five children. Paul S. Jones was born at Washington, D. C., May 3, 1896, and attended school in the national capital. He was in high school at Versailles, Indiana, and then went east to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Boston and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute at Worcester Massachusetts. During his junior year, in May, 1917, he enlisted for service in the navy, was made an ensign in the Naval Aviation Corps, and served until May, 1921, after which for four years he remained in the United States Naval Reserve Force. During the war he was located at Norfolk, Virginia, and for six months was an instructor in heavier-than-air machines at Pensacola, Florida. In 1921, on returning to Columbus, Mr. Jones and his father bought the David Stobo Abstract Company from W. H. G. Butler. They chan! ged the business name to the Columbus Abstract Company. This business was established in 1870. Henry C. Jones is a member of the Indiana and County Bar Associations and the Sons of the American Revolution. Paul Jones belongs to the American Legion and is affiliated with the B. P. 0. Elks and Phi Sigma Kappa. Paul Jones married Charlotte Ann Sohn, of Columbus, and has two children, Myrton and Albert.