This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, Janney, Jarrett, Clark Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/2549 Message Board Post: William M. Jones was the son of John N. Jones and Deborah Janney. John N. Jones was the son of William Jones and Elizabeth Jarrett, early pioneers of the Wea Plains, and Deborah Janney was a daughter of Abel Janney. Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. WILLIAM M. JONES was born in the State of Indiana, County of Tippecanoe, on July 31, 1826, and came within four miles of where Ashland now is, in the spring of 1847; has seen, where Ashland now stands, growing in wild prairie grass, and has seen it also in a farm, growing grain, and now sees it in a beautiful little town. Commenced the practice of law in 1857, was admitted to the bar as an attorney to practice law by the Supreme Court of the State, on October 20, 1871; came to the village of Ashland in the spring of 1870. Never studied law in attorney's office, except his own. Never was in college a day in his life; came here as soon as he was discharged from the Mexican war at Newport Barracks, Kentucky, and was mustered out at New Orleans. He also served in the late war for the suppression of the rebellion. He was a private in Co. D, 26th Ill. Infantry, and was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, and discharged at Springfield, Illinois. He was wounded in Mexico, and carried the bullet for thirty-six years, and then had it taken out, and yet he has received no pension, for he has never asked Uncle Sam for any help. ______________________________________________________ Ashland Sentinel, Mar. 9, 1889 Ashland, Illinois JONES, William M. Died the 5th, William M. Jones. He resided here 19 years, practiced law and farmed. He was born in Tippecanoe county, IN, July 3, 1826, married Ellen Clark, July 2, 1851 in Morgan county, IL. They were the parents of ten children, 8 of whom survive along with his wife. He served in both the Mexican and Civil War, being in Co. D 26th IL Vol. Death was due to consumption. the funeral was from the Methodist Church and interment in the City cemetery here. Graveside services were conducted by J.L. Douglas Post. No. 592, G.A.R.