JOHN O. JONES

JOHN O. JONES, an enterprising farmer of Meriwether County, is one of those who may look back with pride upon a brave and patriotic ancestry; both of his grandfathers having served in the Revolution.

His grandparents, John and Agnes (Ready) Jones, were Virginians who settled in this state early in the century, where, in Morgan County, their son, A. J. Jones, was born. They afterward removed to Mississippi, and there, in 1852, Mr. Jones died, full of years and honors. The wife of A. J. Jones was Miss Mary Dark, whose parents were early settlers of Meriwether County, in which county her son, John 0. Jones, was born in 1841, and reared upon the farm, receiving only the limited education common in those days in the country schools.

In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Capt. Howard's, Eighth Georgia Regiment, and was in the first battle of Manassas, and afterward in many others. As was the common lot of most of the Georgian troops, Mr. Jones returned from the war with empty pockets, and to a region made desolate by the passage of hostile armies, to begin life anew.

But with the natural courage and resolution of his character he at once set to work at the first thing which presented itself, hauling lumber from Senoia to Atlanta, and with the money thus earned laid the foundation of his present fortune, purchasing land and developing his fine and valuable farm.

In 1865 Mr. Jones married Miss Lizzie Glass, a native of Meriwether County, born in 1843; she is the daughter of James B. and Mary (Clower) Glass, the former a native of Jasper County, who came to this county in his boyhood, where he died in 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church. They have five children: James A., John H., William R., R. A. and Alina M., and the family is well known and esteemed in the community.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Containing historical accounts of the states civil, military, industrial and professional interests and personal sketches of many of it’s people, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895

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