In 1859 he married Dorothea Hinamon, The had four children: Margaret, Harriett (Hattie), William and Ethel.
He served his nation in the Union forces during the Civil War. In his later years he attended GAR Conventions.
In 1888 he became the janitor for Union School (later Marion High School) on West Center Street - a position that he held until shortly before his death. In this position,, he was much beloved. School annuals from the 1895-1900 era prove that as student waxed poetic about his kind manners and friendly demeanor.
A volunteer fireman for the town and later city of Marion, when the Central Firehouse on Prospect Street was built next to his own home he was very content with his old friends as new neighbors.
He died in 1914, suffering from advanced cancer of his eye and skull.
Preceding him in death were his children Margaret and William, brother Samuel Jones and sister Sarah Jane (Jones) Dildine.
In 1859 he married Dorothea Hinamon, The had four children: Margaret, Harriett (Hattie), William and Ethel.
He served his nation in the Union forces during the Civil War. In his later years he attended GAR Conventions.
In 1888 he became the janitor for Union School (later Marion High School) on West Center Street - a position that he held until shortly before his death. In this position,, he was much beloved. School annuals from the 1895-1900 era prove that as student waxed poetic about his kind manners and friendly demeanor.
A volunteer fireman for the town and later city of Marion, when the Central Firehouse on Prospect Street was built next to his own home he was very content with his old friends as new neighbors.
He died in 1914, suffering from advanced cancer of his eye and skull.
Preceding him in death were his children Margaret and William, brother Samuel Jones and sister Sarah Jane (Jones) Dildine.
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