DEATH OF A PIONEER.
Dr. Erasmus Jones Passes Away at the Home of His Son in Minneapolis.
Dr. Erasmus J. Jones, a prominent pioneer citizen of this county, died at the residence of his son Theodore in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 24, 1892. The remains were brought to Porter Wednesday and buried in the Kimbell cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
The history of the deceased is a part of the history of Porter county. He was born in Ohio in 1814 and was one of twelve children born to Erasmus and Mary (Sellers) Jones, both natives of Virginia. The elder Jones was one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1778. Dr. Jones' mother was well educated, and, as there were few or no educational facilities in those days, she educated her son to nearly all he received, but, as the doctor is a self-made man, he early became interested in the study of medicine before he had the least idea of making it a profession, and did so only because he was urged to. The doctor lived, married, studied and practiced medicine in the house in which he was born until 1846; he had studied and reported progress to a physician near, but as M. D.'s were few and far between, and it was a sickly season, he was pressed into practice when only sixteen years old. In 1840 he went to Philadelphia and attended the Jefferson medical college. In 1846 he went in partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. J. G. Kyle, an excellent physician in southwestern Ohio, but, on account of his wife's health, he concluded to go west in 1851, and procured a four-horse team and driver and started, intending to go to Iowa. Upon arriving in Porter county his family to sick which caused him to stop, and , on account of inducements offered by the people of Gossett settlement, he located there, intending to stay but a short time, but remained until 1859, when he was elected county clerk and lived in Valparaiso for two terms. He then removed to Chesterton where he resumed practice, and was in the drug business until 1881; then went to New Porter where he remained until last fall when his wife died. He then went to Minnesota to live with his son. Dr. Jones has always been a strong abolitionist and a republican. He was married in 1836 to Susan McCafferty, a native of Ohio. She died in 1839. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Bullard, a native of Xenia, Ohio. The doctor had six children living -- Laura Terry, Theo. C., Mary J. Sovereign, Joseph A., Schuyler C., and Willie.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 42, Page 5, Column 4.
[Note: This death notice was republished in its entirety "by request" in the February 5, 1892, issue of The Tribune; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 6.]
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TALK OF THE TOWN
Theo. Jones, who has been here since Tuesday to attend the interment of his father's remains, returned to his home in St. Paul Saturday.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 5, Column 1.
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Card of Thanks.
I desire to express my gratitude and return my sincere thanks to the many kind People of Porter county for their assistance and sympathy at the funeral of my father, Dr. E. J. Jones.
T. C. JONES,
In behalf of the family.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; February 5, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 5.
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The following story concerning Erasmus Jackson Jones was extracted from a family tree archived on Ancestry.com:
Erasmus Jackson Jones, a physician, along with his wife Elizabeth, took his family and Aunt Charlotte, who was one of the old family slaves who did not want to leave them, and joined a wagon train of forty families. The families in the wagon train reportedly represented every profession and trade. The wagon train traveled westward from Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Upon arriving in Chicago, Jones found it to be such swamp land that the family moved eastward and settled in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, located southeast of Chicago.
Dr. Erasmus Jackson Jones and his family continued to live in Valparaiso and Chesterton where he practiced medicine and held various public offices. Erasmus operated his own drugstore and was assisted by his son Theodore who was a pharmacist. The children went to school on College Hill - today's Valparaiso University.
Erasmus had a hobby for riding horses, of which he had a very fine stable. One of his daughters, Laura Alta Jones, was also fond of horses and often claimed that "if she were a man, she would follow the ponies."
Dr. Erasmus Jones Passes Away at the Home of His Son in Minneapolis.
Dr. Erasmus J. Jones, a prominent pioneer citizen of this county, died at the residence of his son Theodore in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 24, 1892. The remains were brought to Porter Wednesday and buried in the Kimbell cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
The history of the deceased is a part of the history of Porter county. He was born in Ohio in 1814 and was one of twelve children born to Erasmus and Mary (Sellers) Jones, both natives of Virginia. The elder Jones was one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1778. Dr. Jones' mother was well educated, and, as there were few or no educational facilities in those days, she educated her son to nearly all he received, but, as the doctor is a self-made man, he early became interested in the study of medicine before he had the least idea of making it a profession, and did so only because he was urged to. The doctor lived, married, studied and practiced medicine in the house in which he was born until 1846; he had studied and reported progress to a physician near, but as M. D.'s were few and far between, and it was a sickly season, he was pressed into practice when only sixteen years old. In 1840 he went to Philadelphia and attended the Jefferson medical college. In 1846 he went in partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. J. G. Kyle, an excellent physician in southwestern Ohio, but, on account of his wife's health, he concluded to go west in 1851, and procured a four-horse team and driver and started, intending to go to Iowa. Upon arriving in Porter county his family to sick which caused him to stop, and , on account of inducements offered by the people of Gossett settlement, he located there, intending to stay but a short time, but remained until 1859, when he was elected county clerk and lived in Valparaiso for two terms. He then removed to Chesterton where he resumed practice, and was in the drug business until 1881; then went to New Porter where he remained until last fall when his wife died. He then went to Minnesota to live with his son. Dr. Jones has always been a strong abolitionist and a republican. He was married in 1836 to Susan McCafferty, a native of Ohio. She died in 1839. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Bullard, a native of Xenia, Ohio. The doctor had six children living -- Laura Terry, Theo. C., Mary J. Sovereign, Joseph A., Schuyler C., and Willie.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 42, Page 5, Column 4.
[Note: This death notice was republished in its entirety "by request" in the February 5, 1892, issue of The Tribune; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 6.]
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TALK OF THE TOWN
Theo. Jones, who has been here since Tuesday to attend the interment of his father's remains, returned to his home in St. Paul Saturday.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 5, Column 1.
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Card of Thanks.
I desire to express my gratitude and return my sincere thanks to the many kind People of Porter county for their assistance and sympathy at the funeral of my father, Dr. E. J. Jones.
T. C. JONES,
In behalf of the family.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; February 5, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 5.
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The following story concerning Erasmus Jackson Jones was extracted from a family tree archived on Ancestry.com:
Erasmus Jackson Jones, a physician, along with his wife Elizabeth, took his family and Aunt Charlotte, who was one of the old family slaves who did not want to leave them, and joined a wagon train of forty families. The families in the wagon train reportedly represented every profession and trade. The wagon train traveled westward from Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Upon arriving in Chicago, Jones found it to be such swamp land that the family moved eastward and settled in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, located southeast of Chicago.
Dr. Erasmus Jackson Jones and his family continued to live in Valparaiso and Chesterton where he practiced medicine and held various public offices. Erasmus operated his own drugstore and was assisted by his son Theodore who was a pharmacist. The children went to school on College Hill - today's Valparaiso University.
Erasmus had a hobby for riding horses, of which he had a very fine stable. One of his daughters, Laura Alta Jones, was also fond of horses and often claimed that "if she were a man, she would follow the ponies."
DEATH OF A PIONEER.
Dr. Erasmus Jones Passes Away at the Home of His Son in Minneapolis.
Dr. Erasmus J. Jones, a prominent pioneer citizen of this county, died at the residence of his son Theodore in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 24, 1892. The remains were brought to Porter Wednesday and buried in the Kimbell cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
The history of the deceased is a part of the history of Porter county. He was born in Ohio in 1814 and was one of twelve children born to Erasmus and Mary (Sellers) Jones, both natives of Virginia. The elder Jones was one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1778. Dr. Jones' mother was well educated, and, as there were few or no educational facilities in those days, she educated her son to nearly all he received, but, as the doctor is a self-made man, he early became interested in the study of medicine before he had the least idea of making it a profession, and did so only because he was urged to. The doctor lived, married, studied and practiced medicine in the house in which he was born until 1846; he had studied and reported progress to a physician near, but as M. D.'s were few and far between, and it was a sickly season, he was pressed into practice when only sixteen years old. In 1840 he went to Philadelphia and attended the Jefferson medical college. In 1846 he went in partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. J. G. Kyle, an excellent physician in southwestern Ohio, but, on account of his wife's health, he concluded to go west in 1851, and procured a four-horse team and driver and started, intending to go to Iowa. Upon arriving in Porter county his family to sick which caused him to stop, and , on account of inducements offered by the people of Gossett settlement, he located there, intending to stay but a short time, but remained until 1859, when he was elected county clerk and lived in Valparaiso for two terms. He then removed to Chesterton where he resumed practice, and was in the drug business until 1881; then went to New Porter where he remained until last fall when his wife died. He then went to Minnesota to live with his son. Dr. Jones has always been a strong abolitionist and a republican. He was married in 1836 to Susan McCafferty, a native of Ohio. She died in 1839. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Bullard, a native of Xenia, Ohio. The doctor had six children living -- Laura Terry, Theo. C., Mary J. Sovereign, Joseph A., Schuyler C., and Willie.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 42, Page 5, Column 4.
[Note: This death notice was republished in its entirety "by request" in the February 5, 1892, issue of The Tribune; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 6.]
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TALK OF THE TOWN
Theo. Jones, who has been here since Tuesday to attend the interment of his father's remains, returned to his home in St. Paul Saturday.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 5, Column 1.
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Card of Thanks.
I desire to express my gratitude and return my sincere thanks to the many kind People of Porter county for their assistance and sympathy at the funeral of my father, Dr. E. J. Jones.
T. C. JONES,
In behalf of the family.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; February 5, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 5.
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The following story concerning Erasmus Jackson Jones was extracted from a family tree archived on Ancestry.com:
Erasmus Jackson Jones, a physician, along with his wife Elizabeth, took his family and Aunt Charlotte, who was one of the old family slaves who did not want to leave them, and joined a wagon train of forty families. The families in the wagon train reportedly represented every profession and trade. The wagon train traveled westward from Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Upon arriving in Chicago, Jones found it to be such swamp land that the family moved eastward and settled in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, located southeast of Chicago.
Dr. Erasmus Jackson Jones and his family continued to live in Valparaiso and Chesterton where he practiced medicine and held various public offices. Erasmus operated his own drugstore and was assisted by his son Theodore who was a pharmacist. The children went to school on College Hill - today's Valparaiso University.
Erasmus had a hobby for riding horses, of which he had a very fine stable. One of his daughters, Laura Alta Jones, was also fond of horses and often claimed that "if she were a man, she would follow the ponies."
Dr. Erasmus Jones Passes Away at the Home of His Son in Minneapolis.
Dr. Erasmus J. Jones, a prominent pioneer citizen of this county, died at the residence of his son Theodore in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 24, 1892. The remains were brought to Porter Wednesday and buried in the Kimbell cemetery. The funeral was largely attended.
The history of the deceased is a part of the history of Porter county. He was born in Ohio in 1814 and was one of twelve children born to Erasmus and Mary (Sellers) Jones, both natives of Virginia. The elder Jones was one of the first settlers of Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1778. Dr. Jones' mother was well educated, and, as there were few or no educational facilities in those days, she educated her son to nearly all he received, but, as the doctor is a self-made man, he early became interested in the study of medicine before he had the least idea of making it a profession, and did so only because he was urged to. The doctor lived, married, studied and practiced medicine in the house in which he was born until 1846; he had studied and reported progress to a physician near, but as M. D.'s were few and far between, and it was a sickly season, he was pressed into practice when only sixteen years old. In 1840 he went to Philadelphia and attended the Jefferson medical college. In 1846 he went in partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. J. G. Kyle, an excellent physician in southwestern Ohio, but, on account of his wife's health, he concluded to go west in 1851, and procured a four-horse team and driver and started, intending to go to Iowa. Upon arriving in Porter county his family to sick which caused him to stop, and , on account of inducements offered by the people of Gossett settlement, he located there, intending to stay but a short time, but remained until 1859, when he was elected county clerk and lived in Valparaiso for two terms. He then removed to Chesterton where he resumed practice, and was in the drug business until 1881; then went to New Porter where he remained until last fall when his wife died. He then went to Minnesota to live with his son. Dr. Jones has always been a strong abolitionist and a republican. He was married in 1836 to Susan McCafferty, a native of Ohio. She died in 1839. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Bullard, a native of Xenia, Ohio. The doctor had six children living -- Laura Terry, Theo. C., Mary J. Sovereign, Joseph A., Schuyler C., and Willie.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 42, Page 5, Column 4.
[Note: This death notice was republished in its entirety "by request" in the February 5, 1892, issue of The Tribune; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 6.]
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TALK OF THE TOWN
Theo. Jones, who has been here since Tuesday to attend the interment of his father's remains, returned to his home in St. Paul Saturday.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 29, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 5, Column 1.
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Card of Thanks.
I desire to express my gratitude and return my sincere thanks to the many kind People of Porter county for their assistance and sympathy at the funeral of my father, Dr. E. J. Jones.
T. C. JONES,
In behalf of the family.
Source: The Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; February 5, 1892; Volume 8, Number 43, Page 8, Column 5.
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The following story concerning Erasmus Jackson Jones was extracted from a family tree archived on Ancestry.com:
Erasmus Jackson Jones, a physician, along with his wife Elizabeth, took his family and Aunt Charlotte, who was one of the old family slaves who did not want to leave them, and joined a wagon train of forty families. The families in the wagon train reportedly represented every profession and trade. The wagon train traveled westward from Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, to Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Upon arriving in Chicago, Jones found it to be such swamp land that the family moved eastward and settled in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, located southeast of Chicago.
Dr. Erasmus Jackson Jones and his family continued to live in Valparaiso and Chesterton where he practiced medicine and held various public offices. Erasmus operated his own drugstore and was assisted by his son Theodore who was a pharmacist. The children went to school on College Hill - today's Valparaiso University.
Erasmus had a hobby for riding horses, of which he had a very fine stable. One of his daughters, Laura Alta Jones, was also fond of horses and often claimed that "if she were a man, she would follow the ponies."
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