HIRAM M. JONES

San Joaquin County

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HIRAM M. JONES.

HIRAM M. JONES was born in Washington County, New York, February 27, 1826, his parents being Cornelius and Fanny (Wilson) Jones; the father of Welsh descent and the mother of Irish. The father was a school-teacher in his early days, but spent the latter part of his life in farming. He emigrated to Illinois in 1835 and to California in 1850. In 1853 he returned to Illinois, and died in Batavia the age of eighty-six years; the mother died the same month at the age of seventy-two years.

Hiram was reared on a farm in Illinois. He started for California in 1850, crossing the plains with mule teams. The trip was a pleasant one and lasted seventy-one days. For three months after his arrival he carried on mining, then engaged in the mercantile business. At the termination of a year he commenced mining once more, following the same until the spring of 1852, when he settled on the Guadaloupe river in Santa Clara County. He was among the first farmers of the State. In 1855 he sold out and returned East, with the intention of remaining. He did remain three years, then sold out and crossed the plains once more. He settled in Alameda County, where he remained until 1861, when he went to Prescott, Arizona, where he followed the mercantile business and mining. In 1865 he returned to California and located in San Francisco, where he remained eight years. In 1871 he sold out his business and located in San Joaquin Valley, five miles from Stockton on a ranch of 120 acres. He afterward purchased ninety-six acres on the Waterloo road. He has improved his land greatly and has been very successful as a farmer. He owns 480 acres on Lone Tree creek. In 1888 he erected his fine residence, one of the handsomest and neatest on the road.

In 1848 he was married to Miss Ann Trobridge. She died leaving him four children, - Seymore, Mary A., Filmore and Fremont, twins. In 1877 he was married to Miss Lovina Morton, a native of Ohio. They have one child, Bertha L.

Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County, California, Page 308. Lewis Pub. Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.

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