Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1795.
Died: Eureka, Illinois, 1877.
Mr. Jones was one of the true leaders of the Restoration movement in Illinois in its beginning. In 1831 he came from Cincinnati to Jacksonville. There he gave the church for fifteen years active and efficient service. He moved to Eureka in 1847. He was a gentleman of fine intelligence and culture. His hospitality was cheerful and his dignity commanding. With the beginning of the college, he was made a trustee, and for twenty-five years never missed a board meeting.
His discrimination between things fundamental and incidental was superior. When objections were urged to voluntary meetings of individuals and representatives of congregations for the most effective dissemination of the truth, he was one of the first to answer these clearly and conclusively. He was a minister, a schoolmaster and a writer. His counsel was always wise and his spirit amiable and conciliatory. His influence was distinctly constructive. The memory of the just is his.