MR. EVAN G. JONES. BANGOR, LE CROSSE COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
EVAN G. JONES, of section 7, Bangor township, was born in North Wales, March 8th, 1821, a son of John Jones, deceased, a native of the same country. Our subject was reared to farm life, and received but a limited education, as there was no schools in his neighbourhood. He came to the United States in 1849, settling in Oneida county, New York, with his brother Hugh G. Jones, who had preceded him ten or twelve years. There he farmed until 1865, when he came to this country and lived one year on Fish creek, and then settled on the farm adjoining his present place on the west, just across the line in Hamilton township.He settled on his present farm in 1873, where he makes the raising of sheep and hogs his principal business, and where he owns 355 acres.
Mr. Jones was married in Oneida county, New York, March 9th, 1853, to Catharine, daughter of Evan Thomas, deceased. She was born in North Wales, also, and came to the United States in 1831. They have six children; John J., Elizabeth, William O., Richard M., Henry G., and Jennie C. Elizabeth married Thomas Jones, of Leon, Monroe county, Wisconsin, and has two children; Archie M. and Walter O.; William married Cora Carlyle, lives in Aberdeen, Brown county, South Dakota, and has one child, Lloyd C. The three youngest are single and at home. John was married but lost his wife by death, and now lives in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
The family are members of the Welsh Presbyterian Church.