WILLIAM R. JONES. DAWN, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, MISSOURI.
William R. Jones, an honoured resident of the south part of Livingston County, died suddenly Friday afternoon at Four o'clock while sitting in a chair at his home, three miles southeast of Dawn.Mr. Jones had been an invalid with heart trouble and athsma for six or seven years. About a week ago he was subjected to severe attack but had grown so much better that he was considered entirely out of danger. He was reading a paper and his wife and daughter were in another part of the room. They heard a slight noise and looked up to see Mr. Jones' head fall back and his body become rigid. Before either of them reached his side he had expired.
The deceased was one of the most influential and widely respected men in this portion of the country in which he lived. He was known among his friends as "King of the Welsh," that extraordinary totle being given him on account of his prominence among the Welsh settlers in and near Dawn.
He was born sixty-seven years ago in North Wales. When eighteen years of age he sailed to America and settled first in Utica, New York. After a few years residence there he went to Newark, Ohio, and from there removed to this county ib 1868. The family home has always been where Mr. Jones forst located, south of Dawn.
Mr. Jones was an active church worker, being identified with the Welsh Congregationalist congregation. He took an active interest in politics and during his life was honoured with several public offices. He was not known as an office seeker but never failed to do his duty when chosen by his fellow citizens to fill aplace of public trust. He was a member of the Blue Mound township board for two years.
He is survived by his widowm three daughters, Mrs. T. L. Williams of Bramer, Mrs. W. H. Morgan and Mrs. J. M. Evans, of Blue Mound township and three sons, Robert W., Gomer and Henry, all three of whom live at the family home.