Benjamin O JONES, .1
1848 - 1909 (60 years)-
Name Benjamin O JONES Suffix .1 Born 8 Nov 1848 Putnam Co., Indiana 
Gender Male Died 3 May 1909 Buried Providence Cemetery - Mount Meridian, IN.
Person ID I1511 John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree Last Modified 12 Sep 2018
Father Peter Alexander JONES
b. 9 Mar 1824, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana
d. 18 Mar 1899, Mt. Meridian, Putnam Co., Indiana (Age 75 years) Mother Julia Ann HOUGH
b. 9 Nov 1827, Madison, Jefferson Co., Indiana
d. 2 Feb 1901, Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana (Age 73 years) Married 21 Jan 1848 Putnam Co., Indiana Family ID F1067 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eliza ALLEE
b. 14 Jan 1850
d. 18 Nov 1932, Mt. Meridian, Putnam Co., Indiana (Age 82 years) Children 1. Edward JONES
b. 18742. Walter H JONES
b. 1877
d. 1902 (Age 25 years)3. Lulu JONES
b. 1881Last Modified 9 Apr 2016 Family ID F1071 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - . 1899 - When I was a small boy newspapers, were not common. After I began to road, J. W, Osborne* started a newspaper at Greencastle, called The Western Plough Boy. It was a 6 column paper & was printed & published "every Friday by J. W. Osborne. Osborne was the [grand] uncle of Julia Hough Jones, wife of Peter A. Jones. The Western Ploughboy was the first newspaper in Putnam County, Indiana.
For a long time I read his name Big W. Osborne. It seemed to me that the subscriber & the undersigned had more business than one else, except Mr. Co. who monopolized a good part of the paper in advertising. When I was about 8 years old [c. 1836] I went to the printing office to see them print & Mr. Osborne explained how was done.
The writer is Mastin H Jones was born in a log cabin near Greencastle in Putnam County, Indiana, January 7, 1828. His father was Benjamin Jones, who was born in Queen's County, Maryland, about 1779.
Ref: The Advance of Civilization by Mastin Jones*, June 1899, Davis Co., Iowa.
Note: Mastin H Jones, 1828-1899, buried Mt. Meridian Methodist Cemetery, IN. Mastin H is the son of Benjamin Jones & Esther Alexander. - - -
- . 1899 - When I was a small boy newspapers, were not common. After I began to road, J. W, Osborne* started a newspaper at Greencastle, called The Western Plough Boy. It was a 6 column paper & was printed & published "every Friday by J. W. Osborne. Osborne was the [grand] uncle of Julia Hough Jones, wife of Peter A. Jones. The Western Ploughboy was the first newspaper in Putnam County, Indiana.