Henry Jones, a prosperous farmer of Green township, Grant county, Indiana, was born in Henry county, this state, February 26, 1842. He is a son of John and Mary (Loudenback) Jones, natives of South Carolina and Virginia, respectively, and first located in Fayette county, Indiana.

        Henry Jones was educated in the public schools of his native county. At the age of twenty-three he came to Grant county and engaged in farming, a profession which he has followed successfully since. The farm upon which he now lives comprises two hundred and forty acres of land in a high state of cultivation. Excellent farm buildings, including a modern frame dwelling house, add to the value of the premises and adorn thr surroundings. Mr. Jones also owns a valuable tract of ninety acres located two miles north of the homestead. The product of this valuable property yields a handsome annual income from stock and grain. The average revenue from the sale of hogs and cattle amounts to a snug little fortune, some hundred head of the former and seventy head of the latter being marketed annually. Beyond question the Jones farm is the best and most valuable in Green township.

        Henry Jones was married March 2, 1873, to Miss Nancy Jane, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Rader) Funks, natives of Virginia. Her paternal grandfather was born in Pennsylvania and maternal grandfather was a native of Maryland. Mrs. Jones paternal family consisted of six children, named as follows: George W., John J., William H., Napolia H., Permelia R. (now Mrs. Newton Jones), and Nancy Jane. The eldest and youngest of her brothers are deceased. Henry Jones is a representative of a family of eleven children, viz.: Elizabeth (now Mrs. John Richman), Newton, Phillip, Adam (deceased), James (deceased), Mary (now Mrs. Charles Conn), Mrs. Cyrus was Jane Cathron, Henry, John, Barbara (Mrs. P. Bowers), and Daniel. The others are variously located and engaged in life's struggles on their own account.

        Henry Jones, of this review, is a man who stands very high in the community where all of his mature years have been spent. He is a recognized leader in local politics and wields a potent influence in the counsels of Democracy. Though not an office seeker in any sense he has nevertheless been honored by election to local offices of trust and responsibilty. In matters of religion Mr. Jones is independent. He believes in the principle of "free thought and free speech" in religious affairs as well as in matters of lesser importance. He spends his time in a general superintendence of ihs (sic) extensive estate and gives steady employment to two men on the farm.

        Such in brief is the outline of a life record well worthy of representation in a volume devoted to a history of the leading families of Grant county.