History of Champaign County Ohio United States of America

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Biography of John Sills Jones

John Sills Jones, representative, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1835; son of William H. and Rachel (Sills) Jones. He was a student at the Ohio Wesleyan university, and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1857. He was elected prosecuting attorney for Delaware county in 1860, but resigned in 1861, and enlisted in the Federal army, serving as private and receiving promotion through the several ranks to that of colonel of the 174th Ohio regiment, and was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, June 27, 1865. He was mayor of Delaware, Ohio, 1866; prosecuting attorney of Delaware county, 1866-71; presidential elector, 1872; Republican representative in the 45th congress, 1877-79; a representative in the Ohio legislature, 1879-84, and during both terms chairman of the judiciary committee of the house. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' home, 1870-74; trustee of the same from 1887, and president of the board of trustees. He was also a trustee of the Wesleyan female college, 1865-74.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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