An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 471-472

	STANTON H. JONES. -- Among the representative citizens of Klickitat county
no one is more worthy of honorable mention in this volume than he whose name
heads this sketch. His career began in the Buckeye State, where he was born
March 23, 1830, a son of Saventon J. and Elizabeth (DeNoon) Jones, natives of
Maryland and Ohio, respectively. The father died in 1850, the mother having
passed away several years previously, leaving a family of seven children,
Stanton H. being the fifth-born. He was reared to the independent life of a
farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1854. Desirous of seeing the
great Western country, and verifying the reports of the rich gold fields that
lay beyond the plains and the Rocky mountains, he set sail from New York bound
for the Isthmus of Panama, from which port he took the John L. Stephens and in
due time arrived in San Francisco. Thence he proceeded to Sierra county, where
he engaged in the all-absorbing occupation of mining. For three years he sought
the yellow dust, meeting with indifferent success. For a time he was interested
in a schooner plying the Bay of San Francisco, but in 1857 he came to Washington
and located on Puget Sound, near Olympia, where he operated a sawmill for a
time. In 1858 he was one of the Frazer river victims. Returning to California he
settled up his business there, and the following year located in Klickitat
county. He has resided on his present farm since 1818, the place consisting of
475 acres, of which 140 acres are under cultivation and annually sown to grain.
He also gives some attention to the raising of live stock, and has some fine
specimens in his fields. Studying Nature with a keen and sympathetic mind he has
learned in any of her secrets, and to such earth yields her choicest gifts.
	Mr. Jones is a Republican of the pronounced type. He has served as County
Assessor, and is now an efficient member of the School Board. He is a Trustee of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his family are members.
	He was united in marriage June 2, 1870, to Miss Harriet Boots of Missouri,
and to them one son has been born, George W.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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