ALEXANDER J. JONES was born in Wayne county, this State, January 9, 1820, the son of Robert and Tabitha Lard Jones; father was born in Orange county, North Carolina, September 25, 1790, and mother June 18, 1795; they moved to Tennessee, thence to Kentucky, thence to Wayne county, Illinois, in 1819, and to this county in 1828, where he followed farming until his death, May 16, 1874; mother died September 22, 1861. Alexander J. Jones, the subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, and June 26, 1871, he married Cassandra E. Hunt, a native of Tennessee; Melissa J., their only child. Mrs. J. died May 5, 1875. He was again married January 23, 1878, to Artrilla Bozant, nee Peddicord, who was born in Ohio June 17, 1837. Their child is Robert Alexander; her two children by her former husband are Viola E. and Phoebe Lillian. Mr. Jones has been a resident of this county ever since he first settled here except four years in Christian county. He now owns one thousand one hundred and eighteen acres of land, one hundred and sixty in Christian county, well improved and worth $60 an acre. In politics he is a Democrat.