GEORGE W. JONES, Clerk of the appellate Court for Illinois, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1828, and reared and educated in Pike county, Illinois, of which his parents were early settlers; and his father, Nathan W. Jones, was one of the original proprietors of Griggsville, in that county, which is still the family home. George was elected Circuit Clerk of Pike county in 1860, for four years, on the Democratic ticket. In 1864, he retired, and four years later re-entered the office as deputy, serving until 1872, when he was again chosen Clerk for another term of four years. In the convention of that year he was nominated by acclimation, without opposition, in a county giving about eight hundred Democratic majority. In 1876, Mr. Jones was appointed by the court of his county as one of the Board of Commissioners to construct the Sny Island Levee, an improvement authorized by the general drainage law, for the reclaiming of overflow and swamp lands. The Commission constructed a levee fifty-two miles in length, and an average height of seven feet, through the counties of Adams, Pike, and part of Calhoun, thereby reclaiming about 110,000 acres of valuable lands. Mr. Jones served in the Board from 1872 till 1878, during which time they expended about $650,000. In the fall of 1878, h was elected Clark of the Appellate Court for the term fo six years, and assumed the duties of office December 4th of that year. He was a member of the County Board of supervisors in Pike for seven years, six of them, from 1866 to 1872, he was Chairman of that body. In 1850, Mr. Jones united in marriage with Cecilia Bennett, born in Delaware county, New York. Two sons compose their family; Frank H., a practicing Attorney in Springfield; and Fred, associated with a large railroad supply house of Chicago.