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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
UISTORY OF NORTUERN CALIFORNIA. 469
another, the position being given rather to “him
that declared war rather than to him that fought
through it.” Captain Seymour, although now
an old man and broken in health, has yet the
fire and vigor of intellectual youth, and yet
shows in every lineament and in every feature
the type of a thoroughgoing gentleman and a
man of the world. He has a splendid memory,
and is a perfect mine of fact and incident of
the early and exciting days of the State’s history,
having aided the writer materially with information. He is an honored member of the Pioneer Society, and one of the best and most
favorably known of the Argonauts, a man of indomitable will and of magnificent attaiuments.
9 1 ee eee
JR RS. S.A. JONES is the widow of George
aa F. Jones, who was a pioneer, prominent
= citizen and business man of Northern
California. He was born in Hillsborough, April
4, 1828, and was educated in his native State.
At the age of eighteen he left home and spent
three years in the city of Boston. In 1849 he
sailed in the good ship America for the Pacific
coast, arriving in San Francisco in July of that
year. He engaged in minving and trading at
Georgetown, El Dorado County, and was successful. Then he spent a few months at Sacramentu, from which place he went to Shasta
County. where, in company with Mr. Catey, he
built and kept the Canyon House. In this en.
terprise he wae also fortunate.
In 1853 Mr. Jones married Miss Sidney Ann
McIntosh, a native of Kentncky and a danghter of Frederick McIntosh, also a native of that
State. The year following their marriage Mr.
and Mrs. Jones removed to the Lone Tree
Ranch, Colusa County, where he engaged in
stock-raising and wheat farming, but was not
successful. In 1859 he was elected Sheriff of
Colusa County, the duties of which he discharged so satisfactorily that he was re-elected
in 1861 by the largest majority ever given a
public officer in that county. In 1863 Mr.
Jones purchased the mercantile interest of
James N. Suydam in Colusa, and did a flourishing business there until 1866, when, in company
with Mr. Suydam, he came to Chico and
bought the mercantile business of E. B. Pond,
the present mayor of San Franciscv. For several years they did an extensive business, rapidly amassing a fortune. In 1869 he purchased
the interest of his partner, and for a time conducted the business alone, after which he
became associated with Messrs. Harris and
Sanderson. In 1871 he entered into partnership with E. J. Reilly, in the hardware business.To Mr. and Mrs. Jones eight children were
born, namely: Ellen, wife J. R. Robinson, of
Chico; A. F. Jones, alao a resident of Oroville,
a prominent lawyer and State Senator; Caroline
E. A., who became the wife of J. A. Turner, is
now deceased; Frances V., wife of John A.
Wheeler, a vineyardist of Napa; Isabell, wife
of William Howard, Sonoma County; George
A., Harry, a farmer near Chico; and Alice, residing with her mother.
Mr. Jones was a man whose whole business
career was characterized by an unusual amount
of energy. His overtaxed system yielded to
disease and, after a short illness, on Friday
morning, November 7, 1873, George Foster
Jones departed this life. He was a publicspirited man, an indulgent father and a most
affectionate husband. He had been prominent
iu Masonic circles and was also an honored Odd
Fellow. His friends and inembers of the fraternities to which he belonged came from all
parts of the State to attend his funeral. The
pall-bearers were J. N. Montgomery, E. L.
Pond, J. M. Decker, I. R. Bennett, J. W. B.
Montgomery and James C. Mitchell. Rev. Jesse
W ood delivered the funeral sermon and George C.
Perkins of Oroville, Deputy Grand Master, conducted services at the grave, and the last sad
rites were of a most impressive nature.
Their plans had been made for the erection
of a family residence, and after the death of
Mr. Jones his widow carried out her husband’s
intentions as nearly as possible, and she now has