The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-01
THE FUNERAL OF
CHAS. A. JONES
Chas. A. Jones, Long Time Resident OF
Crawford County, Laid to9Rest
at West Side Last Thursday.
GAVE FORTUNE FOR MISSIONS

i CRAWFORD SOUnLyS 6dIu SVNHnSokf ifk
at West Side Last Thursday.
IeAvE FORTUNE FOR MISSIONS
Deceased Great Believer In Foreign
| Missions and Local Educational
Work Which He Supported.
The funeral of Charles A.. Jones
WAS held from the late residence on
South Main street last Thursday af-
ternoon at 1:30 o'clock, Rev. ]. L.
Boyd, pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal church, officiating The
funeral was largely attended, many
Of the relatives and old friends from q
distance being present. The remains
were taken to West Side on the af-
ternoon train where interment was
made in the West Side cemetery be-
side his wife.
Charles A. Jones was born at Shar-
on Springs. N. Y. May 8. 1888. He
died at his home in this city Dec. %,
1918, at the age Of IS years, Z months
and 20 days. &
A long and useful life has ended
in the death of Mr.. Jones. He was
pioneer resident of this county and
/ it is fitting that proper tribute be
paid to his memory.
Mr.. Jones spent the first twenty
three years Of his life in the state
of his birth, coming to Iowa from
New York in 1856. He located first
in Clinton county near Low Moor.
where he remained for sixteen years.
Two events OF this period deserve
lespecial mention.
i On April %, 1862. he was united
in marriage to Miss Cynthia A. Guiick
lat Low Moor. It was q happy mar
rage. His wife was woman OF UNI
usual ability and Of beautiful chris
4 tian character Her influence upon
Ibis life for good was remarkable.
Doubtless 1t would be his wish that
she should be given full credit, not
Ionly for his success In accommodating
property, but also for the. wise and
Ibeneficent way in which the bulk OF
This property was disposed Of,
4 The other event Waa his c0nyex
SlRi0n, which occurred y0sylas
slthree years after HIS 1aArffa
was the beginning OF q
THAT though quiet aud und emOnattAt-
live, continued for more than ~ half
century. During all those years ne
was an active member and regular
supporter of the Methodist Episc copal
lchurch.
i One child was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones, which died in infancy.
In 1872 they came to Crawford
Icounty and located on farm adj0tn-
ling the town OF West Side. They re- 4
lmained there for over thirty years.
These years were filed with toll and 1
blessed with prosperity. I.i,
i Mr.. Jones having reached h the full
three score years and ten, and hav-
ling fully earned a rest from the ac-
Tive duties OF the farm, retired from
1.-THE farm in 1903 They came to Dem
,lison and built beautiful home where
lthey spent nine happy years In the
lenjoyment Of the rest so well deserv-
led. On Nov. IA, 1912, his wife was
slcalled to her heavenly home. For q
little more than fifty years they had
.ljourneyed together. Now after six
lyears OF waiting he too was called to
THAT eternal rest. .sss y
4 Since his wife's death. her sister,
Mrs. Sarah Wagner, who had made
slher home with them for q number Of
Years, has had charge of&the house
lhold. As his strength failed he still
thad the ministry OF loved ones, sand
5lall the care and comforts needed: to-
lcheer him in his last days AS he
became more feeble he frequently ex-
tpressed a desire ito 60 home He
Twas i'll but few days. For the fifst'
time in his more than eigAty-iye
Years, as physician was called to min
lister to him. A nurse WAS secured
slhis relief But enfeebled by HIS great
Iment, andsafter few days Of suffer-
ling found release In death. XII
4 The greater portion OF his fortune,
|amounting to some fifty or sixty thou
sand dollars, has been SO administered
las to continue to be q blessing He
had given, some years ago through
THE annuity plan, forty thousand dol
liars to the Missionary society OF the
! Methodist church. Bishop, sIseyiss
when here recently said that thirty
ltHUuSduU sOA tuat HdvSU ~ bCuuOlsf III
iChina that is now doing great work.
ESQ his work will 90 ON through the
|years and even the centuries,
OF near relatives surviving he has,
lone brother, George Jones, Of Sharon
Springs, N.Y., and two sisters. Ms.
Margaret Straten and Mrs. Charlotte
bowman, both Of whom are widows.
Mrs. Wagner. his sister-inslaw. \. and
many other distant relatives survive
Ihim. # a. s3ls ssls s u VI M
4 Old friends and neighbors OF the
other years will unite In that sorrow
THAT comes from the breaking sof the
l tender ties Of kinship and Of friend
EIship. sS ssss
Those from q distance In attendance
lat the funeral service were MI. and
Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Qmah a; Mr. and
Mrs. David Fellinghan Council
Bluffs 1; Menzlow Jones, IewellAI lowe;
Mr. and Mrs. "A. f, Dean, Rockwell
City; Mrs. Crank Wagner and g. w
n Payne, Of West Side. I. Y