- REV. JENKIN L. JONES, Pastor of All Souls' Church; was born
in Cardiganshire, South
- Wales, Nov. 14, 1843; son of Richard L. and Mary (THOMAS)
JONES; his parents were noted for their independence of thought
in matters of politics and religion. Rev. Mr. JONES came to America
with his parents in 1844, and settled in Jefferson Co., Wis.;
they remained here twelve years, then moved to Sauk Co., where
they lived five years; thence to Iowa Co., where the father still
resides. In August, 1862, Mr. JONES, then in his 19th year, enlisted
in the 6th W.B.L.A., and served in the Western army till close
of the war; was in all the battles through which this battery
passed, among them Vicksburg, Corinth, Port Gibson and others;
he graduated at the Theological School at Meadville, Penn., in
1870; there married Susan C. BARBER; she has been Secretary of
the Wisconsin Unitarian Conference three years, and assisted
her husband in various ways in his general duties. Mr. J. first
took charge of the Unitarian Church at Winnetka, Ill., one year;
was State Missionary under the direction of the State Unitarian
Conference for one year, when he accepted a call to the pastorate
of All Souls' Church at this place, which position he now holds.
By special arrangement, Mr. J. spend one-fourth of his time in
visiting various families of the faith in different States of
the Union; in 1873, he was elected Corresponding Secretary of
the Western Unitarian Conference; for three years, he published
a series of Sunday-School lessons, the first ever published in
his denomination; he has been Secretary of the Western Unitarian
Sunday-School Society since its organization, and was mainly
instrumental in instituting it, in 1873. He has two children
- Mary Lloyd and Richard L.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 709.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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