W. H. JONES was born January 13, 1839, in Lyon County, Ky., and is the second son of G. B. and Sarah Jones, the father a native of Kentucky, and the mother, of Greenbrier County, Va. Subject's paternal grandfather, John Jones, was a native of South Carolina. He was among the early pioneers of Lyon County, and settled in the neighborhood of New Bethel, between Eddyville and Fredonia, where he died some years ago. G. B. Jones, subject's father, was born February 23, 1807, and spent the greater part of his life in Caldwell and Lyon Counties. He died in March, 1881. The maiden name of subject's mother was Sarah Holsapple, She was a daughter of Henry Holsapple, who came from Virginia in an early day and settled in Lyon County, dying there before subject was born. Mrs. Jones died in 1878, aged sixty-five years. W. H. Jones commenced life for himself as a shoemaker, which trade he followed for fourteen years. October 28, 1878, he engaged in merchandising in the village of Dulaney, a station on the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad, which business he still continues, carrying on an extensive trade with a stock aggregating $4,000. In 1881 he was appointed deputy county clerk under F. A. Pasteur, and served in that capacity one year. He has been assistant postmaster and postmaster fifteen years; railroad agent since 1873, and express agent for about four years, holding at present the positions of postmaster, railroad agent and express agent. Mr. Jones was married January 12, 1874, to Malvina G. Yates, daughter of G. W. and Martha Yates, of Lyon County.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 705.