His father, Job K. Jones, was a member of the Jones family of the eastern part of Tennessee, where he was born November, 1811, and accompanied his father, William Jones, to this county in November, 1814. He located in London, where he resided till his death, April 4, 1877. At that time, he had 813 acres of land in Union and Deer Creek Townships, which he had owned for many years. He married Miss M. C. Custer, a native of Rockingham County, Va., who accompanied her father, Paul Custer, to this county about 1822. She died in January, 1874. They were the parents of nine children, six now living. Two sons were in the late war. Jasper enlisted in Company K (Capt. Hanson's), Ninety-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; was taken prisoner, and confined in the Andersonville Prison, Georgia. After release, died at Wilmington, N. C. The other son, Berthier W., enlisted in Company D, Fortieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in the hospital at Franklin, Tenn.

Lived in London Ohio until his death

1840 Census- London, One male 0-5, one male 10-15, one male 20-30, one female 20-30, one free black 10-24. Occupation manufacturing - 2 employed.

1850 Census (38) Farmer Value of Land $500, Missourie (32), Jasper (9), Bruce P (7), Berthier (5), Winfield Scott (2), Infant Jones (4/12) Matilda Jones (12) ?

1870 Census, London Ohio with wife and Scott, Horace, Julia, Mimmie, and Lee. Occupation farmer.