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L. M. Jones
L. M. Jones, of the dry-goods and carpet firm, L. M. Jones & Co., was born in Wayne County, Ind., a son of Norris Jones. He was reared and educated in Centreville. When he was eighteen years of age he went into the recorder's office and served as deputy a number of years. He then commenced clerking for J. Forkner and in 1870 came with him to Richmond, and after his employer's death, Sept. 1, 1880, bought the stock and has since conducted the business under the firm name of L. M. Jones & Co. Mr. Jones was married in 1865 to Ella I. Forkner, a native of Centreville, and a daughter of J. Forkner. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2