1827, and came to this country in July, 1836. He worked seven years in a rolling mill in Indiana and attended the Baptist University at Granville, Ohio. He then moved with his parents to Brown County, Minnesota, in 1856. Mr. Jones took part in the defense of New Ulm, during the Indian outbreak of August, 1862. A month later skulking Indians killed his father when they were stacking grain, and Evan fled to the woods, ran down a ravine and took refuge in a slough where he and two German neighbors remained in hiding for eleven days subsisting only on corn and one small melon which he obtained at night from a near-by field.

        He married Rachel Jones in June, 1866. He moved to near Lake Benton in 1878, and in 1879 traded the farm for the store and farm of L. Manchester near Bear Lake in Lowville township where he owned and operated the store and was postmaster there for many years.

        To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born: Elizabeth, Ellen, Mary, Hattie, Alice, Herbert, Diana, and Katie. Elizabeth was born in 1867.

        Ellen was born in 1868. She was united in marriage to Arthur Bock of St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. Ellen died in April, 1933. They had two children: Vera and Edna.

        Mary was born in 1869.

        Hattie was born in 1872. She married John Davis of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, in 1895. Hattie died Thanksgiving Eve, 1945. They had two children, Ann and Arnold.

        Alice was born in 1 874. She married John F. Nelson of Slayton, Minnesota, in 1901. He passed away in March, 1946. They have a daughter, Fern.

        Herbert was born in 1876. He was married to Jennie Augusta Bangston in 1906. They have two children: Oran, who married Ethel Miller in 1936. They have a daughter, Ruth Darlene. They live on the farm purchased by Grandpa Jones in 1879 and still owned by Oran's father, Herbert Jones of Balaton. Evelyn married Ernest Miller in 1935. They have two children, Roger Ernest and Dennis Burton.

        Diana was born in 1877. She married Glen Garrett of Mankato, Minnesota, in 1902. They have a son, Lloyd.


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        Katie was born in 1879. ln 1910 she filed on a homestead near Havre, Montana, where she met and married Joe Cuckler. They have four children: Daniel, Rachel, Herbert, and Alice Trudy.

        Evan E. Jones died on the old home farm in Lowville township November 15, 1904. He was born in Wales in 1827. His wife, Rachel, was also born in Wales in 1836 and died in 1915 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Nelson, near Kremlin, Montana.

        Herbert E. Jones was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan E. Jones. He farmed the home place for many years, is retired and now lives at Balaton.

        At the present time the five surviving daughters are living in or near Pasadena, California.


THE HANS JACOBSON FAMILY

        Mr. and Mrs. Hans Jacobson, who were born in Norway, came to Murray county in 1873. Hans, who was a founder of the township, came here in 1872. They built the first frame house in the township. Five children were born to the Jacobsons: Jacob, Mary, Bernt, Caroline, and Ludwig.

        Jacob married Mattie Amundson. They had four children: Mabel, Henry, Carl, and George. Jacob taught school in the county before going into business in Chandler. His son, Carl, is a graduate of Carleton. Mary married Charley Norwood. They had seven children: Rudolph, LaDue, Alva, Luella, Mabel, Eveline, and Sylvester. Luella is a graduate of Carleton and has a doctor's degree from Columbia. She also studied in Germany. Caroline married Nels Lewis. They have four children: Norma, Florence, Theodore, and Mabel.

        Ludwig married Bertha Rakness. They had two children: Ruel and Irene. Ludwig, a graduate of Mankato normal, was county superintendent, graduate of the Minnesota University and was supervisor of Minnesota rural schools. His children are St. Olaf's graduates.

        Bernt married Mary Clauson. They had five sons: Harry, Arthur, William, Leonard, and Rudolph. They adopted


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