Show one of ill the roost moist and ale plc tur esque rs in american history it 1 li borno cd liy by the death of uen gen george V jones bonc s probably iruh ably there 1 Is no do mail now living nho lio liis has taken a 1 mura more notable part in the early devel opulent ot of the ali country thin did rn ell junes jones ile ho N hiis as a drun liner boy in the ali war of 1812 lie ile saw active berince in tile the blackhawk vu of 1832 is ills life cont red tred nearly the whole range fruin front tile the earliest polled of the nations s history to the present tiivi ile iio knew the marqula de ind iid he be nas ns an intimate friend of jefferson Dt atris vl being lican one of tile the pall blaier 3 s at tile bitters lAt 1 fut lutteral teral only a few years vears ago the completo om pleto history of the development or of the united states conle canies 4 to lio lie written lilt ine naino liable of 0 this pioneer lit in the ii alion in s growth will bold a pecullar peculiar ail and nut not inconspicuous alic plic far I 1 ar back in ili the aus an cn jono jones 4 became a I 1 delegate to cong Cons contress ress front from was then the tory of havins baving fur for liis his it james K N polk alexan ter der 11 II stephens anil and abraham lincoln it was lip lie who nho presented ted tile the hill bill for the formation of tile tori tory of wisconsin naming the region after the or cr bleb father marquette calac d the immediately afterward lie was elected a delegate front the lie new territory although at the time acting as a delegate front from michigan territory ile II 11 ail 0 introduced the bill lova loi it a territory and in lien hen that com liec ame ilme a state in 1840 1846 ke be nas made one on of oc ils ibs first senators Seni tori gen tones jones indeed was one of those thoe p lo 10 deeni in ili american history whose lives ilves bom aing the hie most vital period of the nations growth are inseparably corIn feted with tile story of the united states several or theae mou aho who ilke uen gen jones joics disappeared from public notice in later years but who bhoj i were none tile the less important factors in the national progress but the distinguished IOWA citizen was typical cal of the claas and to men of ills his stamp who paved the way for the oncoming civilization posterity will always be compelled to acknowledge ats alts indebtedness |