WILLIAM HENRY JONES, Port Jervis, New. York.
On March 30, 1848, the subject of this sketch was born in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, being the son of Isaac Jones, who by occupation was a sawyer in one of the great mills of that county. Mr. Jones attended public schools until he was 16 years of age, and then went to work in a saw mill, soon becoming a sawyer and following that avocation until the fall of 1874, when he secured a position as brakeman on the Erie. He ran on the Delaware Division between Port Jervis and Susquehanna for one year, and then was advanced to fireman, in which capacity he served for ten years. Since his promotion to engineer, which occurred in the fall of 1885, he has been continuously in the freight service on the road, and is now running between Port Jervis and Jersey City. He is regarded very highly by his associates, while he is rated by his superiors as an efficient and conservative engineer.

Mr. Jones was most fortunate in his choice of a helpmate, having been happily married to Miss Kittie Watson, daughter of John Watson, a carpenter of Milford. They have a charming home in Port Jervis, and their children, Bert, Arthur and Viva B., make that home happier by their presence. Mr. Jones is a member of Lodge 54, B. of L. E., and is a highly respected citizen of the city where he has resided for so many years.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.