The Jones family contingent in the Twenty-fifth General Assembly is represented by the Hon. Alvin Jones of Mahaska county, who held the same place two years ago. Mr. Jones was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 14,1852, and was educated in the schools of his native town, living there till the war broke out. For three years he served as private in the 3d Vermont volunteer infantry, two years and four months as sergeant in company G of the same regiment, and at the time of his discharge in 1865 was second lieutenant of company D. Most of his life has been spent on the farm. At the age of 18 he learned the cabinet maker's trade and was employed in that line for nine years. Coming to Iowa at the close of the war he took up farming again and has remained at it ever since. He is a member of the Grand Army and attends the Unitarian Church.

The Jones family contingent in the Twenty-fifth General Assembly is represented by the Hon. Alvin Jones of Mahaska county, who held the same place two years ago. Mr. Jones was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 14,1852, and was educated in the schools of his native town, living there till the war broke out. For three years he served as private in the 3d Vermont volunteer infantry, two years and four months as sergeant in company G of the same regiment, and at the time of his discharge in 1865 was second lieutenant of company D. Most of his life has been spent on the farm. At the age of 18 he learned the cabinet maker's trade and was employed in that line for nine years. Coming to Iowa at the close of the war he took up farming again and has remained at it ever since. He is a member of the Grand Army and attends the Unitarian Church.