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EVAN JONES. 



" Evan Jones, President of the Farmers' State Alli- 

 ance of Texas, was born in Woodford, Kentucky, June 19, 



1846. In 1857 his 

 parents emigrated to 

 Schuyler comity, Mis- 

 souri. His father died 

 soon after their arrival, 

 leaving him at the 

 tender age of 1 1 years 

 to fight the battle of 

 life in a strange land 

 and among strangers. 

 Fully aware of the im- 

 portance of an educa- 

 tion and undaunted by 

 the many obstacles in 

 his pathway, he 

 applied himself and 

 Evan Jones. succeeded in acquiring 



a good education. In 1866 he professed religion and 

 joined the Methodist .Church, and is still a useful and 

 consistent member of that organization. Was married 

 to Miss Mary C. Meador, daughter of Wm. C. and 

 Angelina Meador, November 12, 1868; learned the 

 tobacco manufacturing trade when a boy, but after mar- 

 riage he settled on a farm in Schuyler county, Missouri. 

 4 'Here his early manhood days were spent. Having 

 heard glowing accounts of the healthy climate and fertile 

 soil of Texas, in 1876, as a health seeker, moved and 

 settled on Green Creek, near Dublin, Krath county, Texas, 

 where he still resides and is engaged in farming and stock 

 raising. He is a charter member of Harbin Farmers' 

 Alliance, No. 131, the oldest organization of the kind in 



