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Columbus W. Jones
Columbus W. Jones, Muhlenberg County, was born September 25, 1853, in Coffee County, Tenn., and is the eighth of five boys and three girls of Sherred and Margaret (Carr) Jones, natives of North Carolina. The father was a son of John Jones who married Mary Osburn, both natives of North Carolina, and of English descent; they immigrated to Tennessee in 1851; to Muhlenberg County in 1854.
Columbus W. was reared on a farm and received a common school education. After twenty years of age he attended five sessions at South Carrollton Institute; and taught four terms. In 1882 he engaged as salesman in Madisonville for one year. In April, with Evitts, he opened a general store at Central City, where he is now engaged; he has made life a success by his own efforts.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 910-911.
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