Horace M. Jones was born in Neenah, Wisconsin on February 11, 1859.  His wife, Alice E. Johnson, was born in Greenville, Wisconsin in 1859. They were married in Princeton, Wisconsin, on September 21, 1876 and resided in New Mexico for eleven years before moving to Fargo in 1887.

Mr. Jones was a postal carrier for more than thirty years; being one of Fargo's earliest mail carriers.  Mrs. Jones was active in the First Baptist Church of Fargo, and was president of the Ladies Aid Society in 1909.  Mr. and Mrs. Jones had three children: Horace M. Jones, Jr. (March 1, 1900-October 12,1918), Mrs. Luella Spicer (b. February 1893), and Mrs. Irene Edgar (b. October 1886), who was a bookkeeper at Dakota Drug, and later moved to Florosa, Florida with her mother.  After the death of Mr. Jones on October 14, 1930, Mrs. Jones moved to Florosa, Florida living there until her death on February 11, 1940.

Horace M. Jones, Jr. enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 21, 1918.  He was stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and Camp Crane, Pennsylvania, where he served in the medical department.  He died on October 12, 1918 from a relapse of pneumonia while home on furlough.  The family is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, N.D. 
 

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