Charles Jones, Sr. came with his family from Massachusetts to Illinois in 1834. In these days of telegraph, telephone and steam, the story of this family's journey to the far wild west, as Illinois was then thought to be, reads almost like a fairy story. They started from Massachusetts and went to Providence, R. I. From there to New York City, then up the Hudson to Albany, then to Buffalo by the way of the canal, then across Lake Erie, to Cleveland, then to the Ohio river by canal, then down the Ohio to Cairo, then up the Mississippi to the Illinois river, up the Illinois to the mouth of Apple Creek, when the boat became stuck on a sand bar and teams had to be procured to take the passengers to Jacksonville. From there the family went to what is now Elm Grove Township, Tazewell County. In 1854 Chas. Jones moved to Kappa and built the large dwelling now occupied by Maurice Huguet and which is still known as the Jones house.
Cushing Jones, son of the above, came west with his father as already narrated. In August 1852 he entered the land where he now lives and came to Kappa, 1853. Mr. Jones is a wealthy stock raiser, owns a large amount of valuable land and is one of the stock holders in the County Fair and with his estimable family is highly respected.
N. N. Jones, better known as "Yankee Jones," was also a son of Charles, Sr. He was well known by.all the early citizens of the village as a great trader and as a reliable man. He lived southeast of Kappa, but many years ago moved to Normal, where he died a few years ago. He was quite wealthy.
William Jones, another son of Charles, Sr. was the first person buried in the Kappa Cemetery. He also left con-
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