Jeremiah Jones was born January 19, 1854, in Llanasa, North Wales, a son of William and Sophia Jones. His parents were born in Denbigh, North Wales and immigrated with their family to Utah, April 30, 1866. He was one of eleven children, three brothers, Mark and twin boys Joseph and Hyrum, who passed away before the family left Wales. One sister, Anna Marie, died on the plains and was buried on the banks of the Missouri River. When they reached Farmington, he made his home with his father, mother, two brothers, William and Thomas E., and four sisters, Margaret, Jane, Elizabeth and Sophia.  

Jeremiah was twelve years of age when they arrived in Utah. He helped his father with the driving along the way. He told the children often of the experience he had in crossing the rivers and streams.  

Soon after arriving at Farmington, his father was called to serve in the Black Hawk War, and Jeremiah being the eldest son, had the responsibility of looking after his mother and the other children. One of his first jobs was to gather oak brush to burn for heating and cooking. This seemed strange to him as he had worked in the coal mines in Wales and was used  to burning coal. While living in Farmington, two of his sisters, Jane and Elizabeth passed away. 

Since their occupation had been coal mining in Wales, they knew very little about farming and therefore suffered many hardships. Jeremiah and his father hauled rock from Cottonwood Canyon for the Salt Lake Temple. They also worked on the railroad and were working when the last spike was driven at Promontory Point. 

In 1875, Jeremiah moved with his family to Samaria, Oneida County, Idaho, and there they were able to make a better living. He worked on the farms and also hauled freight from Utah to Montana. He and his father owned and operated a lime kiln and supplied lime for the valley. 

On January 10, 1878, he married Mary Jane Morse, who had immigrated with her parents from Mountain Ash, South Wales on October 4, 1863. They were married in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. They returned to Samaria to make their home. 

To this union was born four sons, William Jeremiah, Ebenezer, Rulon, and seven daughters, Elizabeth Jane, Margaret, Sophia, Bertha, Rachel, Leah and Mary. In 1885 he took the opportunity to homestead 160 acres, four miles north of Samaria to what is now known as Pleasantview. Their home was a two room log house which he built by himself. A few years later they moved into their eight room frame house. 

The sagebrush was so high they were unable to see over it. He worked very hard to clear the land and prepare for crops. They went through many hardships here and they were frightened many times by the Indians when they would come to Big Ditch for water. Food was very scarce, but wild game, mushrooms and water cress were plentiful and were eaten by the family. 

Jeremiah was active in building up the community and church. He was set apart as Superintendent of the Sunday School of the Pleasant View Ward on November 12, 1899. On October 17, 1906, he left to serve as a missionary to Great Britain and labored in the New Castle Conference until October 17, 1908. His wife, with the help of the children, took over the farm to support him and maintain the home in his absence. He was ever grateful for this wonderful opportunity. 

He loved sports of all kinds and took great pride in his horses. He enjoyed singing and used to step dance on many occasions. When he was seventy-nine years old, he won a prize for step dancing in Boise while there visiting his daughter and her family. He continued to farm and became interested in sheep raising. He also drove the mail for many months from Pleasant View to East Portage. It would take him two days to make the trip with horses and a white top buggy. 

In 1935, Jeremiah and his wife received a call to work in the Logan Temple from the Malad Stake, but this wonderful privilege was never realized as he became ill and passed away April 5, 1936, in Pleasant View, Oneida County, Idaho. He was buried in the Pleasant View cemetery. 

Jeremiah was greatly loved by all who knew him. 

By Bertha Jones Thomson and Rachel Jones Rich