By Sarah S. Ward 

Lewis Daniel Jones was born at Willard, Box Elder County, Utah, on June 28, 1861. He was the son of Lewis William and Sarah Williams Jones. When he was but a small boy the family moved to Logan, Utah and then to Henderson Creek, Idaho, where they had purchased a farm. In 1874 the family moved to Spanish Fork, Utah. Up to this time Lewis Daniel had received most of his schooling at Logan. After moving to Spanish Fork, he attended the school of James G. Higginson and later the school of Dr. George H. Brimhall, called the Young Men’s Academy. He then attended the Spanish Fork Grammar School which was also taught by Dr. Brimhall. 

After completing school, he worked for one year as section hand on the Pleasant View Railroad and finally went to work in the Spanish Fork Coop as a bookkeeper, a position he held until 1882. 

On March 16, 1882, he was married to Beatrice F. Smith, daughter of John and Sophia Smith of Spanish Fork. In April of that year he and his wife moved to Samaria, Idaho, where he spent the summer and fall. In the spring of 1883 he took up a homestead in Pleasant View, Idaho, moving there in May of that year. In May of 1888 he was called to labor in the Logan Temple at Logan for one year as assistant recorder. They returned to Pleasant View in 1889. He held various positions in the Church and was one of the Seven Presidents of Seventy in the Malad Stake. He was also the first superintendent of the first Sunday School of the Pleasant View Ward. He was chosen Bishop of the Pleasant View Ward on June 13, 1897 with Stephen Wight as first counselor and William P. Camp as second counselor. He held this position for 11 years. On September 27, 1908, he was selected and set apart as second counselor to William H. Richards of the Malad Stake Presidency. This position he held for 20 years. 

Among other services he rendered to the public were two terms in the Idaho State Legislature. He was a teacher in the public schools for ten years. He served six years teaching the Indians at Washakie. In 1910 he made a trip to New York to make negotiations to have the railroad run through Curlew Valley and was an important figure in obtaining the railroad to Malad Valley. He worked for one year helping to construct the Bear River Canal, and served as school trustee for a number of years as well as many other tasks. 

He was secretary of the Samaria Irrigation Co. for some time. He was always assisting in every way, any project that would be a benefit to the community. He moved from Pleasant View to Malad on March 15, 1909. He died on March 4, 1932 at his home in Malad. There were a large number attending his funeral.