Henry A. Jones

(1889-1981) lived at Seward and Lincoln. Plant pathologist, geneticist, educator, author, known for vegetable research, pioneered a method of hybrid onion development in 1943 that resulted in more disease resistance and greater production, encouraged breeders to develop hybridization techniques for other crops such as sorghums, sugar beets, and corn; author or co-author of more than 100 publications, including several books, recipient of several honors and awards. Consult Akron, Ohio Market Growers Journal, May 1957, pp. 20-21 and Science , May 31, 1957, p. 1081 and Contemporary Authors, Vol 103 (Gale, 1982) 241 and New York Times obituary, March 6, 1981, p. A-16.

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