 John H. Jones was elected on December 3, 1877, to represent the 3rd Ward on the Los Angeles Common Council, serving one term until December 6, 1878.He was a leader in forming the first volunteer fire department in Los Angeles, known as the Park Hose Company.In 1852 or 1854 Carolyn Otis married John H. Jones in Boston, Massachusetts, and she joined him in Los Angeles in 1856, voyaging from the East by way of the Isthmus of Panama.