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Jonas, Benjamin Franklin – Jones, Benjamin F

Jonas, Benjamin Franklin

soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born July 19, 1834, in Williamstown, Ky. He served in the confederate army during the war of the rebellion. He was a representative in the Louisiana state legislature in 1865; and was elected a state senator in 1872. was again in the state house of representatives in 1876 and 1877. He was elected a senator of the United States from Louisiana for the term of six years from 1879.

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Jones, Alexander

physician, journalist, was born in 1802, in North Carolina. He was a New York journalist who was a physician in the earlier portion of his career; and the author of Cuba in 1851; Historical Sketch of the Electric Telegraph, 1852; and The Cymri of Seventy-Six. He died Aug. 25, 1863, in New York city.

Jones, Alexander H

merchant, journalist, congressman, was born July 21, 1822, in Asheville, N. C. He was reelected a representative from North Carolina to the fortieth congress; and was reelected to the forty-first congress.

Jones, Albert Elisha

merchant, poet, was born Aug. 16, 1842, in Weld, Maine. In 1877 he removed to Topeka, Kan., where he became proprietor of the Oakland Jersey Stock farm. He is the author of a number of poems.

Jones, Allen

soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in 1739, in Halifax county, N. C. He was a revolutionary patriot; and was chosen brigadier-general of Halifax district in 1776. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in that year; delegate to the continental congress in 1779 and 1780; state senator from 1784 to 1787; and member of the convention to adopt the United States constitution which he advocated.

He died Nov. 10, 1798, in Northampton county, N. C.

Jones, Amanda Theodosia

educator, inventor, author, poet, was born Oct. 19, 1835, in East Bloomfield, N. Y. She is an educator and inventor of Chicago. Her writings in verse comprise Ulah, and Other Poems; Atlantis; and A Prairie Idyl.

Jones, Amos Blanch

college president, was born Dec. 4, 1841, in Randolph, Va. In 1878 he was president of Mecklenburg Female institute, Jackson, Tenn., but resigned in 1880 to assume charge of the Huntsville Female college.

Jones, Anson

president of Texas, was born Jan. 20, 1798, in Great Barrington, Mass. He raised a military company, with which he was engaged in the battle of San Jacinto; was judge advocate-general; and in 1837 was a member of the Texas congress. He was minister from Texas to the United States government in 1837-39. He died Jan. 8, 1858, in Houston, Texas. mon

Jones, Augustine

educator, author, was born Oct. 16, 1835, in South China, Maine. In 1879 he entered upon his present position as principal of the Friends school at Providence, R. I. He was the author of a work entitled Peace and Arbitration.

Jones, Benjamin

congressman, was born in Virginia. He moved to Ohio; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1833 to 1837.

Jones, Benjamin C

soldier, physician, state legislator, was born in 1836, in Graves county, Ky. He served in the confederate service during the civil war as captain in the seventh Missouri cavalry. In 1896 he was elected a member of the general assembly of Missouri.

Jones, Benjamin F

lawyer, was born Feb. 24, 1858, in Lawrence, Kan. For ten years he was a captain of river steamers; has been justice of the peace for six years; and county clerk of Lincoln county for three terms. He has served two terms as mayor of Toledo, Ore., where he is engaged in the practice of law.