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Jones, Frank

merchant, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1832, in Barrington, N. H. He removed to Portsmouth in the same state in 1849, and engaged in mercantile pursuits.

He was elected mayor of Portsmouth in 1868, and re-elected in 1869.

He was elected a representative from New Hampshire to the forty-fourth congress; and was reelected to the fortyfifth congress. He served on various important committees while in congress.

Jones, Garland Mordecai

lawyer, was born June 14, 1873, in Abingdon, Va. He attended the Emory and Henry college, Virginia; the university of Mississippi, from which institution he received the degrees of B. A., LL. B.; and subsequently graduated from the law department of the Washington and Lee university. He is gaining prominence as an attorney of West Point, Miss., where he takes an active part in the public affairs of his county and state.

Jones, George

United States senator. He was a senator in congress from Georgia during the session of 1807, by appointment of the governor.

Jones, George W

lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, senator, was born March 15, 1806, in King and Queen county, Va. He was a justice of the peace for three years; and in 1834 a justice to hold the quorum court in Lincoln county. In 1835 and 1837 he was elected to the Tennessee legislature; and in 1839 to the state senate. In 1843 he was elected a representative to congress, and was for eight consecutive terms re-elected.

Jones, George W

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 5, 1828, in Marion county, Ala. He settled at Bastrop, Texas, in 1848, and was elected district attorney in 1856. He served in the confederate army until 1865, rising to the rank of colonel. He was elected lieutenant-governor under the new constitution, but was removed by the military authorities. He was elected a representative from Texas to the forty-sixth and fortyseventh congresses. He died July 6, 1883.

Jones, Horatio

lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He removed to Missouri, from which state he was appointed an associate judge of the United States court for the territory of Nevada.

Jones, Horatio Gates

lawyer, author, was born Jan. 9, 1822, in Roxborough, Pa. He is a lawyer of Philadelphia who has published many local histories and biographies, among the latter being Andrew Bradford, Founder of the Newspaper Press in the Middle States.

Jones, Hugh

clergyman, author, was born in 1669, in England. He was an episcopal clergyman, for sixty-five years rector of parishes in Virginia and Maryland. He was the author of The Present State of Virginia, a work much valued by collectors of colonial literature. He died Sept. 8, 1760, in Cecil county, Md.

Jones, Hugh Bolton

artist, was born Oct. 20, 1848, in Baltimore, Md. He was elected associate of the National academy in 1881, and member in 1883. His works include Tangier; Return of the Cows; Brittany; October; and On Herring Run, Baltimore.

Jones, Isaac D

lawyer, congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1843; and in 1867 was elected attorney-general of Maryland.

Jones, J. H

soldier, legislator, author, was born in Alabama. He entered the confederate service in 1861; fought through the entire war, and was promoted to colonel. He served in the Mississippi state legislature from Wilkinson county in 1886 and in 1888; and was a state senator from 1890 until his election as lieutenant-governor. He is the author of the franchise amendment permitting voters who cannot read to have their ballots marked for them.