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Jones, Joseph

congressman, born in 1727, in Virginia. He was a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress from 1777 to 1778, and again from 1780 to 1783. He died Oct. 28, 1805, in Virginia.

Jones, Joseph

educator, physician, author, was born Sept. 6, 1833, in Summerville, Ga. He is a physician, and professor in Tulane university, New Orleans, since 1869. Among his writings are, Sanitary Memoirs of the War of the Rebellion; Surgical Memoirs of the War of the Rebellion; Hospital Construction and Organization; and Medical and Surgical Memoirs.

Jones, Joseph Huntington

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 24, 1797, in Coventry, Conn. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia; and the author of The Effects of Physical Causes on Christian Experience; Life of Ashbel Green; and Revival of Religion. He died Dec. 22, 1868, in Coventry, Conn.

Jones, Joseph Jerome

educator, lawyer, was born April 3, 1864, near Cowden, Ill. He attended the high school of Shelbyville, Ill.; and for three years studied in the Northern Indiana Normal school of Valparaiso; graduating in the scientific course in 1887. For many years he was engaged in educational work in the public schools of Illinois; and now practices his profession in Coalville, Utah.

Jones, Joseph Seawell

author, was born about 1811, probably in North Carolina. He was a southern writer who published Defense of the Revolutionary History of North Carolina; and Memorials of North Carolina. He died in 1855.

Jones, Joseph Stevens

author, was born in 1811. He was an extremely prolific playwright of Boston, among whose best known productions are, Solon Shingle; Eugene Aram; The Silver Spoon; The Liberty Tree; and Moll Pitcher. He died Dec. 30, 1877, in Boston, Mass.

Jones, Leonard Augustus

lawyer, journalist, author, was born Jan. 13, 1832, in Tampleton, Mass. He is a lawyer of Boston; editor of the American Law Register; and the author of Personal Property; The Law of Mortgages of Real Property; On The Law of Pledges; Pledges and Collateral Securities; Corporate Bonds and Mortgages; Chattel Mortgages; Liens; Real Estate in Conveyancing; and Forms in Conveyancing.

Jones, Morgan

machinist, congressman, was born Feb. 26, 1832, in New York city. In 1864 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-ninth congress.

Jones, Nathaniel

congressman, state senator. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1827 and 1828; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1837 to 1841. He was a state senator in 1852 and 1853; and also held the offices of surveyor-general of the state, and canal commissioner. He died July 21, 1866, in Newburg, N. Y.

Jones, Ophelia Cook

educator, poet, was born Feb. 5, 1849, in Brownsville, Miss. For nearly a quarter of a century she has been engaged in educational work. Mrs. Jones is the author of the poem, What My Lover Said, which has been attributed to several national poets.

She is the author of numerous beautiful poems, some of which were published in Poets of America, and other standard works.

Jones, Noble Wimberly

physician, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1724, near London, England. He was a member of the Georgia assembly in 1761, and subsequently, being several times speaker; and was speaker of the first Georgia legislature. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1776, and from 1781 to 1783. He was president of the convention which revised the state constitution in 1795. He died Jan. 9, 1805, in Savannah.

Jones, Obadiah

lawyer, jurist. He was appointed in 1805 United States judge for the territory of Mississippi; served one year as territorial judge for Illinois in 1809; and was reappointed to the same position in Mississippi in 1810. When the state government was established he was appointed United States judge for that district, but only held the office a short time.