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Jones, Owen

lawyer, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in the thirty-fifth congress from his native state.

Jones, Phineas

manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 18, 1819, in Spencer, Mass. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1874 and 1875; and was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.

Jones, Roland

congressman, was born in North Carolina. He was a representative from Louisiana to the thirtythird congress.

Jones, Samuel

lawyer, jurist, was born July 26, 1734. He was chief justice of New York, and called the father of the New York bar. He died Nov. 21, 1819, in Westneck, N. Y.

Jones, Samuel

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born May 26, 1769. He was a member of the assembly in 1812-14; recorder of New York city in 1823; chancellor of the state in 1826-28; chief justice of the superior court of New York city in 1828-47; and justice of the state supreme court in 1847-49. He died Aug. 9, 1853, in Cold Spring, N. Y.

Jones, Samuel

soldier, was born in 1820, in Virginia. He served in the civil war, and received the rank of brigadiergeneral. He died July 31, 1887, in Bedford Springs, Va.

Jones, Samuel Porter

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 16, 1847, in Chambers county, Ala. He is a noted and eccentric revival preacher; and the author of Sam Jones's Sermons; Music Hall Sermons; and Sam Jones's Own Book.

Jones, Seaborn

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1788, in Augusta, Ga. He was made solicitor-general of the state in 1823; and was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1833 to 1835, and from 1845 to 1847. He died in 1874, in Columbus, Ga.

Jones, Thomas Laurens

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 22, 1819, in Rutherford county, N. C. He was a member of the general assembly of Kentucky in 1853 and 1854. He was elected to the fortieth and forty-first congresses, and reelected to the forty-fourth congress.

Jones, W. A

educator, manufacturer, state legislator, was born Sept. 27, 1844, in Wales. He was county superintendent of schools for four years; has been mayor of Mineral Point, Wis.; and in 1896 was elected a member of the Wisconsin state legislature. In 1897 he was appointed United States commissioner of Indian affairs.

Jones, Walter

physician, congressman, was born in 1745, in Virginia. In 1777 he was appointed by congress physician-general of the hospital in the middle department. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1797 to 1799, and again from 1803 to 1811. He died Dec. 31, 1815, in Westmoreland county, Va.

Jones, William

soldier, governor, merchant, state legislator, was born in 1754, in Newport, R. I. He entered the army in 1775 as a captain in Colonel Lippitt's Rhode Island regiment. For several years he was a representative from Providence in the assembly, and also speaker of that body. He was governor of Rhode Island from 1811 to 1817. He died April 9, 1822, in Providence, R. I.