Jonas, Benjamin Franklin – Jones, Florence Augusta
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, Asahel W
lawyer, lieutenant governor, was born Sept. 18, 1838, in Johnstonville, Ohio. He received his education in the comand academic schools, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. Since 1864 he has practiced his profession in Youngstown, and of late years has confined himself almost entirely to corporation practice. In 1874 he was one of the organizers of the Second National bank of Youngstown, of which he is a director; in 1877 he was one of the organizers of the Dollar Savings and Trust company of Youngstown, and has since been interested in its management. He has also been interested in various iron industries, and is a successful farmer and stock raiser. For two years he was prosecuting attorney. In 1880 he was a delegate to the national republican convention; and has often been a delegate to state and other conventions. During Governor Foraker's two terms he was judge advocate-general.
In 1884 he was president of the Ohio State Bar association; and in 1896 was elected lieutenant governor of Ohio.
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.
Jones, Benjamin Franklin
manufacturer, was born Aug. 8, 1826, in Washington county, Pa. In 1852 he established the American Iron works of Pittsburg, and subsequently purchased the Monongahela Iron works. He is now the senior member of Jones and Laughlin, which has an aggregate capital of five million dollars. He has taken an active part in the business and public affairs of his city and state; is president of the American Iron and Steel association; and has served with distinction as chairman of the republican national committee.
Jones, Benjamin O
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Nov. 23, 1844, in Graves county, Ky. During 1874-76 he was a member of the twenty-ninth general assembly of Illinois; in 1881-85 he was state's attorney of Massac county, Ill.; and in 1890-94 was county judge of the same county. He has attained prominence in his profession of law, and has a large practice at Metropolis, Ill.
Jones, Burr W
lawyer, congressman, was born March 9, 1846, in Union, Wis. He was elected district attorney of Wisconsin in 1872, and re-elected in 1874.
He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.
Jones, Charles A
lawyer, poet, was born about 1805 in Philadelphia, Pa.
His first articles, a series of satirical ly. rics, appeared in the Cincinnati Gazette, under the title of Aristohaniana. After studying law he removed to Louisiana. and practiced in New Orleans. He published The Outlaw. He died July 4, 1851, in Mill Creek, Ohio.'
Jones, Charles Colcock
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 20, 1804, in Georgia. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Georgia; and the author of Religious Instruction for Negroes; and History of The Church of God.
Jones, Charles Colcock
lawyer, archæologist, author, was born Oct. 28, 1831, in Savannah, Ga. He was a lawyer and archæologist of Augusta, Ga.; and the author of Ancient Tumuli in Georgia; Antiquities of the Southern Indians; The History of Georgia; Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast; Biographical Sketches of the Delegates from Georgia to the Continental Congress; and The English Colonization of Georgia. He died in 1893.
Jones, Charles H
journalist, was born March 7, 1848, in Talbottom, Ga.
In 1888 he removed to St. Louis to take charge of the old Missouri Republican, now known as the St. Louis Republic, which, under his management, has attained a success unprecedented in its history.
Jones, Charles W
lawyer, legislator, United States senator, was born in 1834, in Ireland. In 1874 he was elected a member of the lower house of the state legislature from Escambia county; in 1874 was elected a senator in congress from Florida for the term ending in 1881; and was re-elected for the term ending in 1887.
Jones, Daniel Merriman
educator, journalist, lawyer, was born Aug. 31, 1848, in Henderson county, N. C. He attended the Mills River academy, and took a full course in Latin, Greek, mathematics, and the sciences. In 1872 he began educational work, and taught with success in Franklin and Waynesville, N. C.; and in Williamson county, Texas. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar, and has since made a success of his profession at Anson, Texas. In 1883-84 he was county attorney; and has since filled various positions of public trust. He is the owner and editor of The Texas Western, a democratic weekly published at Anson.
Jones, Daniel T
congressman, was born in Connecticut. He settled in New York; and was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1855.
Jones, David
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 16, 1699, in Fork Neck, L. I.
From 1758 till 1773 he was a judge of the supreme court of New York. He died Oct. 11, 1775, in Fork Neck, N. Y.
JONES, DAVİD, clergyman, was born May 12, 1736, in New Castle county, Del.
In 1776 he entered the revolutionary army as chaplain of the third and fourth Pennsylvania battalions, and on Jan. 1, 1777, he became chaplain of General Anthony Wayne, with whom he continued until the end of the war. He died Feb. 5, 1820, in Chester county, Pa.
Jones, David Rump
soldier, was born in 1825, in South Carolina. In 1861 he entered the confederate army, where he was appointed brigadier-general. He died March 8, 1863, in Richmond, Va.
Jones, Florence Augusta
poet, was born in August, 1861, near Madison, Wis. She is the author of several poems; several of them have been set to music, notably that of Bylo Land.
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