Jones, Francis – Jones, James Kimbrough
Jones, Francis
congressman. was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1817 to 1823.
Jones, Francis Wiley
electrician, inventor, was born May 22, 1846, in Weymouth, N. S. He was the first president of the New York Electrician society. Many of his inventions are used by telegraph companies in the United States and Canada.
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 S
soldier, educator, journalist, lawyer, was born June 12, 1840, near Jonesville, Va. During the civil war he served nearly three years in the union army; was wounded in action, captured on the field with a broken leg, and for a long time confined in the Andersonville war prison. He served one term as a justice of the peace; founded three newspapers; and taught school for nearly thirty years. In 1876 he was the nominee of the democratic party for congress; and served in the United States pension office at Washington under President Cleveland's first administration. In 1866 he began the study of law, and now practices his profession in Manilla, Ind., where he is the editor and owner of the Rush County Mail.
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, George Wallace
soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born April 12, 1804, in Vincennes, Ind. He served as an aide-de-camp to General Henry Dodge in the Black Hawk war; was chosen colonel of militia in 1832; and subsequently major-general. In 1835 he was elected a delegate to congress from the territory of Michigan, and served two years; and in 1839 was appointed surveyor-general of the northwest. In 1848 he was elected a United States senator from Iowa for six years, and re-elected in 1852 for six years.
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, Isaac Edgar
journalist, author, poet, was born in 1850, in Liverpool, England. For a number of years he was editor and proprietor of the official city paper of Indianapolis, Ind.; and was active in social, benevolent, political and literary circles. He is now the editor and owner of the Daily Chronicle of Muskegon, Mich.; president of the International Society of Writers; and takes an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. He has contributed valuable articles to current literature; and his poems have been given a place in Poets of America, and other standard collections.
Jones, Irma Theoda-Andrews
philanthropist, writer, was born March 11, 1845, in Victory, N. Y. In 1885-88 she was president of the Lansing Woman's club; in 1895-96 president of the Young Woman's Christian association; in 1895 was elected president of the Michigan State Federation of Women's clubs; and since 1878 has been president of the Lansing Industrial Aid society. Forthree years she has been associate of the Mid- Continent Magazine; and has contributed extensively to periodical literature.
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.
Jones, J. M
lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to California; and in 1851 was appointed United States judge for the southern district of California, residing at Los Angeles.
Jones, Jacob
naval officer, was born in March, 1768, near Smyrna, Del. In 1799 he entered the United States navy as a midshipman; and was promoted to lieutenant in 1801. In 1810 he was promoted to commander and subsequently to commodore. He died Aug. 3, 1850, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Jones, James
congressman, was born in Amelia county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1823.
Jones, James
congressman, was born in Maryland. He was often a member of the legislature of Georgia; and was a representative in congress from 1799 to the time of his death. He died Jan. 12, 1801, in Washington, D. C.
Jones, James
physician, journalist, was born Nov. 18, 1807, in Georgetown, D. C. He removed to New Orleans, La.; was editor of the Medical and Surgical Journal of that city in 1857-59, and was connected with the university of Louisiana from 1836 till his death. He died Oct. 10, 1873, in New Orleans, La.
Jones, James Athearn
journalist, author, was born June 4, 1780, in Tisbury, Mass. He was a journalist of Philadelphia and elsewhere; and the author of Traditions of the North American Indians; and Haverhill, a novel. He died in August, 1853, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Jones, James Chamberlain
legislator, governor, United States senator, was born April 20, 1809, in Davidson county, Tenn. He was a member of the Tennessee legislature in 1839; was governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845, serving two terms; and was presidential elector in 1840 and 1848. In 1851 he was elected a senator in congress from Tennessee, serving the whole of his term of six years. He died Oct. 29, 1859, in Memphis, Tenn.
Jones, James H
soldier, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1830, in Shelby county, Ala. He settled in Texas; and served in the confederate army during the civil war, rising to the rank of colonel.
He was elected a representative from Texas to the forty-eighth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.
Jones, James Kimbrough
soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Sept. 29, 1839, in Marshall county, Miss. He served in the confederate army. He removed to Arkansas; commenced the practice of law in 1873; and in that year was elected to the state senate, and was also a member of the senate when the state constitutional convention was called in 1874. He was re-elected under the new constitution, and was president of the senate in 1877. He was elected a representative from Arkansas to the forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses. In 1885 he was elected to the United States senate; and was re-elected in 1890 and 1897. 1