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Rh 1858) ; " Ebenezer Kinnersley and his Discoveries in Electricity " (1858) ; " History of Roxborough and Manayunk " (1859) ; " Memoir of Henry Bond, M. D." (Boston, 1860) ; " Report of the Committee of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, on the Bradford Bicentenary " (1863) ; " Biographical Sketch of Rev. David Jones, A. M." (New York, 1865) ; " History of Pennepek or Lower Dublin Baptist Church, Morrisania, N. Y." (1869) ; " An- drew Bradford, Founder of the Newspaper Press in the Middle States of America " (Philadelphia, 1869); "The Bradford Prayer-Book of 1710" (1870) ; " Diary of S. J., or Journal of a Country Baptist Minister " (1881) ; " Memoir of Rev. Abel Morgan of Pennepek Church " (1882) ; " History of the Great Valley, Pa., Baptist Church" (1883); " History of the Brandywine, Pa., Baptist Church " (1884) ; and " Welsh Books in Brown University " (Cincinnati, 1885). In 1863 Brown conferred on him the degree of M. A., and in 1880 Judson uni- versity that of D. C. L.

JONES, David Ford, Canadian member of parliament, b. in Brockville, Canada, in 1818. He was educated at Upper Canada college, and sub- sequently engaged in business as a manufacturer of agricultural implements. He has been warden of Leeds and Grenville, and commanded the Ga- nanoque artillery for several years. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Canadian parlia- ment in 1863, but was elected in January, 1864, and served till the union. He was elected to the Dominion parliament in 1873, and again in 1878. JONES, David Rump, soldier, b. in South Carolina in 1825 ; d. in Richmond, Va., 8 March, 1863. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1846, brevetted 1st lieutenant for bra- very at Contreras and Churubusco, and captain for gallantry at Chapultepec during the Mexican war. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant in 1849, was assistant instructor in military tactics at West Point in 1851-'3, assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of captain, in 1853, and resigned in 1861 to enter the Confederate army, where he was ap- pointed brigadier-general. He led a brigade at the battle of Bull Run, and in 1862 commanded a division under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.

JONES, George, author, b. in York, Pa., 30 July, 1800 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 22 Jan., 1870. He was graduated at Yale in 1823, taught for two years on the U. S. frigates "Brandywine" and "Constitution," and for the two years following was tutor at Yale. He was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church in January, 1831, officiated at Middletown, Conn., and in 1833 was appointed chaplain in the IT. S. navy. At the time of his death he was stationed at the U. S. naval asylum at Philadelphia. Mr. Jones accompanied Com. Perry on the naval expedition to Japan in 1853-'5, and his long and careful observations on the zodiacal light fill one volume of the report of the U. S. Japan expedition. The theory of a nebulous ring around the earth is a deduction from these. His other works are "Sketches of Naval Life" (New Haven, Conn., 1836): " Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, and Balbec " (New York, 1836); and "Life Scenes from the Four Gospels" and "Life Scenes from the Old Testament" (1865).

JONES, George Wallace, senator, b. in Vin- cennes, Ind., 12 April, 1804. He was graduated at Transylvania university, Ky., in 1825, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, but was prevented by delicate health from practising. Removing to Mis- souri, he was clerk of the U. S. district court in 1826, served as aide-de-camp to Gen. Henrv Dodge in the Black Hawk war, removed to Wisconsin and settled at Sinsinawa Mound, where he was judge of the county court, and colonel, and subse- quently general, of militia. He was elected to con- gress as a Democrat in 1834, served till 1837, and in July, 1836, procured a division of Michigan terri- tory and the establishment of the territory of Wis- consin. In 1839 he was appointed by President Van Buren surveyor-general of the Northwest ter- ritory. He was removed by President Harrison, but reappointed by President Polk. He was U. S. senator from Iowa from January, 1848, till March, 1859, and was chairman of the committee on pen- sions and on enrolled bills. At the conclusion of his last term he was appointed by President Bu- chanan minister to New Grenada. In 1861, on his return to the United States, he was charged with disloyalty and imprisoned at Fort Warren. Since 1862 he has resided at Dubuque, Iowa.

JONES, Hugh, clergyman, b. in England in 1669 ; d. in Cecil county, Md., 8 Sept., 1760. He emigrated to the United States in 1696, and was rector for sixty-five years of parishes in Maryland and Virginia. In 1702 he was professor of mathe- matics in William and Mary college, Va., and chaplain of the Assembly of Virginia. He pub- lished " The Present State of Virginia," a rare and curious history of the colony (London, 1724).

JONES, Hugh Bolton, artist, b. in Baltimore, Md., 20 Oct., 1848. He took his first art lessons in his native city, but visited Europe in 1877, where he studied four years, and greatly added to the effectiveness of his style. He was elected associate of the National academy in 1881, and member in 1883. His works include " Tangier," " Return of the Cows," " Brittany " (1878) ; " October " (1882) ; and " On Herring Run, Baltimore " (1884).

JONES, Jacob, naval officer, b. near Smvrna, Del., in March, 1768; d. in Philadelphia, Pa.. 3 Aug., 1850. He studied medicine and began to practise, but became clerk of the Delaware supreme court, and on 10 April, 1799, entered the U. S. navy as a midshipman. He was promoted to lieutenant, 22 Feb., 1801, and was an officer on the frigate " Philadelphia " when she was captured in 1803 in the harbor of Tripoli, remaining a prisoner eighteen months. He was made commander. 20 April, 1810,

assigned to the " Wasp," 18 guns, in 1811, and in 1812 was despatched with letters to the U. S. ministers to France and England. Before he returned, war had been declared with England, and, after refitting his vessel, he left the Delaware on a cruise on 13 Oct., 1812. On 18 Oct. he fell in with the British brig " Frolic," a vessel of slightly superior force to his own. and captured her after a sharp engagement of forty-three minutes, during the latter part of which the ships were so near that in loading some of the " Wasp's " guns the rammers hit against the bows of her antagonist. The contest had no sooner ended than the English ship " Poictiers," 74 guns, hove in sight, and captured both the " Wasp " and her prize, carrying them to Bermuda. The fight between the " Wasp " and the " Frolic " was the first of the war, in which the