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Jones, Daniel T., cotipfressjnnn, wiis born In lS,)l-55 Im wan u repre-

in CoiiiK-ctiL'ut.

from

sentative

^cond and in

HuUIw

New York

tliirty-tliird

inHville,

to the thirtyeongresses. Utt dieU



Arkansas

in 18i)7-19Ul.

Jones, David,

was

lawyer, KMMt, in

l)<>rn S<'pt.

1737-58 he

legislator, jurist,

Fork Neck.

wan a member

of

I,. I,

In

the ((dunial

assembly, serving as speaker for thirteen years.

In

17-"i.S-7.{

lie

was

a jiidge of the York. He died Oct.

supreme court of New U, 1775, in Fork Neck, N.Y.

chaplain, was born May 12. 17'MK in New Castle county, Del. In 1770 he entered the revolutionary army as chaplain ol^ the third and fourth Pennsylvania battalions; and in 1777 became chaplain of (ii-neral Anthony Wayne, with whom he continued until the end of the war. He died Feb. 5, 1820, in Chester count '. Pa. Jones, David Rump, soldier, was bom in 1825 in South Carolina. In 1861 he entered Hi<> lonfedcratc army; and was appointed brigadier-general. He died March 8, 1863,

clergyman,

Jones, David,

in

Richmond, Va. Jones, David

3,

1777, in

S.,

lawyer, was born Nov. For a few years L.I.

Westneck,

after leaving college lie was secretary of Governor Jay, and for nearly half a century one of the most active and influential member.s of his profession. He died May lU, 1S4S. in New York City. Jones, Dwight Arven, lawyer and author of 34 West Fifty-first st.. New York City, was born Oct. 25, 1854, in Utica, M.Y. Uc received the degree of A.B. from Yale university, and the degree of LL.H. from Columbia university. For many years hu practiced law in New York City, devoting himself mainly to corporation matters and Since lH)4 he has been legal authorship. president of the St. Joseph I^ad company and other ci»rporatioiis. He is the author of lUisine.ss Corporations; Cuiistruction of

Contracts and Negligence of Municipal Corporations. Jones, Edmund A., inlucator, author, was 1.H42, biirn lei). II. in Rockville, Mass. Since 18U5 he has been engaged in educational work; and in 1875*11)04 wn» 8up<>rinteudelit iif seliools at .Massillon. Ohio. Since 1004 he has been state commissioner of common schools for Ohio. He is the author of Ohio Supplement to Morton's Geogra-

phy. Jonest

He in

is

Edward David, educator, author, was bom May 15, 1870. in Orfordville, Wis.

]>riiff

>stir

of

cummerce and industry

the unixersity of Michigan, lie is the ttf ICconomic Crisis. Jones, Edward Franc, manufacturer, leg-

author

islator,

^'.Y.

Jones, Danisl Webster, soldier, lawyer, legislator, governor, was bom Dec. 15, 1830, in Bowie county, Texas. In 1861 he entered the confederate army and became colonel of the twentieth Arkansas infantry in 1862; and was commanding a brigade (if infantry at tlif close of the civil war. In IH.S.I-8U lie was attorney -general of Arkan«i8; was a memiier of the state legislature in IMOI and the twenty-flrst governor of

OP AMEHICAN BIOOHAPIIY.

s(ddiiT.

was born June

m

3,

Llica, N.N. During the civil war lie was brevetted brigadier-general in the United States volunteers. In 18t>5 he was a repre"'iitative in the Massachusetts state legislature; and in 1886-91 he was Ueuteuantgovernor of the state of New York. Since I8(»5 he has conducted the .loin s .--cale works of Uinghamton, >i'.Y., under the corporate name of Jones of Bingbamtoii. He Is the ori^'inator of the tlie phrase He Pays

Freight. Jones, Edward Groves, physician, surgeon, author, was born Ian. 14. 1874, in Cliattantioga county, (ia. Since liHJO he has practiced his profession in Atlanta, Ha. He is professcir

of

gynecology

school of medicine;

He

and

in is

the

Atlanta

prot lor of

lliat

the author of Notes on Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Outlines of Physiology. Jones, Edwin Artimui, lawyer of !Vi Lib erty St., New York City, was born May 27, 1872. in Lisbon. X.Y. He was educated in the free academy, has practiced law since 1804, and is now a member of the law firm of Nadal, Jones and Mowton. In 1907-06 lie was president of the Patria etab. Jones, Elisha, educator, author, was born Nov. 12. 1832, ill Cayuga county, N.V. He commenced educational work in IStU); in 18li7-70 was superintendent of the Ann Arlior schools of Michigan. In 1881-88 wa.H associate professor of latin in the university of Michigan. He was the author of Greek Prose Ct>mposition; First Lessons in Latin: Latin Prose Composition. He died Aug. 1(1. ISSS, in Denver, Col. institution.

is

Jones, F. A., «xpcrt railroad trallic commis>i(>nrr of I'ha'iii.x, Ari/... was born Jan. 5, 1863, in La Fayette, HI. In 1884-11N>5 he was in railroad business; and in 1!H)5-11 was i-ngaged as trallic manag«'r. He was a

member of the Arizona constitutional convention; and since 1011 has been state corporation commissioner of Ari/ona. Jones, Fernando, pioneer, business man. was born .May 26. 1820, in Chautauqua county, N.Y. Since 1835 he has been a resident of Chicago, ill.; was a clerk in his father's hardware store; and later wt'iit into the abstract business. He compiled abstracts of all the titles in Cook county, which became of enormous vahie to the laiul owm-rs wlim the records «(f the county were destroyed by the fire of 1871. The lirm is now known as the Chicago title
 * ui

1

tvii-t

company.

Jones, Fielder A., soldier, was born in l^•nnsylvania. In 1861 he was captain in the sixth regimiiit Indiana infantry; and in IHt)5 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was honorably mustered out in 1865. Ho died Feb. 10, 1882.

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