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He was the author of A History of Ancient America; Tecuniseh, a tragedy; and Life of General Harrison. He

Count Joannes.

died in 1879. Jones, George James, clergyman, college president, lecturer, author, was born in 18r)6 in Wales. In 18J>5-!»7 he was president of Half college of Wisconsin. He is the author of The Province of Philosophy; American Church; and Public I.<<'cture9. Jones, George W., lawyer, jurist, legisla-

congressman, was born March 1.5, 1806, King and Queen county, Va. In 18.32-35

tor, in

he was justice of the peace in Fayetteville, in 1834 held the qu-41 lie was a member of the Tennessee house of representatives and the state senate; and served as county clerk. In I843-r)l> he was a representative from Tennessee to the twentyeighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first, thirty-second, thirty-tliird, thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He was a representative from Tennessee to the first confederate congress; and in 1870 was a delegate to the state constitutional convenHe di«Hl in Tennes.see. tion. Jones, George W., soldier, lawyer, conjjressman. was horn Sept. 5. 1828, in Marion county, Ala. He was raised in Tipton county, Tenn.; and in 1848 move-83 he was a representative from Texas to the fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses. He resumed the practice of hiw. He died July 6,

Tenn.; an«l •

1883, in Texas. lawyer, Jones, George Wallace, soldier, congressman. I'nited States senator, was horn .April 12, IH04, in Vinci-nnes, Ind. In 1S2.") he graduated from the Transylvania university of Kentucky; studied law and was admitted to practice. In 1826 he was clerk of the I'nited States courts in Missotiri; and moved to Sinsinawa Mound, Wis., wiiere he was judge of the county court. He servt'd as an aide-de-camp to Ceneral Henry Uodge in the lilack Hawk war; in 18.'J2 was chosen colonel of the militia; and subsequently nuijor-general. In 183."t-37 he was a representative from Wisconsin to the twenty-fourth congress and

was

elected

t«i

tlic

twenty-fifth

congress,

but did not serve. In 18.30 he was a|>poiiited surveyor-general of the northwest territory. In l848-r»0 he was a memlx-r of the I'nited States senate from Iowa. In 18.'>0-61 he was minister resident to th«' I'nited States of Colombia. He died July 22, 1806. in Dubuque, Iowa. Jones, George Washington, lawyer, was born Oct. 25, 186.1, in Nolin, Ky. He has attained prominence as a noted lawyer of

Alabama at Montgomery. He has been assistant district attorney for Alabama; and attorney for the Louisville and Nashville railroad company. mathematician, Jones, George William, author, was born Oct. 14, 1837, in East Corinth, Maine. In 1887-1011 he was professor of mathematics in Cornell university. He was the author of Drill-Book in Algebra; and Drill-Book

in

in 1011, in Ithaca,

Trigonometry. N.Y.

He

died

Jones, Griffith, lawyer, jurist. In 1600 he was mi aiisociute justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. He died in Pennsylvania. Jones, Harry Clary, educator, chemist, investigator, author, was born Nov. 11, 1865, near New London, Md. He is professor of physical chemistry in Johns Hopkins uniHe is the auversity of Baltimore, Md. thor of Freezing Point, Boiling Point, and Conductivity .Methods; Elements of Physical Chemistry; and other works. Jones, Henry Lawrence, organizer, clergy-

man, was born May

.30.

18.30, in

New York

City. In 1863 he was ordained priest; and in 1863-74 organized a parish and was recSince 1874 he has tor of Ciirlst church. been rector of St. Stephen's church at Wilkes- Barre. Pa. He has added several missions to the parish; and has erect^ni sevHe is president of eral church buihlings. the Osterhout fr«f* library. soldier, journalist, Roger, Jones, Henry public odiciul, was Ixirn March 2.3, 1837, in New Hartford, Conn. In 1861 he enlisted in

company C eighth

reginu'nt Connecticut volunteers; and rose to the rank of lieutenant. He served thrt)ugh the Burnside expedition; and was twice wounded at the battle of Antietam

and left for dead upon the field. He afterward served in the eleventh and twentieth regiments of the veteran reserve corps as adjutant and captain. In 1866 he was transferred to the n-giilar army; and in 1878 was retired on account of wounds. For four years he was judge of the probate court of New Hartfi»rd. C<«nn.; and for twenty-four years was a justice of the p«'ace in Litchfield county. Conn. He was editor of the New Hartford Triliuiie: and president of the Connecticut

association. He was department of the grand army of the reand a prominent member of several patrititic Hoeieties. He had been for some

••ditorial

commander public;

years necrologist of the Connecticut society sons of the American revolution. He died July 20, 1012. in New Hartford. Conn.. Jones, Horatio, lawyer, jurist, was born ill Pennsylvania. He removed to Missouri, from which state lie was appointed an as-