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lie whs* a m-tor of unci ill 181)4-97 was Cntce «hureb. New York In 1«!»711HI2 hv whs pro-i.U iit <»f Hocolh'^t* at (Jmi-va, N.V.; and »*ince

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senior curnti> of C ity.

hart

1902

has

St. .Ii'hn

Im'i'ii ranr>n (if the <-alh«'<lral of the Divini- nf New York City.

Jones, Roger,

tioldicr,

was born

in 1785 receivetl

He in Westmoreland county, Va. the lir< f 111,1 j(ir for s«Tvicos in the halliijfjM wa and Liuuly's l^ane, and Ik's (if (

folonel for pillaintry in the Mf* from Knit Kru

IH^.'i he was appointe«l adjutuni general of the army, which He was brepoAt be held till hl« death. vet ted hrijra.» the Texan frontier and in New Mexico; and at the iM'ginning of the civil war was on duty at Harper'.H Ferry. « here he de-.t roved the arsenal with twenty thonsanti stand of arms, when it whs seized hy irginia stat<' lu'litciianl

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In 1888 he was made hriginsjM-etor general of the

1801.

and

adier-giMieral lie

died Jan. 20, 1889, in Fort Mon-

roe, 'a.

Jones, RoUnd, eongressman, wa8 born in North Carolina. In 1863-56 he was a repre«rntativc from Lnnfsiana to the thirtyIll in Shreve|>ort, I.a. third congn-ss. Jones, Rufua Matthew, educator, editor, author, was bom Jan. 25. 1863, In South China. Maine. In 187'» 82 he aii. nd.'d the mcIiooI of Friend Providence, R.I. ; in 188.1 LTiaduafed from

Haverford

college;

studied philnmphy in lIi'idcH>er'4

and the

itr>i

rsi(y

.

uiii>r-iiy of

a n il Pennsylvania haw received the di' of gret»s A.M. ami In ISS'.t SKI he Litt.D.

was

priiieipal

Oak

(Jrove

'a*sidl)oro.

of the Mininary. Ma ne i

and sinee I8;i;j has heeii professor of philosophy at Haverford college of Pennsylvania. Since 1S9H he ha-> Ix-eii editor df tlu' Aim irnn Friend, lie 18 the author of Life of i

F.li.;

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m

Cliristianity;

u oi InS. Mrnuir v Jones, Samuel, lawyer. juiiMt. was born He was chief justice of Sew York: and was ealle<| the father <»f the

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.Inly 20, 17.34.

New York

bar. Ho dieil Nov. 21, 1819, in Westneek. N'.Y. Jones, Samuel, clergyman, author, was He born Jan. 14. IT.iii, in South Wales. was one of the most active members of the Philadelphia hajitist a-soclation; and when

ineori>orated in 17!>7 he was elio.sen president of the lK>ard of trustees, remainit

was

ing so during his

life.

He was

the author

The

of

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trine

on rhiUi

ise

f>f

the

Covenant^; A Treat-

Di-tcipluie

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A

Scleclion

of

and Hymns; A lirief History of the lnipo-«ition of Hands on Hapti/etl Persons; and A Century Sermon In-fore the I'liilaI'salms

hatpti-t a-^ociai ion. He died Feb. 1811. in riiiladelphia. Pa. Joues, Samuel, lawyer, juriHt, statu legislator, was lK>ni May 26, 17i>9. He was a member of the assembly in 1812-14; recorder of New York City in 1823; chancellor of the slate in 182»» 28; chief jn^licc of the supt rior court of New York City iu 1828antl justice of the state supreme court 47 He died Aug. 9. 1853, in Odd in 1847 49. lie was a aon of Samuel Spring, .Y. •lones, and like his father, was often called the father of the New York bar.

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Jone«, Samuel, soldier, was born in 1820 Virginia. He served in the civil war; ivcil the rank of hrigadier general. i< In 188U-87 he held a clerkship in the war department at Washington. He died July 1SS7. ill 1!. Mil',, id Springs, Va. in

and

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Samuel J., physician, surgeon, an* was Itorn .March 22. 183ti, iu BainPa. In 1879 79 he was professor of ophthalmology in the Chicago medical col|e;fe; and Since 1809 has been Rurgeon Luk«''s hos|>ital, I'hicago. St. During the civil war he was assistant surgeon United States naiy. In 1887-92 he edited Chicago Medical .lr>unial and Examiner. He wax the author of a number of valuable medical (upers and reports. He died in 1901 Jones,

tlior.

liridge.

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111.

Jones, Samirtl M., inventor, reformer, was bom in 1846 in Wales. In 1864 he went to

Titii'-ville.

Pa.,

an<l

worked

in

the

oil

tiehU; became an oil producer in Pennsylvania; and lat«r in West Virginia and in Ohio. He invented an improv«*ct. 16, 1847, in Chambers county. Ala. He was a noted and eccentric revival preacher. He was the author of Satn Jones' .Sermons; Music Hall Sermons; .Sam Jones' Own Book; Quit Your Manners: St. Louis Series; and Thunder^ holts. Ho died Oct. 15, 1906, in Little RcK'k. Ark. Jones, Samuel WilMain, lawyer, furist.

was and

New York

Tnlv i. 1791. He was snrrogjite. jutlge of Schenectady countv, in Yortt. He died l>ec. 1, 1855, In City.

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Jones, Seaborn, lawyer, congressman, was bom in 1788 in Augusta, Ga. He graduated from Princeton college; atudied law; and