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Phineas JONES, Congress, NJ (1819-1884)

JONES Phineas , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Spencer, Worcester County, Mass., April 18, 1819; attended the common schools; moved to Elizabeth (then called Elizabethtown), N.J., in…

Roland JONES, Congress, LA (1813-1869)

JONES Roland , a Representative from Louisiana; born in Salisbury, N.C., November 18, 1813; attended private schools; taught school in Wilkesboro, N.C., 1830-1835; was graduated from Cambridge (…

Samuel JONES, Congress, NY (1734-1819)

JONES, Samuel, a Delegate from New York; born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y., July 26, 1734; elected as a Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1788 but did not attend; died November 21,…

Seaborn JONES, Congress, GA (1788-1864)

JONES Seaborn , a Representative from Georgia; born in Augusta, Ga., February 1, 1788; attended Princeton College; studied law; by a special act of the legislature was admitted to the bar in 1808…

Walter JONES, Congress, VA (1745-1815)

JONES Walter , a Representative from Virginia; born in Williamsburg, Va., December 18, 1745; was graduated from William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., in 1760; studied medicine in Edinburgh…

William JONES, Congress, PA (1760-1831)

JONES William , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1760; completed academic studies; served in the Revolutionary War, joining a company of volunteers at the age of…

Willie JONES, Congress, NC (1740-1801)

JONES, Willie, (brother of Allen Jones), a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Northampton County, N.C., December 24, 1740; attended Eton College, England; engaged in agricultural pursuits;…

Larry Jones HOPKINS, Congress, KY (1933)

HOPKINS Larry Jones , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 25, 1933; attended the public schools of Wingo, Ky.; attended Murray State University, 1951-1954;…

Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones

(Encyclopedia) Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones, 1862–1937, American novelist, b. New York City, noted for her subtle, ironic, and superbly crafted fictional studies of New York society at the turn of…

Triple Crown Near Misses

Fifty-two horses have won two legs of the Triple Crown. Of those, sixteen won the Kentucky Derby (KD) and Preakness Stakes (PS) only to be beaten in the…