From collection Member List
EDUCATION: Brother Jones, son of Dr. James Spann Jones, entered The University of Georgia in 1874, in which year he won recognition as the best Sophomore debater as a member of Phi Kappa Literary Society. He joined Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. May have been initiated into a Kappa Deuteron chapter that briefly operated sub rosa for a short period during the school’s prohibition on membership in Greek-lettered fraternities. The University of Georgia Class of 1876.
CAREER: Jones was admitted to State Bar of Georgia in September of 1875. In Brunswick, Georgia, Brother Jones was an attorney in the firm of Davenport & Jones, in partnership with the Mayor of that city, Thomas Eastland Davenport. Just days before his death, Jones was one of six delegates selected to represent Glynn County at the First Congressional District Democratic Convention at Jesup, Georgia, September 16, 1876.
The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal, Brunswick, Georgia, Wednesday, October 20, 1875, p. 1: “See change of legal advertisement of Mr. T.E. Davenport. He now has associated with him Mr. W.E. Jones, formerly of Thomson, Georgia. Any business entrusted to their care will receive their prompt attention.”
According to his obituary in The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, Friday, September 22, 1876, p. 2: Jones “was a young man of great promise and had already achieved distinction in his profession. By his death, the State has lost a son who would have done her great honor in the future.”
Died of yellow fever at the age of 21.
CAREER: Jones was admitted to State Bar of Georgia in September of 1875. In Brunswick, Georgia, Brother Jones was an attorney in the firm of Davenport & Jones, in partnership with the Mayor of that city, Thomas Eastland Davenport. Just days before his death, Jones was one of six delegates selected to represent Glynn County at the First Congressional District Democratic Convention at Jesup, Georgia, September 16, 1876.
The Brunswick Advertiser & Appeal, Brunswick, Georgia, Wednesday, October 20, 1875, p. 1: “See change of legal advertisement of Mr. T.E. Davenport. He now has associated with him Mr. W.E. Jones, formerly of Thomson, Georgia. Any business entrusted to their care will receive their prompt attention.”
According to his obituary in The Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, Friday, September 22, 1876, p. 2: Jones “was a young man of great promise and had already achieved distinction in his profession. By his death, the State has lost a son who would have done her great honor in the future.”
Died of yellow fever at the age of 21.
