1813–1880

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 28, 1813, Sa­lem, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: May 8, 1880, Sa­lem, Mas­sa­chu­setts

Buried: Old South Ce­me­te­ry, Pea­bo­dy, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Jones was the son of Cap­tain Jones and Ly­dia Ve­ry, and bro­ther of Lydia Very.

He gra­du­at­ed from Har­vard Col­lege in 1836, then stayed there as Greek tu­tor for two years.

He be­came a Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­ter in 1843, but ne­ver held a pas­tor­ate. He was lat­er in­sti­tu­tion­al­ized in an in­sane asylum.

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