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JONES 638 JONES Mans, of Pennsylvania, a surgeon in the Con- tinental Army during the Revolutionary War. His paternal ancestors came from Wales with William Penn and settled at Marion Tovi'n- ship, near Philadelphia. One uncle, John Jones (q. v.), was largely instrumental in or- ganizing the medical department of the Revo- lutionary Army ; another, Thomas Jones, prac- tised medicine in New York City; a third, James Jones, was killed in a duel with Judge Livingston, of the Supreme Court, the result of a political quarrel. His education was received at the classical academy at Georgetown, under the Rev. James Carnahan, later president of Princeton. En- tering Georgetown College in 1818, he re- mained there nearly three years, in 1821 be- coming a pupil in the academy of the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng. In 1823 he went to Colum- bian College, Washington, graduated in 1825 and received his A.M. in Jan., 1827. In Feb., 1827, he began to study medicine at George- town with Thomas Henderson, professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the Medical College of the District of Columbia. Jones attended two courses at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1828 under Ph3'sick, Gibson, Chapman, Dewees and Hare. After a residency in the Philadel- phia Almshouse for one year, he began prac- tising in Georgetown in 1829, but in Oct., 1831, he moved to New Orleans where he spent the remainder of his life. Here he held the pro- fessorships of theory and practice of medicine and obstetrics, and also lectured on chemistry, constructing much of his own apparatus. He was, besides, a skilful botanist. He married Mary Elizabeth Butler in 1835 and had nine children. He was elected pro- fessor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana in 1836, and held this position until 1839 when he was trans- ferred to the chair of practice of medicine, which he occupied until 1865, when he re- sumed the chair formerly held. He was dean of the Medical Department from June, 1841, to June, 1842, and from April, 1848, to May, 1849. From 1857 to 1859 Jones was editor of the Neiv Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal and he was one of the founders of the Lou- isiana State Medical Society. For thirty-seven years he was the co-laborer and close friend of Warren Stone, sr. (q. v.). He died at his home in New Orleans Oct. 10, 1873, of apoplexy. Tr. Amer. Med. Asso., Joseph Jones, 1878, vol. xxbt, 689-696. Bibliography. Jones, James Robert (1848-1916) James Robert Jones was born in Toronto, Canada, February IS, 1848, and died in Win- nipeg, Canada, January 11, 1916, thus being nearly 68 years of age. He received his pre- liminary and undergraduate medical education in Toronto, where he took the degree of M. B. in 1877. He then went to London, England, where he took his L. R. C. P. He was for a year house physician in the London Hospital, for part of a year held a similar position in the Royal Free Hospital and for eighteen months he was medical superintendent of the Soho Square Hospital for Women. In 1881 he returned to Canada and settled in Winnipeg, where he practised till his death. In 1887 he married Margaret Dennistoun, sec- ond daughter of the late James Dennistoun, Q.C., of Peterborough, Ont., by whom he ha:d two sons, James and Max. The latter died in infancy. The former took a medical course at Oxford and, at the outbreak of the war, joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was still in service at the time of his father's death. Dr. Jones was one of the original incorpor- ators of Manitoba Medical College and was the first professor of interna! medicine, a chair he held until his death. He was the first president of The Manitoba Medical Associa- tion and also the first president of The Winni- peg Medical Association, and was once presi- dent of The Canadian Medical Association. He took a keen interest in the bringing to a successful issue the establishment of Domin- ion Registration and was one of Manitoba's representatives at all negotiations leading up to its consummation. He was a member of Dominion Medical Council from its inception till his death and was president of that body for one year. He was a member of the staff of the Winnipeg General Hospital and was one of the three members of a commission appointed by the council of the City of Winni- peg to report on its problem of hospital ac- commodation, besides being a member of the Council of the University of Manitoba for many j'ears. In fact. Dr. Jones's greatest in- terest in life outside of his profession wa.s education, and this led him to take member- ship in the Board of Studies of the University of Manitoba, the Advisory Board of the De- partment of Education of the Province of Manitoba, Board of St. John's (Anglican) College, and the Board of Rupert's Land La- dies College. Also he was a member of the Manitoba Club, a conservative in politics and an Anglican in religion. Jasper Halpenny.