Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . ealso introduced the etching of name andtrade-mark on the knives produced in thisestablishment. Taking a warm interest in questions ofpublic policy, Mr. Jones early espousedthe cause of the Republican party. Suchwas his popularity with the people of thetown that he was placed on the tickets ofboth parties for the office of probatejudge, to which he was elected in January,1917, and at the time of his death he wasa candidate on the Republican ticket torrepresentative in the State Legislatureand for reelectio
Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . ealso introduced the etching of name andtrade-mark on the knives produced in thisestablishment. Taking a warm interest in questions ofpublic policy, Mr. Jones early espousedthe cause of the Republican party. Suchwas his popularity with the people of thetown that he was placed on the tickets ofboth parties for the office of probatejudge, to which he was elected in January,1917, and at the time of his death he wasa candidate on the Republican ticket torrepresentative in the State Legislatureand for reelection as judge of probate. Hewas active in church work, being deaconof the Congregational church, and wasalso interested in military affairs as ser-geant in Company E, Connecticut StateGuard. He represented two fire insur-ance companies, was agent for the Trav-elers Life Insurance Company and for theR. L. McGovern Granite Company ofHartford. Mr. Jones seemed to have anunlimited capacity for work, and his am-bition no doubt led him to overtax hispowers, so that when attacked by influ- 14a.
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