- Edward F. Jones
Edward Franc Jones (June 3, 1828 Utica,
Oneida County, New York - August 14, 1913 Binghamton,Broome County, New York ) was an American merchant, manufacturer, author andpolitician fromNew York .Life
He was the son of Lorenzo B. Jones and Sophronia (Chapman) Jones. He was educated at
Leicester, Massachusetts . In 1850, he married Mary A. Tarbell, ofPepperell, Massachusetts .He fought with the 6th Massachusetts Regiment in the
American Civil War , finishing the war as a Brevet brigadier general. In 1862, he married Susan Annie Brown, fromBoston . In 1865, he opened a scales manufacturing plant at Binghamton, and became widely known for his new means of advertising. He created theslogan "Jones pays the freight", meaning that, unlike his competitors, he would not charge anything for the delivery of his scales to the buyer.He was
Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1886 to 1891, elected on the Democratic ticket with GovernorDavid B. Hill .In 1905, he published the
novel "Richard Baxter: A Story of New England Life of 1830 to 1840".He was buried at
Mount Auburn Cemetery inCambridge, Massachusetts .References
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones3.html]
* [http://books.google.com.br/books?id=TWUUAAAAYAAJ&q=edward+f+jones+lieutenant+governor&dq=edward+f+jones+lieutenant+governor&lr=&pgis=1 "History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts: 1637-1888"] by Oliver Ayer Roberts (A. Mudge & Son, 1898)
* [http://books.google.com.br/books?id=biZ7wnYuRl8C&pg=PA14&dq=edward+f+jones+lieutenant+governor+1828&lr=&sig=ACfU3U2scgaReeGq2tUNL3q-4W_7x6PlLA#PPA14,M1 "Broome County in Vintage Postcards"] by Ed Aswad & Suzanne M. Meredith (Arcadia Publishing, 2000, ISBN 0738504475 , ISBN 9780738504476 , page 14)
* [http://books.google.com.br/books?id=Fs0Ajlnjl6AC&pg=PA324&dq=edward+franc+jones+1828+1913&lr=&sig=ACfU3U31rPFnrfEqE_Om46TovJyjPqSIEw "Civil War High Commands"] by John H. Eicher & John Y. Simon (Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0804736413 , ISBN 9780804736411 ; page 324)Persondata
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