Evan O. Jones
Evan O. Jones (March 24, 1830 – April 28, 1915) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
[edit]Jones was born in Denbighshire, Wales.[1] In January 1857, he married Mary Ann Roberts. They had three children. Evan O. Jones was the brother of architect David R. Jones.[2]
Career
[edit]Jones was a member of the Assembly from 1866 to 1867 and of the Senate from 1873 to 1874. Additionally, he was Chairman of Supervisors, Clerk and President of Cambria, Wisconsin and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican.[3]
He died in his home in Cambria after a lengthy illness.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). South Central Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- ↑ The Cambrian V.28. Thomas J. Griffiths. 1908. p. 473.
- ↑ "Jones, Evan O." Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- ↑ "Obituary Mention: Evan O. Jones", The Representative, Fox Lake, Wisconsin (May 7, 1915), p. 1.
Categories:
- People from Denbighshire
- Welsh emigrants to the United States
- People from Cambria, Wisconsin
- Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Mayors of places in Wisconsin
- American justices of the peace
- 1830 births
- 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature