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Sad Death Of C. M. Jones

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Day
25
Month
August
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
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SAD DEATH OF C. M. JONES

 

Who Was Born in Ann Arbor in '37.

 

WICHITA POLICE CHIEF.

 

His Wife was Summoned from Ann Arbor Sunday Night.

 

Charles M. Jones died at Wichita, Kansas at midnight Monday. He was well Known and very popular in Ann Arbor, where he was born and spent much of his life. A telegraph dispatch in answer to a query of the Ann Arbor Commandery says that he died from the effect of a serious operation and that the funeral will be held on Wednesday. Mr. Jones visited in this city about three weeks ago and his wife, who is the sister of Mrs. B. F. Watts, was visiting here when she received a telegram announcing his illness Sunday night. She left Monday morning for Wichita, which she will reach tonight. She had been much worried over not hearing from him. He was to take part in a national Masonic event on the top of Pikes Peak, Aug. 6-13, and was Illustrious Deputy Master in the conferring of the degrees.

 

Mr. Jones was born in Ann Arbor in 1837. His father was the well known 'Squire James Jones, who ran a cooper shop in the Fifth ward. He obtained his schooling here and went to the war as a member of the 20th Michigan. He went into the post office after the war as a clerk under Capt. Dick Beahn and later became a bookkeeper in the First National Bank. For 15 or 20 years he was a bookkeeper and teller in the bank and was one of the most popular who were ever in the city. He then went to East Saginaw as a manager of a clothing store. A year later he went to Charlotte, where he remained for five years in the clothing business. He then removed to Wichita, Kansas, where he has been for the past 12 or 13 years. He was in the clothing business up to three years ago. At the time of his death be was serving his second year as chief of police, an office which in that city takes the place of a police commission. He had purchased a new home just before coming to Ann Arbor on a visit.

 

Mr. Jones was twice married, the second time about 20 years ago to Miss D. M. Webster, who survives him. He leaves two brothers and three sisters living in Port Huron: Mrs. Jane White, Mrs. Sarah Crowell, Mrs. Ella Minnie James and John Jones. He has one son in New York city.

 

He was high up in Masonic circles, being Deputy Grand Commander of the Knights Templer of Kansas and one of the few 33d degree Masons.

 

He was a whole souled man, happy, cheerful, a good story teller and was always one of the most popular men in the cities where he lived.