1914 Biography - Junius W. Jones

Jones, Lieut. Junius Wallace, U. S. A., was born April 3, 1890, in Jackson, La., where he spent his childhood. He is the eldest son of Dr. Philip H. Jones and Annabelle Smith Jones, of Baton Rouge, La.. He was educated in Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia and Louisiana. While a student at the Louisiana State university he was appointed from the 6th district to the United States Military Academy at West Point which he entered March 1, 1909. He was graduated June 1, 1913, and entered the coast artillery at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. He is at present (1914) assistant quartermaster of Fortress Monroe. Lieut. Jones is a direct descendant of 3 soldiers of the Revolutionary war who were members of Marion's band in South Carolina, Samuel Jones, Samuel Hilton, and Thomas Jackson. His grandfather, Dr. John Welch Jones, of Jackson, La., enlisted for the Mexican war and was also a captain in the Confederate army. Lieut. Jones' maternal great-grandfather, Jared Richardson, fought under Jackson in the battle of New Orleans.

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Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Louisiana: Comprising Sketches, edited by Alcee Fortier, published in 1914, volume 3, pages 211.

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