Jones received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1858 and was practicing medicine in Greenville County at the start of the war. He enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 12th VA Infantry on June 6, 1861. He was promoted to corporal on August 20, 1861. On November 24, 1861, his rank was reduced to private at his request and he was detailed on hospital duty. During much of 1862, he was sick with chronic dysentery and was deemed unable to return to field service. He was discharged from the 12th VA Infantry and promoted to hospital steward on December 23, 1862. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on June 1, 1864, with the appointment retroactive to December 29, 1863. He was paroled in Albany, GA on May 16, 1865.
Dr. Jones returned to Hicksford, Greenville County, VA, now part of Emporia, VA, and farmed and practiced medicine. His widow's pension application states that he died of kidney disease on March 24, 1904. His obituary in the Journal of the American Medical Association lists
the date of death as March 25, and his tombstone indicates the death date as
March 27. He is buried in Emporia Cemetery in Emporia, VA.
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