Jones, the younger brother of Richard Watson Jones, was teaching school when he enlisted on May 4, 1861 as a private in the Greensville Guard, which became Co. F of the 5th Battalion VA Infantry. He was discharged on May 16, 1862. An 1888 biographical sketch in Brock's Virginia and Virginians indicates he served in Petersburg, VA in the Quartermaster Department for the remainder of the war.
After the war, Jones taught from 1865-1871 at Wesleyan Female College. He then moved to Norfolk, Va and became a partner in the commission merchant firm of Jones, Lee, and Co. A prominent businessman, he also served as chairman of the Norfolk school board and was the treasurer for the board of the city water commissioners. He died April 15, 1908 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA.
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