Francis Warren JONES
Abbie Aurelia GARDNER


Husband:  Francis Warren JONES
Birth:  20 Aug 1855, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts 
Death:  7 Nov 1925, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois 
Burial:
Father:  Francis JONES
Mother:  Lavinia Augusta THOMPSON

Marriage:  8 Mar 1877, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Divorce:  Aft 1900, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Wife:  Abbie Aurelia GARDNER
Birth:  21 Sep 1854, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts 
Death:  Aft 1910, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts    
Burial:  
Father:  Samuel GARDNER   
Mother:  Mary Jane GRANGER 

Children:
 1. Edna Frances JONES, b: Jun 1878, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
 2. Marion Louisa JONES, b: 17 Jul 1890, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
 3. Myron Scott JONES, b: 16 Feb 1897, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts
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Notes:
In 1880, Frank, Abbie & Edna were living with Abbie's parents.  By 1900, Frank and Abbie had separated.  Frank later remarried and moved to Chicago, Illinois.

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0647, Page 57B), Lynn Ward 3, Essex Co., Massachusetts,
                                                                                    Enumeration District: 366, Enumeration Date: 12-Jun-1900, Family #204

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Birth Mo.

Birth Yr

Age

M/S W/D

# Yr Mar

# C Bn

# C Liv

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

Occupation
or Trade

In Sch

 JONES, Abbie A

 Head

F

Sep

1854

45

M

 

5

3

MA

MA

MA

 

 

             Edna F

 Daughter

F

Jun

1878

21

S

 

 

 

MA

MA

MA

 Saleslady / Dry Goods

 

             Marion L

 Daughter

F

Jul

1890

9

S

 

 

 

MA

MA

MA

 At School

X

             Myren S

 Son

M

Feb

1897

3

S

 

 

 

MA

MA

MA

 

 

 GARDNER, Mary J

 Mother

F

Jun

1823

76

W

 

1

1

MA

MA

MA

  

 

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0584, Page 130A), Lynn Ward 3, Essex Co., Massachusetts,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 374, Enumeration Date: 23-Apr-1910, Family #198

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

# Yr Mar

# C Bn.

# C Liv.

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

Occupation
or Trade

In Sch

 JONES, Abbie A

 Head

M

54

D

 

5

2

MA

MA

MA

 None

 

             Marion L

 Daughter

F

20

S

 

 

 

MA

MA

MA

 Clerk / Factory Office

 

             Myron S

 Son

M

13

S

 

 

 

MA

MA

MA

 None

X 

From Who's Who in Finance and Banking
 A biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries 1920-1922
 Edited by:  John William Leonard
 Copyright 1922 by Joseph & Sefton, New York, NY
 Page 372

   Jones, Frank Warren, Drexel Bank Bldg., Chicago, Illinois.
   Miner, capitalist; b:. Stoughton, Mass., Aug.20,1855; s. of Francis and L. Augusta (Thompson) Jones;
   descendant of  Governor Winslow, one of the Mayflower party who landed at Plymouth, Mass. in 1620;
   ancestors settled in Norfolk Co. Mass. 1636 and served in Indian, Colonial and Revolutionary Wars;
   grandsire was one of the incorporators and first selectman of Dedham, Mass. the county seat; ed:
   public schools in Massachusetts; m. Lynn, Mass. 1879 Abbie A. Gardner;  children: Myron Scott,
   Marion Louise. Entered business career in 1876 as superintendent of a shoe factory in Lynn, Mass,
   there remained until 1884, when became treas. and gen. mgr. of a shoe mfg. company. In 1888 entered
   firm of Jones, Curtis & Towne and continued with same until 1898; pres of an electric company 1896-1900;
   sec. and dir. of the Belt Electric Railway 1890-1895; pres. of the Home Medical Co. since 1898; v.-pres and
   sec. of Kraig Chemical Co., since 1902; and since 1901 pres. of the U.S. Mica Mining and Milling Co.,
   which owns the largest deposits and is the largest producer of mica in the United States. Press. Drexel
   Investment Co. Resident of Chicago since 1900. Mem. Mass. House of Representatives 1884-1885;
   senator 1886-1888; park commissioner 1889-1894; prison commissioner 1892-1896;  pres. Illinois Tax
   Reform Assn; chmn. Democratic Committee of Essex County, Mass., for many years. Mem. New England
   Society of Chicago. Clubs: Iroquois, Jefferson.

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Sources:
1) Marriage: Essex County Massachusetts Vital Statistics - Marriages, Vol. 289, Page 219
2) Birth - Husband: Norfolk County Massachusetts Vital Statistics - Births, Vol. 91, Page 250
3) Birth - Wife: Essex County Massachusetts Vital Statistics - Births, Vol. 81, Page 304 (spelled Abba)
4) Birth - Child #2: Essex County Massachusetts Vital Statistics - Births, Vol. 403, Page 332
5) Birth - Child #3: Essex County Massachusetts Vital Statistics - Births, Vol. 466, Page 503
6) Death - Husband: Cook County Illinois Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #6032982