Biography

12/10/1855 - 05/26/1929

JONES, John Austin, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, December 10, 1855 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; apprentice, iron molding; molder, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia; police officer, Washington, DC; deputy factory inspector, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1908; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1910); assistant fire marshall, Philadelphia (1911-1913); clerk, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia; died, May 26, 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fernwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, Fernwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.