Biography

05/01/1873 - 04/30/1948

JONES, William W., a Representative from Lackawanna County; born in Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pa., May 1, 1873; printer and co-owner, Olyphant Gazette; secretary, Blakely borough (9 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1915 term and served 3 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1923 term; composing room, Scranton Times; clerk, state liquor store; died, April 30, 1948 in Blakely, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.