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Janet Lewis <I>Jones</I> Caulk

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Janet Lewis Jones Caulk

Birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death
20 Apr 1987 (aged 94)
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
Burial
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Eventide, Map 1, Lot 2994, Space 2
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Janet Lewis (Jones) Caulk (1892-1987), wife of Frank Ernest Caulk (1887-1952), married January 1915. Mother of Frank Wrightson Caulk (1917-2004) and Lewis Jones Caulk (1919-1997). Born October 27, 1892 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, the elder daughter of Lewis Henry Jones (1856-1932) and Ida B. (Sales) Jones, of Detroit, who were married on February 8, 1883. Sister of Charles B. Jones and Marion A. (Jones) Wilbur, the wife of Robert Lockhart Wilbur, a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Caulk died April 20, 1987 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. Burial, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.

Marriage
The Detroit Times. Monday, January 25, 1915.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016689/1915-01-25/ed-1/seq-11/

The Social Secretary of Detroit.
CAULK, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. (Janet L. Jones)
723 Seyburn Ave
Edgewood 0169
Mr. Frank Wrightson Caulk
Mr. Lewis Jones Caulk
Clubs, Mr. C – D – 32 — Mrs. J
https://books.google.com/books?id=pbLhAAAAMAAJ

Caulk, Frank E. and Janet
Pages 51 and 216. Dau's Blue Book for Detroit and Suburban Towns. Published by Dau's blue books, Incorporated, 1917. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
https://books.google.com/books?id=HVp5AAAAMAAJ

Biography of her father, Lewis Henry Jones:
"LEWIS H. JONES. Great corporate interests have felt the stimulus of the enterprise, business discernment and well defined plans of Lewis H. Jones, president of the Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills Company and an active official in many other large manufacturing concerns which have contributed materially to the present industrial power and greatness of the city. Along the path of opportunity open to all he has reached the goal of notable success, his progress being due to the fact that he has recognized and utilized advantages which others have passed heedlessly by. A native son of Detroit, Mr. Jones was born May 3, 1856, his parents being Edward D. and Mary (Griffith) Jones. He acquired his education in the public schools of the city, afterward completing a course in Goldsmith's Business University. His initial commercial experience was obtained as messenger with the Second National Bank and his faithful and efficient service won him promotion to the position of collection clerk in 1876. This was succeeded by the Detroit National Bank and later by the Old Detroit National. On the 1st of May, 1914, the Old Detroit was merged with the First National, Mr. Jones being on the board of directors of the Old Detroit National Bank, while he is now serving on the directorate of the First National Bank of Detroit. In 1877 Mr. Jones resigned his position with the bank and engaged in private enterprises, devoting his time to travel and other pursuits until July, 1882, when he became connected with the Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills Company, first acting as bookkeeper and cashier and becoming consecutively secretary and treasurer, vice president and president, which latter position he now fills. For almost four decades he has been identified with the company, having served as ore of its officers since 1883, and this gigantic manufacturing enterprise stands as a monument to his marked administrative ability, business acumen and progressive spirit. The other officers are Richard P. Joy, vice president, who has filled that office since January, 1907; Arthur H. Buhl, who since January, 1914, has been vice president; Frank H. Hoffman, assistant general manager, whose period of service covers twenty years; Andrew J. Peoples, secretary-treasurer, who has been with the company for a similar period; Wallace P. Bache, assistant secretary-treasurer, whose term of service covers nine years; and Alexander Henderson, works manager, who has been connected with the corporation for twenty-five years. Rufus W. Gillett was the first president of the company and upon his death in 1906 Mr. Jones, who was then serving as vice president, became its chief executive officer. In the list of those who have served on the directorate of the company in the past are found the names of men of prominence in business, social and political affairs, both locally and nationally, such as, General Russell A. Alger, George W. Bissell, Dexter M. Ferry, Rufus W. Gillett, Oliver Goldsmith, Allen Shelden, Martin S. Smith and Edward Y. Swift; while its present board of directors is as follows: Arthur H. Buhl, Frank H. Hoffman, Lawrence D. Buhl, Lewis H. Jones, Richard P. Joy, Frank J. Hecker, Andrew J. Peoples and Henry D. Shelden. The company was incorporated April 15, 1880, for a period of thirty years, and was re-incorporated April 15, 1910, for a similar length of time. The original capital stock, subscribed and paid in, was two hundred thousand dollars, which has since been increased to the sum of five million dollars. The company manufactures sheets, wires, rods, tubes, both seamless and brazed, in brass, bronze and copper and also makes special shapes by the extrusion process and the products of its plant are sold in all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America, as well as European countries. The first site of the plant was purchased from the Detroit Locomotive Works and was situated at the northeast corner of Lamed and Fourth streets. In 1885 real estate to the extent of about eight acres was purchased on McKinstry avenue, on which the nucleus of the present plant was constructed, the first building being erected in 1887. This acreage has been added to from time to time until at present the buildings and yards of the company cover an area of about twenty acres. At the outbreak of the World war foreign governments found the facilities of their countries inadequate to supply the demand made upon them and turned to brass manufacturers in this country to meet the deficiency. This company secured a very large tonnage of the foreign business and the experience thus gained in handling this class of business made it possible to render very efficient service to the United States government when our country became involved in the war. The brass facilities of the country were taxed to the utmost to meet government demands and, fearing that there would be a shortage in brass recessary to prosecute the war successfully, the company, at the government's request, built a large addition to its plant, which was not completed until after the signing of the armistice. This building, which is one hundred and eighty-five by six hundred and twenty-five feet, has been equipped as a casting shop and brass mill and it has been stated that there is no better mill in the world at the present time. The casting shop is equipped with six electric furnaces for the manufacture of brass, these being of the most modern and approved type, while the machinery in the mill is electrically driven by the most up-to-date and improved methods. The company's entire facilities, of very large proportions, were devoted exclusively to supplying the needs of the government, from which it received the following testimonial in recognition of the splendid service rendered at a most critical period in the history of the nation:
"THE WAR DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Recognizes in this award for distinguished service the loyalty, energy and efficiency in the performance of the war work by which [Page  348] CITY OF DETROIT DETROIT COPPER & BRASS ROLLING MILLS aided materially in obtaining victory for the arms of the United States of America in the war with The Imperial German Government and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government." (Signed) Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. Extending the scope of his activities into other fields, Mr. Jones has become vice president and director of the Grace Harbor Lumber Company and the Detroit Twist Drill Company, a director of the Michigan Sugar Company and other large manufacturing enterprises. On the 8th of February, 1883, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Ida B. Sales of Detroit, and their children are Janet L., now the wife of Frank E. Caulk of this city; and Marion A., wife of R. Lockhart Wilbur. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Detroit, Detroit Boat, Detroit Athletic and Detroit Country Clubs and he is also connected with the Engineers Club of New York. He is preeminently a man whose constantly expanding powers have taken him from humble surroundings to the field of large enterprises and continually broadening opportunities and he fully deserves the honor that is accorded the fortunate individual who has fought and won in the great battle of life."

Dau's Blue Book for Detroit and Suburban Towns, 1917.
https://books.google.com/books?id=HVp5AAAAMAAJ

Page 16. The Social Secretary of Detroit.
https://books.google.com/books?id=pbLhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=frank+ernest+caulk+Pasadena&source=bl&ots=eii5YAktgv&sig=ACfU3U3WR6ApjUwrLpddbZCVsln3U9zMdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0v9KG1baBAxUahIkEHYINBZYQ6AF6BAgfEAI#v=onepage&q=frank%20ernest%20caulk%20Pasadena&f=true

Mother of Frank Wrightson Caulk (1917-2004).

Mother of Lewis Jones Caulk (1919-1997). His first marriage, to Sallie (McAlester) Caulk Zeigler LaBonte, mother of his children, ended in divorce. Lewis Sr.'s second wife was named Janet. Grandmother of Lewis Jones "Lew" Caulk, Jr. (1953-2017) and others.
Janet Lewis (Jones) Caulk (1892-1987), wife of Frank Ernest Caulk (1887-1952), married January 1915. Mother of Frank Wrightson Caulk (1917-2004) and Lewis Jones Caulk (1919-1997). Born October 27, 1892 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, the elder daughter of Lewis Henry Jones (1856-1932) and Ida B. (Sales) Jones, of Detroit, who were married on February 8, 1883. Sister of Charles B. Jones and Marion A. (Jones) Wilbur, the wife of Robert Lockhart Wilbur, a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Caulk died April 20, 1987 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. Burial, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.

Marriage
The Detroit Times. Monday, January 25, 1915.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016689/1915-01-25/ed-1/seq-11/

The Social Secretary of Detroit.
CAULK, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. (Janet L. Jones)
723 Seyburn Ave
Edgewood 0169
Mr. Frank Wrightson Caulk
Mr. Lewis Jones Caulk
Clubs, Mr. C – D – 32 — Mrs. J
https://books.google.com/books?id=pbLhAAAAMAAJ

Caulk, Frank E. and Janet
Pages 51 and 216. Dau's Blue Book for Detroit and Suburban Towns. Published by Dau's blue books, Incorporated, 1917. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
https://books.google.com/books?id=HVp5AAAAMAAJ

Biography of her father, Lewis Henry Jones:
"LEWIS H. JONES. Great corporate interests have felt the stimulus of the enterprise, business discernment and well defined plans of Lewis H. Jones, president of the Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills Company and an active official in many other large manufacturing concerns which have contributed materially to the present industrial power and greatness of the city. Along the path of opportunity open to all he has reached the goal of notable success, his progress being due to the fact that he has recognized and utilized advantages which others have passed heedlessly by. A native son of Detroit, Mr. Jones was born May 3, 1856, his parents being Edward D. and Mary (Griffith) Jones. He acquired his education in the public schools of the city, afterward completing a course in Goldsmith's Business University. His initial commercial experience was obtained as messenger with the Second National Bank and his faithful and efficient service won him promotion to the position of collection clerk in 1876. This was succeeded by the Detroit National Bank and later by the Old Detroit National. On the 1st of May, 1914, the Old Detroit was merged with the First National, Mr. Jones being on the board of directors of the Old Detroit National Bank, while he is now serving on the directorate of the First National Bank of Detroit. In 1877 Mr. Jones resigned his position with the bank and engaged in private enterprises, devoting his time to travel and other pursuits until July, 1882, when he became connected with the Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills Company, first acting as bookkeeper and cashier and becoming consecutively secretary and treasurer, vice president and president, which latter position he now fills. For almost four decades he has been identified with the company, having served as ore of its officers since 1883, and this gigantic manufacturing enterprise stands as a monument to his marked administrative ability, business acumen and progressive spirit. The other officers are Richard P. Joy, vice president, who has filled that office since January, 1907; Arthur H. Buhl, who since January, 1914, has been vice president; Frank H. Hoffman, assistant general manager, whose period of service covers twenty years; Andrew J. Peoples, secretary-treasurer, who has been with the company for a similar period; Wallace P. Bache, assistant secretary-treasurer, whose term of service covers nine years; and Alexander Henderson, works manager, who has been connected with the corporation for twenty-five years. Rufus W. Gillett was the first president of the company and upon his death in 1906 Mr. Jones, who was then serving as vice president, became its chief executive officer. In the list of those who have served on the directorate of the company in the past are found the names of men of prominence in business, social and political affairs, both locally and nationally, such as, General Russell A. Alger, George W. Bissell, Dexter M. Ferry, Rufus W. Gillett, Oliver Goldsmith, Allen Shelden, Martin S. Smith and Edward Y. Swift; while its present board of directors is as follows: Arthur H. Buhl, Frank H. Hoffman, Lawrence D. Buhl, Lewis H. Jones, Richard P. Joy, Frank J. Hecker, Andrew J. Peoples and Henry D. Shelden. The company was incorporated April 15, 1880, for a period of thirty years, and was re-incorporated April 15, 1910, for a similar length of time. The original capital stock, subscribed and paid in, was two hundred thousand dollars, which has since been increased to the sum of five million dollars. The company manufactures sheets, wires, rods, tubes, both seamless and brazed, in brass, bronze and copper and also makes special shapes by the extrusion process and the products of its plant are sold in all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America, as well as European countries. The first site of the plant was purchased from the Detroit Locomotive Works and was situated at the northeast corner of Lamed and Fourth streets. In 1885 real estate to the extent of about eight acres was purchased on McKinstry avenue, on which the nucleus of the present plant was constructed, the first building being erected in 1887. This acreage has been added to from time to time until at present the buildings and yards of the company cover an area of about twenty acres. At the outbreak of the World war foreign governments found the facilities of their countries inadequate to supply the demand made upon them and turned to brass manufacturers in this country to meet the deficiency. This company secured a very large tonnage of the foreign business and the experience thus gained in handling this class of business made it possible to render very efficient service to the United States government when our country became involved in the war. The brass facilities of the country were taxed to the utmost to meet government demands and, fearing that there would be a shortage in brass recessary to prosecute the war successfully, the company, at the government's request, built a large addition to its plant, which was not completed until after the signing of the armistice. This building, which is one hundred and eighty-five by six hundred and twenty-five feet, has been equipped as a casting shop and brass mill and it has been stated that there is no better mill in the world at the present time. The casting shop is equipped with six electric furnaces for the manufacture of brass, these being of the most modern and approved type, while the machinery in the mill is electrically driven by the most up-to-date and improved methods. The company's entire facilities, of very large proportions, were devoted exclusively to supplying the needs of the government, from which it received the following testimonial in recognition of the splendid service rendered at a most critical period in the history of the nation:
"THE WAR DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Recognizes in this award for distinguished service the loyalty, energy and efficiency in the performance of the war work by which [Page  348] CITY OF DETROIT DETROIT COPPER & BRASS ROLLING MILLS aided materially in obtaining victory for the arms of the United States of America in the war with The Imperial German Government and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government." (Signed) Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. Extending the scope of his activities into other fields, Mr. Jones has become vice president and director of the Grace Harbor Lumber Company and the Detroit Twist Drill Company, a director of the Michigan Sugar Company and other large manufacturing enterprises. On the 8th of February, 1883, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Ida B. Sales of Detroit, and their children are Janet L., now the wife of Frank E. Caulk of this city; and Marion A., wife of R. Lockhart Wilbur. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Detroit, Detroit Boat, Detroit Athletic and Detroit Country Clubs and he is also connected with the Engineers Club of New York. He is preeminently a man whose constantly expanding powers have taken him from humble surroundings to the field of large enterprises and continually broadening opportunities and he fully deserves the honor that is accorded the fortunate individual who has fought and won in the great battle of life."

Dau's Blue Book for Detroit and Suburban Towns, 1917.
https://books.google.com/books?id=HVp5AAAAMAAJ

Page 16. The Social Secretary of Detroit.
https://books.google.com/books?id=pbLhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=frank+ernest+caulk+Pasadena&source=bl&ots=eii5YAktgv&sig=ACfU3U3WR6ApjUwrLpddbZCVsln3U9zMdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0v9KG1baBAxUahIkEHYINBZYQ6AF6BAgfEAI#v=onepage&q=frank%20ernest%20caulk%20Pasadena&f=true

Mother of Frank Wrightson Caulk (1917-2004).

Mother of Lewis Jones Caulk (1919-1997). His first marriage, to Sallie (McAlester) Caulk Zeigler LaBonte, mother of his children, ended in divorce. Lewis Sr.'s second wife was named Janet. Grandmother of Lewis Jones "Lew" Caulk, Jr. (1953-2017) and others.

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JANET J. CAULK
BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER
1892 — 1987



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