Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Apr. 10, 1913
Mayor A. H. Jones of San Antonio Dies Very Suddenly Monday Night
San Antonio Light
April 9, 1913
Thousands of San Antonians paid final tribute to the memory of A. H. Jones, their late mayor and friend, as the body lay in state in the ballroom of the St. Anthony hotel his morning, before being taken to its resting place in the Mission Burial park. From 7:45 o'clock this morning until 10:20 o'clock, when the funeral service commenced, people passed in and out the room in a steady stream.
The personnel of the sorrowing thousands who filed by the funeral bier for a last look at the man, who had been elevated to the highest office within power of the people to give, was a tribute to his personality and gave fitting indication of the position he occupied in the community and in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
People of all walks in life were in the long line - bankers and street laborers, lawyers and clerks, merchants and mechanics all came to pay honor to the memory of the dead official. Women and children were there and policemen and firemen, heads uncovered and crepe on their badges, paid their last respects to their former chief.
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"He was a man of robust honesty, one who hated hyprocrisy and sham. He believed in men and valued them for their worth as men.
"Generosity was another of his sterling qualities. Never was a subscription list started for something worthy that his name could not be found there. In public life he did things worth while. He had a fair vision of a city with well paved streets and other improvements. It was his ambition to make that dream a reality and transform San Antonio into a lovely city. It may well be said that he expressed his mark of regal greatness in all activities of life."
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JONES, A H.
A. H. Jones, a stockman of San Antonio, was born in Gonzales County, Texas, in 1859, a son of Captain A. H. and Minerva (Lewis) Jones. A. H. Jones was born and reared in Gonzales County and acquired his education there. From his earliest boyhood he has been in the cattle business, being reared in that industry, and when still a youth he spent some years on the range and trail before the days of fences and enclosed pastures. As a businessman in the cattle industry, he has been unusually successful. For several years past his cattle interests have been centered in LaSalle and Dimmit counties, where he has a big pasture, aggregating over two hundred thousand acres, of which he owns one hundred and thirty thousand. The Jones ranch is one of the most valuable in Southwestern Texas and the owner is one of the leading stockmen of this part of the state, thoroughly conversant with the business in principle and detail and so managing his interests as to win gratifying success.
Mr. Jones' only connection with political or public life was when a boy of twenty-one he was elected city marshal of Gonzales. Pleasantly situated in his home relations, he has with him his wife, formerly Miss Sue Willie Peck, and three daughters, May, Anna and Carrie. In 1901 they removed to San Antonio, where they have since lived, having a pleasant and attractive home on Laurel Heights, in West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
Mayor A. H. Jones of San Antonio Dies Very Suddenly Monday Night
San Antonio Light
April 9, 1913
Thousands of San Antonians paid final tribute to the memory of A. H. Jones, their late mayor and friend, as the body lay in state in the ballroom of the St. Anthony hotel his morning, before being taken to its resting place in the Mission Burial park. From 7:45 o'clock this morning until 10:20 o'clock, when the funeral service commenced, people passed in and out the room in a steady stream.
The personnel of the sorrowing thousands who filed by the funeral bier for a last look at the man, who had been elevated to the highest office within power of the people to give, was a tribute to his personality and gave fitting indication of the position he occupied in the community and in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
People of all walks in life were in the long line - bankers and street laborers, lawyers and clerks, merchants and mechanics all came to pay honor to the memory of the dead official. Women and children were there and policemen and firemen, heads uncovered and crepe on their badges, paid their last respects to their former chief.
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"He was a man of robust honesty, one who hated hyprocrisy and sham. He believed in men and valued them for their worth as men.
"Generosity was another of his sterling qualities. Never was a subscription list started for something worthy that his name could not be found there. In public life he did things worth while. He had a fair vision of a city with well paved streets and other improvements. It was his ambition to make that dream a reality and transform San Antonio into a lovely city. It may well be said that he expressed his mark of regal greatness in all activities of life."
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JONES, A H.
A. H. Jones, a stockman of San Antonio, was born in Gonzales County, Texas, in 1859, a son of Captain A. H. and Minerva (Lewis) Jones. A. H. Jones was born and reared in Gonzales County and acquired his education there. From his earliest boyhood he has been in the cattle business, being reared in that industry, and when still a youth he spent some years on the range and trail before the days of fences and enclosed pastures. As a businessman in the cattle industry, he has been unusually successful. For several years past his cattle interests have been centered in LaSalle and Dimmit counties, where he has a big pasture, aggregating over two hundred thousand acres, of which he owns one hundred and thirty thousand. The Jones ranch is one of the most valuable in Southwestern Texas and the owner is one of the leading stockmen of this part of the state, thoroughly conversant with the business in principle and detail and so managing his interests as to win gratifying success.
Mr. Jones' only connection with political or public life was when a boy of twenty-one he was elected city marshal of Gonzales. Pleasantly situated in his home relations, he has with him his wife, formerly Miss Sue Willie Peck, and three daughters, May, Anna and Carrie. In 1901 they removed to San Antonio, where they have since lived, having a pleasant and attractive home on Laurel Heights, in West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Apr. 10, 1913
Mayor A. H. Jones of San Antonio Dies Very Suddenly Monday Night
San Antonio Light
April 9, 1913
Thousands of San Antonians paid final tribute to the memory of A. H. Jones, their late mayor and friend, as the body lay in state in the ballroom of the St. Anthony hotel his morning, before being taken to its resting place in the Mission Burial park. From 7:45 o'clock this morning until 10:20 o'clock, when the funeral service commenced, people passed in and out the room in a steady stream.
The personnel of the sorrowing thousands who filed by the funeral bier for a last look at the man, who had been elevated to the highest office within power of the people to give, was a tribute to his personality and gave fitting indication of the position he occupied in the community and in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
People of all walks in life were in the long line - bankers and street laborers, lawyers and clerks, merchants and mechanics all came to pay honor to the memory of the dead official. Women and children were there and policemen and firemen, heads uncovered and crepe on their badges, paid their last respects to their former chief.
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"He was a man of robust honesty, one who hated hyprocrisy and sham. He believed in men and valued them for their worth as men.
"Generosity was another of his sterling qualities. Never was a subscription list started for something worthy that his name could not be found there. In public life he did things worth while. He had a fair vision of a city with well paved streets and other improvements. It was his ambition to make that dream a reality and transform San Antonio into a lovely city. It may well be said that he expressed his mark of regal greatness in all activities of life."
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JONES, A H.
A. H. Jones, a stockman of San Antonio, was born in Gonzales County, Texas, in 1859, a son of Captain A. H. and Minerva (Lewis) Jones. A. H. Jones was born and reared in Gonzales County and acquired his education there. From his earliest boyhood he has been in the cattle business, being reared in that industry, and when still a youth he spent some years on the range and trail before the days of fences and enclosed pastures. As a businessman in the cattle industry, he has been unusually successful. For several years past his cattle interests have been centered in LaSalle and Dimmit counties, where he has a big pasture, aggregating over two hundred thousand acres, of which he owns one hundred and thirty thousand. The Jones ranch is one of the most valuable in Southwestern Texas and the owner is one of the leading stockmen of this part of the state, thoroughly conversant with the business in principle and detail and so managing his interests as to win gratifying success.
Mr. Jones' only connection with political or public life was when a boy of twenty-one he was elected city marshal of Gonzales. Pleasantly situated in his home relations, he has with him his wife, formerly Miss Sue Willie Peck, and three daughters, May, Anna and Carrie. In 1901 they removed to San Antonio, where they have since lived, having a pleasant and attractive home on Laurel Heights, in West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
Mayor A. H. Jones of San Antonio Dies Very Suddenly Monday Night
San Antonio Light
April 9, 1913
Thousands of San Antonians paid final tribute to the memory of A. H. Jones, their late mayor and friend, as the body lay in state in the ballroom of the St. Anthony hotel his morning, before being taken to its resting place in the Mission Burial park. From 7:45 o'clock this morning until 10:20 o'clock, when the funeral service commenced, people passed in and out the room in a steady stream.
The personnel of the sorrowing thousands who filed by the funeral bier for a last look at the man, who had been elevated to the highest office within power of the people to give, was a tribute to his personality and gave fitting indication of the position he occupied in the community and in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
People of all walks in life were in the long line - bankers and street laborers, lawyers and clerks, merchants and mechanics all came to pay honor to the memory of the dead official. Women and children were there and policemen and firemen, heads uncovered and crepe on their badges, paid their last respects to their former chief.
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"He was a man of robust honesty, one who hated hyprocrisy and sham. He believed in men and valued them for their worth as men.
"Generosity was another of his sterling qualities. Never was a subscription list started for something worthy that his name could not be found there. In public life he did things worth while. He had a fair vision of a city with well paved streets and other improvements. It was his ambition to make that dream a reality and transform San Antonio into a lovely city. It may well be said that he expressed his mark of regal greatness in all activities of life."
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JONES, A H.
A. H. Jones, a stockman of San Antonio, was born in Gonzales County, Texas, in 1859, a son of Captain A. H. and Minerva (Lewis) Jones. A. H. Jones was born and reared in Gonzales County and acquired his education there. From his earliest boyhood he has been in the cattle business, being reared in that industry, and when still a youth he spent some years on the range and trail before the days of fences and enclosed pastures. As a businessman in the cattle industry, he has been unusually successful. For several years past his cattle interests have been centered in LaSalle and Dimmit counties, where he has a big pasture, aggregating over two hundred thousand acres, of which he owns one hundred and thirty thousand. The Jones ranch is one of the most valuable in Southwestern Texas and the owner is one of the leading stockmen of this part of the state, thoroughly conversant with the business in principle and detail and so managing his interests as to win gratifying success.
Mr. Jones' only connection with political or public life was when a boy of twenty-one he was elected city marshal of Gonzales. Pleasantly situated in his home relations, he has with him his wife, formerly Miss Sue Willie Peck, and three daughters, May, Anna and Carrie. In 1901 they removed to San Antonio, where they have since lived, having a pleasant and attractive home on Laurel Heights, in West French Place. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907
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