Edward F. Jones

    GEN. EDWARD F. JONES DIES.
   Civil War Veteran and Manufac-
   turer Stricken Last Saturday.

  BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Aug. 14.--Gen.
Edward F. Jones died at his home in
this city at 10 o'clock this morning fol-
lowing a stroke of apoplexy sustained
on Saturday afternoon.
  Military honors over the body of Gen.
Jones will be held in Binghamton and
Boston. The family funeral services on
Saturday morning will be followed by a
public funeral in the afternnon, when
the body will be placed on a train for
Boston.  There it will be met by the
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, which
he commanded when it responded to
President Lincoln's call for volunteers,
and by the Ancient and Honorable Ar-
tillery Company, of which Gen. Jones
was a member.
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  Gen. Jones was one of the pioneer ad-
vertizers among American manufactur-
ers.  He adopted the slogan "Jones of
Binghamton, he pays the freight" and
made his name known in every State
on the Atlantic seabord.  He soon built
up an imporatnt industry in scales and
farm implements.
  Gen. Jones was born on Jan. 3, 1828,
at Utica, N.Y. and while still a boy
removed with his parents to Leicester,
Mass., where he received his education
in the public schools.  In 1856 he in-
vented a kerosene lamp, in the manu-
facture and sale of which he was very
successful.  When the civil war broke
out he closed down his factory to take
command of the Sixth Massachusetts
Regiment, the first regiment to respond
to President Lincoln's call for volun-
teers published on April 15, 1861.  His
regiment was the first to pass through
Baltimore on the way to Washington.
It was attacked in the streets there
and in a series of riots several per-
sons were killed.  When he reached
the capital Col. Jones was met by
President Lincoln, who exclaimedfer-
vently: Thank God, you are here. Had
you not arived to-night we should have
been in the hands of the rebels before
morning."
  Later Col. Jones was recalled from
the front by Gov. Andrews of Massa-
chusetts to recruit and organize the
Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
which went to New Orleans under Gen.
"Ben" Butler.  At the close of the
was he was brevetted Brigadier General
and returned to Massachusetts, where
he was elected in 1865 to the State Leg-
islature.  In 1866 he settled in Bingham-
ton and entered upon the manufacture
of scales and farming implements.  He
was named for Lieutenant Governor
on the Democratic ticket in 1885 with
David B. Hill and was re-elected to
the same office at the conclusion of his
first term.
  Six years ago Gen. Jones became blind
and since that time he has devoted
most of his time and a great deal of
money toward the assistance of the
blind in the State.  He was a member
of a large number of fraternal and
patriotic organizations, including the
Sons of the American Revolution, the
Army and Navy Club of Washington,
D.C., the Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery Company of Boston and the Loyal 
Legion.  He was the author of "Origin
of the Flag," "Richard BAxter," and
"Uncle Jerry," the last two being works
of fiction.