Samuel Philip JONES

1833 - 1909  (75 years)

• Name	Samuel Philip JONES
  Birth	13 Apr 1833	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA   [1]
  	Family records give birth date of 19 Apr 1833.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
  	ae. 17
  Residence	1857	Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA
  Residence	1870	Black River Falls, Town of Albion, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA   [2]
  Deed	1880	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
  	Purchased house and lot from Charles C. Dunn (Deed Book 37, p. 128, Index p. 325)
  Deed	1885	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
  	Jones, R.B., S.P. et al, Right for drain from Otis F. Smith (Deed Book 39, p. 175)
  Occupation	Dry goods merchant in 1880 census  [3]
  Occupation	Laborer in 1850 census
  Occupation	Merchant in 1870 census
  Death	31 Mar 1909	Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA
  	Cause: Stroke
  Burial	Apr 1909	Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA
  Notes	"He came west in 1856 and bought some land in Minnesota, and then went to Galena, Ill., to look for work. There he met Jacob Spaulding, who had just sold a stock of lumber which he had run down the river from the Falls, taking in part payment therefor a stock of goods. Mr. Jones was employed to take charge of the goods, and was glad to get the job. Little did he suspect, however, that in accepting that job he was destined to become the son-in-law of this employer, but he did. The goods were brought to Black River Falls in charge of Mr. Jones, and he had charge of their sale here. He was the first of the Jones family to come here, and this was how he chanced to come. The date of his arrival was January 2nd, 1857, and he stuck to Black River Falls from that time. He worked for Jacob and D. J. Spaulding in various capacities until the Isaac Spaulding store was established, and he has been with that store, through its successive changes, ever since, having become connected with it in a proprietary way on the 7th of February, 1864, when the firm name became Spaulding & Jones." "After the building of the Spaulding block the store was moved to Water street, to the place where the dry goods department is now conducted, on January 4th, 1868. This has been the home of this enterprising store ever since, barring the interruption of the city's greatest fire -- the one by which this block, the Spaulding block, the first brick block of large pretense to be erected in the city, was burned -- and a distinguished career indeed it has had during that long and eventful period." "On June 12th of the same year everything in the grocery line was sold to D. J. Spaulding, and it became an exclusively dry goods store." "R. C. Jones, having arrived here the spring of that same year, on the 22nd of September he entered into partnership with his brother and Mr. Spaulding, and the firm name was changed to Spaulding, Jones & Brother." "When the Spaulding block burned, on July 11th 1870, the Jones store burned out of course, but their stock was largely saved and the loss was fully covered by insurance. On the 29th of the same month they again opened for business in the present Arne Hagen building on Main street. They joined in the reconstruction of the burned block, however, and moved back into the new store on the 21st of April, 1871." "On the 31st of March, 1874, Isaac Spaulding died, and a few years later the Jones brothers bought out Mr. Spaulding's heirs and the firm name was changed to S. P. & R. C. Jones. The firm did a very large business. They had a branch store at Irving and started a large store and operated a stave factory at Greenwood under the firm name of Jones Brothers & Johnson. This was afterwards incorporated and gradually sold to other parties, except that S. P. Jones retained quite a large interest. Besides these side enterprises they also branced out into the lumber industry and operated quite a large sawmill on Morrison creek, a few miles northeast of this city, and kept lumber yards in South Dakota at four different places for many years. S. P. Jones had especial charge of the lumber yards and other outside business and R. C. of the home store and central office." "On February 10th, 1885, the company was incorporated under the name of the Jones Lumber & Mercantile Company. They have since gone out of the lumber business, closing the last of it out some five or six years ago." "This firm has never for a moment forgotten its place among the leaders in commercial enterprise in the city and county, and for years, single-handed and alone maintained a grain market here, after associates had made a failure of the business and given up trying." "On March 28th, 1902, the company bought the W. C. Jones grocery store, and have since been operating it with wonted vigor and metropolitanism." "R. C. Jones was not only a leading spirit in the enterprise in which he was engaged, but was ever prominent as a figure in public affairs. Like his brother (and all his brothers, for that matter) he was born in Brandon, Vt., the date being November 6th, 1839. He came here and went into the store as above stated and exhibited such a ready grasp of its affairs that the full management of the store was soon placed in his hands, and when the firm incorporated he was made the vice president and general manager, in which position he continued until his death, on February 19th, 1902. He served the city as mayor with conspicuous ability and was twenty-eight years clerk of the school board." "Twenty-one years ago the Jones company was in need of a bookkeeper, and John York of Ontario, Canada, was recommended to them, and upon summons John H. York came. He did not prove to be the John York recommended, but his services were needed and he was put at work. He was the wrong York at the time, but proved to be the right man just the same. He proved his capacity and was continued in the position. He took stock in the company and at the next annual meeting was made secretary, in which position he has continued since. He is now 40 years of age. Besides becoming a member of the company he also became a member of the Jones family, through the attractiveness of Miss Anna Jones." "Dudley W. Jones and F. M. Taylor are also stockholders in the company to a considerable extent, and are prominent in the management. Mr. Taylor is another who became a member of the family while in the service of the company, his wife being Miss Minnie Jones. He afterwards went to Greenwood to look after the company's business there, and was successul, becoming one of the proprietors. He sold out there and put his capital in here about the time that the W. C. Jones grocery store was purchased." "D. W. Jones who was successfully operating a store at Millston, also sold out there and returned her about that time." "Mrs. R. C. Jones is the only stockholder besides those directly in the management." "The only officers of the company at the present time are S. P. Jones president and J. H. York, secretary, no successor to R. C. Jones as vice president ever having been elected." The material quoted above was taken from the Semi-Centennial Anniversary Souvenir Edition of the Badger State Banner, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 13 Sep 1906. Included in this issues were photographs of D. J. Spaulding, Jacob Spaulding, Mrs. S. P. Jones, residence of Mr. R. C. Jones, S. P. Jones, R. C. Jones, the double store front of the Jones Lumber & Mercantile Company, R. B. Jones, residence of R. C. Jones, residence of S. P. Jones, residence of L. C. Jones. Excerpts form the diary of Samuel Philip Jones: April 28 1856 Left Brandon, Vermont. Oct 1856 Worked in Galena, Illinois hotel. Jan 2 1857 Arrived in Black River Falls by team, five days from Galena in mid winter. Mar 1860 Business district burned. Fire started in the old ball alley in the second block on side of the Main St. Incendary. Worked for L. C. Merrill and D. D. Cheney. Dec 6 1862 Married at 8 P.M. to Mary Jane Spaulding. Jan 24 1863 Quit Merrill and clerked for Isaac Spaulding at $40. per month. 1864 Spaulding & Jones Company formed. Apr 1866 Warren C. Jones arrived in B.R. Falls. Oct 6 1866 Made first trip to New York and Brandon. Apr 1867 Rufus C. Jones arrived in B.R. Falls. Sep 1867 Spaulding Jones and Brother firm started. Dec 5 1868 Rail road from Tomah reached B.R. Falls. Nov 4 1868 S.P. and R.C. Jones let first contract for cutting logs to D.R. Brown and W.C. Gross. Jul 11 1870 Spaulding block burned. Shanghai House. Aug 11 1870 Rail road reached Eau Claire. Aug 21 1871 Tilden Mound purchased by D.J. Spaulding1/2 share, Sam Bowman 1/4 share, and Sam Jones 1/4 share. Total price $5,000. Feb 14 1872 Rail road reached St. Paul. Free excursion and everyone had a wonderful time. Apr 9 1872 Sold two million feet of logs delivered in Fort Atkinson at $10 per thousand feet. Oct 29 1872 Sold 1/4 interest in Tilden Mound for $6,000. Ma 1874 Isaac Spaulding died. Oct 21 1875 Rollin B. Jones and W.T. Murray purchased the J.V. Wells hardware on NW corner of First and Main Streets. (P.L. Moe) Nov 9 1875 Lewis C. Jones started working for Spaulding Jones and Brother. Jan 23 1876 Jacob Spaulding died. Forty Indians in full regalia marched at the head of the funeral procession. Mar 11 1876 Wason town flooded by ice and log jam at the Lower Falls. (Brockways) Jan 1 1877 The Jackson County Bank started with a capital of $25,000. Dec 25 1879 S.P. & R.C. Jones Company formed. Mar 4 1884 The village of B.R. Falls went dry by 63 votes. Mar 11 1884 The village of B.R. Falls went wet by 33 votes. Feb 10 1885 The Jones Lumber and Mercantile Company formed. Mar 13 1885 Subscribed $500 to build a blast furnace. Dec 8 1886 W.T. Price (Congressman) died. Sep 5 1887 Subscribed $400 to build a Methodist church. Jan 22 1888 The Methodist Episcopal Church dedicated. 1870 U.S. Census: Roll M593_1718, p. 324, Albion, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Includes Ellen Jonson (?), Servant, age 19, b. Norway [4] (Medical):See attached sources. [5]
  Person ID	I20	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2012

  
  

  Marriage	David Sanderson Justice of Peace; S.W. Jones Town Clerk Bride's residence at time of marriage was Brandon. According to a written record on the Alvin B. Jones family by Town Clerk B. Davenport, the marriage was 15 Sep 1830.
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Headstones

  Gravestone of Samuel Philip Jones (1833-1909)

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] Vital Records, Note in Brandon town hall records by B. Davenport (Town Clerk, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont) on the Alvin B. Jones Family. Recorded 11 Jan 1858. (Reliability: 3). [S150] U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Albion, Jackson Co., WI, Black River Falls P.O. (Reliability: 3). [S150] U.S. Federal Census, 1880 (Reliability: 3). [S43] Family Bible. [S166] Personal Correspondence, Thomas Edwards Jones (Reliability: 3).