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CARY W. JONES,

Son of William W. Jones, sr., was born in Richmond, Virginia, on
September 23, 1852. His father, born in Gloucester county, Virginia,
died in the fall of 1860. His mother, Ann E., a daughter of Gen'l R.
E. Dabney, was born in Caroline county, Virginia, and is now a resident
in Richmond. His wife, born in Petersburg, is Annie F., daughter of
William H. Tappey, whose family record appears on another page of
this book. They were married at Petersburg, November 12, 1884.
Their son, Cary W., jr., was born September 11, 1885, and died on
June 16, 1886, and they have one daughter, Lucy Dabney.

Mr. Jones went to school in Richmond, then to the academy at
Princeton, Kentucky, and later took a course in a business college in
Baltimore, Maryland. During the war he was for a time clerk in the
Winder Confederate hospital, Richmond. In 1869 he went to Norfolk,
Virginia, where for a time he was engaged in the wholesale clothing
business. In 1874 he was connected with the Norfolk Virginian, in
1878 with the Baltimore American. In 1881 he wrote and published
the work entitled "Norfolk as a Business Center," a work of considerable
note, and which gave much satisfaction, running through five
editions. In October, 1885, he made his home in Petersburg, becoming
senior member of the firm of Jones, Bain & Co., which was succeeded by
the firm of Cary W. Jones & Co., manufacturers of high grade fertilizers,
which business he is still successfully conducting. Mr. Jones is a member
of the city council of Petersburg. His family connections by

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