WILLIAM M. JONES
Was born in Greensville county, Virginia, on January 21, 1840, the son
of Mordecai Jones, now deceased, who was a son of John Jones, of
Brunswick county, Virginia. The mother of William M., Martha R.
Gregg her maiden name, still lives in Greensville county.
William M. finished his education at Randolph-Macon College, where
he was graduated in 1860. The following year he taught school, then
entered the Confederate States Army in the "Greensville Guards." He
was appointed assistant quartermaster, and so served around Petersburg
until the close of the war. From 1865 to 1871 he taught in the
Wesleyan Female College, and since 1871 has been engaged in his present
business in Norfolk, a member of the firm of Jones, Lee & Co., commission
merchants. Mr. Jones is chairman of the school board of Norfolk,
and treasurer of the board of city water commissioners.
In Nansemond county, Virginia, December 23, 1868, he married Pattie
J., eldest daughter of Capt. Patrick H. Lee and Joanna Rawls, his wife.
Mrs. Jones was born in Nansemond county, where her parents still
reside. Her father served in the late war, captain in the 13th Virginia
Cavalry, C. S. A.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born in the order named: H.
Lee, now deceased, Willie M., A. Celeste, R. Paul, R. Virginia; Pattie
J., deceased, Pattie J., 2d, deceased, Richard A. and Harry P.
