WILLIAM T. JONES
A native of Charlottsville, Va., was born Oct. 27, 1839, and was educated
in same place. He was Town Collector for Charlottsville from 1876 to
1888, and filled the office of City Treasurer from July, 1888, up to date;
he served in the Confederate State's Army, Co. A., 19th Va. Inf. and
was severely wounded in the head at the battle of Williamsburg, May
5, 1862, was taken prisoner the day after, and detained at Williamsburg
one week, from which place he was removed to the hospital at Washington,
where he remained six weeks; he was afterwards taken to the
old Capitol Prison where he remained ten days, from whence he was
transferred to Ft. Delaware remaining there one month; was exchanged
Aug. 5, 1862; his wound becoming very troublesome he was soon afterwards
discharged from the service. Mr. Jones was married to Matilda
McComas, January 1, 1872, in Baltimore, who was born Oct. 29, 1849,
and died Aug. 9, 1890. Of a family of six children, James V., first
born and now deceased, leaves the family circle reduced to five. Justine
Lucile, Daisy, Ethel and Wm. T., Jr., all born in the order named and
still living. His father, Turner Jones, of Louisa Co., Va., who died in
1864, was the son of David J. of Wales; his mother, Sarah D. Garner,
who passed away in 1884, was the daughter of Wm. and Mary Garner.
Mr. Jones falling from a scaffold in 1876, broke both legs necessitating
the amputation of his left leg below the knee. He is acting treasurer
of John Bowie Strange Camp C. V. and of which he has been a member
since 1889; he belongs to the order of Masons and is a member of the
Missionary Baptist Church, Charlottesville,
