Individual Details
Judge Samuel Edwin Jones
(22 Oct 1849 - 18 Dec 1922)
Connelley's 1922 History of Kentucky describes Samuel Edwin Jones in glowing terms; ex-circuit judge and an attorney of Glasgow, [he] is one of the most distinguished men of this part of the state. His hard-headed common sense, his keen insight into human nature and his personal charm and magnetism seem to bring him into immediate and close touch with a jury, so that every man in the panel feels that here is a man who is trying to work out with them the problem in hand and who wants to put its technical and abstruse phrases into terms which the ordinary man can understand and decide upon intelligently. He has always been absolutely at home in the courtroom and is familiar with its every detail. He has at his fingertips every intricacy of practice and is never at a loss what to do. A master of cross-examination,he holds his case well in hand at all times and drives his points home with telling force. During the many years he served with distinguished capability on the bench Judge Jones proved by his masterful, straightforward and yet considerate adjudication of all of he important and delicate matters which came before him, his right to his unique and prominent reputation for broad common sense and profound but unaffected knowledge and application of the law.
Judge Jones was born at Brownsville, Edmondson Co. Kentucky, October 22, 1849, a son of Veachel H. Jones and grandson of Rev. John Jones. The maternal grandparents of Judge Jones was Asa B. Gardner and Emily Bowles.
On August 28, 1894, Judge Jones married at Portland Michigan, Miss Jessie B. Maynard, a daughter of John J. and Luvilla C. (Gibbs) Maynard, both of whom are deceased. They have no children.
Judge Jones was born at Brownsville, Edmondson Co. Kentucky, October 22, 1849, a son of Veachel H. Jones and grandson of Rev. John Jones. The maternal grandparents of Judge Jones was Asa B. Gardner and Emily Bowles.
On August 28, 1894, Judge Jones married at Portland Michigan, Miss Jessie B. Maynard, a daughter of John J. and Luvilla C. (Gibbs) Maynard, both of whom are deceased. They have no children.
Events
| Birth | 22 Oct 1849 | Brownsville, Edmonson, Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1894 | Portland, Ionia, Michigan, United States - Jessie B. Maynard | | ||
| Census (family) | 7 Jun 1900 | Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States - Jessie B. Maynard |  | ||
| Death | 18 Dec 1922 | Jefferson, Kentucky, United States | |||
| Burial | Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Jessie B. Maynard (1864 - ) |
| Father | Judge Veachel Hobbs Jones (1818 - 1876) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann J Gardner (1825 - 1897) |
| Sibling | John William Jones (1847 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Amelia E Jones (1853 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
191, 213, Jones, Sam E, Head, WM, Oct 1849, 50, Married 6 yrs, KY KY VA, Circuit Judge, own free house, Jessie B, Wife, WF, Aug 1864, 35, M-6, 0 children, MI NY MA
, Amelia, Sister, WF, Feb 1843, 47, single, KY VA KY
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 & 1870 census.
2. William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter, History of Kentucky, Volume 3 (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1922), 543; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 28 February 2010.
3. William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter, History of Kentucky, Volume 3 (Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1922), 543-544; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 28 February 2010.