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George A. Jones

Lawyer/Clock Manufacturer

Centurion, 1855–1850s

Full Name George Alfred Jones

Born 20 June 1825 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 28 November 1881 in Hartford, Connecticut

Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut

Proposed by Churchill J. Cambreleng

Elected 6 January 1855 at age twenty-nine

Archivist’s Note: Not to be confused with the George Jones (1811–1891) who was publisher of the New York Times. He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1855 and 1857.