The Oklahoman, March 30, 1911
C. G. Jones, State Builder, is Dead
Charles Gesham Jones, 55 years old, an 89'er in Oklahoma City, state builder and one of the men most active in the bulding of Oklahoma City, is dead. The end came suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, 611 East Eighth Street.
Mr. Jones had been indisposed for several days from indigestion and had remained at his home. Wednesday he told Mrs. Jones that he felt better and that he was going to the city. He remained at home at his wife's solicitation. At 11 o'clock he called to her in a peculiar tone. Mrs. Jones called her brother, James Wheeler, and they went into the library where he was sitting. He asked them to help him to a lounge. As they laid him down, blood gushed from his mouth. He died almost instantly. The physician said that death was probably due to a hemorrage of the stomach.
The funeral will be held at the family residence Friday at 2 o'clock. Interment will be at Fairlawn cemetery. Dr. George H. Bradford of Epworth Univesity, and A. K. Riley will deliver the funeral sermons. Mr. Jones was a Mason of high degree, being a Knights Templar and a Shriner. The Masons will take a prominent part in the funeral services. Mr. Jones was also an Elk.
Among the relatives are his widow, Mrs. Nettie Wheeler Chappel Jones, a son, Luther, by a former marriage, G. M. Jones and Mrs. Mary Halloti, a brother and sister in southeastern Missouri, and Logan Jones, a half brother of near Jones City. the out of town relatives have been notified.
Gristmill, as he was known to his friends, was a member of the territorial legislature in Oklahoma Territory who led the fight for location of the territorial capital at Oklahoma City. Gristmill constructed the Frisco rialroad from Sapulpa to Quannah, TX.
C. G. Jones, State Builder, is Dead
Charles Gesham Jones, 55 years old, an 89'er in Oklahoma City, state builder and one of the men most active in the bulding of Oklahoma City, is dead. The end came suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, 611 East Eighth Street.
Mr. Jones had been indisposed for several days from indigestion and had remained at his home. Wednesday he told Mrs. Jones that he felt better and that he was going to the city. He remained at home at his wife's solicitation. At 11 o'clock he called to her in a peculiar tone. Mrs. Jones called her brother, James Wheeler, and they went into the library where he was sitting. He asked them to help him to a lounge. As they laid him down, blood gushed from his mouth. He died almost instantly. The physician said that death was probably due to a hemorrage of the stomach.
The funeral will be held at the family residence Friday at 2 o'clock. Interment will be at Fairlawn cemetery. Dr. George H. Bradford of Epworth Univesity, and A. K. Riley will deliver the funeral sermons. Mr. Jones was a Mason of high degree, being a Knights Templar and a Shriner. The Masons will take a prominent part in the funeral services. Mr. Jones was also an Elk.
Among the relatives are his widow, Mrs. Nettie Wheeler Chappel Jones, a son, Luther, by a former marriage, G. M. Jones and Mrs. Mary Halloti, a brother and sister in southeastern Missouri, and Logan Jones, a half brother of near Jones City. the out of town relatives have been notified.
Gristmill, as he was known to his friends, was a member of the territorial legislature in Oklahoma Territory who led the fight for location of the territorial capital at Oklahoma City. Gristmill constructed the Frisco rialroad from Sapulpa to Quannah, TX.
The Oklahoman, March 30, 1911
C. G. Jones, State Builder, is Dead
Charles Gesham Jones, 55 years old, an 89'er in Oklahoma City, state builder and one of the men most active in the bulding of Oklahoma City, is dead. The end came suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, 611 East Eighth Street.
Mr. Jones had been indisposed for several days from indigestion and had remained at his home. Wednesday he told Mrs. Jones that he felt better and that he was going to the city. He remained at home at his wife's solicitation. At 11 o'clock he called to her in a peculiar tone. Mrs. Jones called her brother, James Wheeler, and they went into the library where he was sitting. He asked them to help him to a lounge. As they laid him down, blood gushed from his mouth. He died almost instantly. The physician said that death was probably due to a hemorrage of the stomach.
The funeral will be held at the family residence Friday at 2 o'clock. Interment will be at Fairlawn cemetery. Dr. George H. Bradford of Epworth Univesity, and A. K. Riley will deliver the funeral sermons. Mr. Jones was a Mason of high degree, being a Knights Templar and a Shriner. The Masons will take a prominent part in the funeral services. Mr. Jones was also an Elk.
Among the relatives are his widow, Mrs. Nettie Wheeler Chappel Jones, a son, Luther, by a former marriage, G. M. Jones and Mrs. Mary Halloti, a brother and sister in southeastern Missouri, and Logan Jones, a half brother of near Jones City. the out of town relatives have been notified.
Gristmill, as he was known to his friends, was a member of the territorial legislature in Oklahoma Territory who led the fight for location of the territorial capital at Oklahoma City. Gristmill constructed the Frisco rialroad from Sapulpa to Quannah, TX.
C. G. Jones, State Builder, is Dead
Charles Gesham Jones, 55 years old, an 89'er in Oklahoma City, state builder and one of the men most active in the bulding of Oklahoma City, is dead. The end came suddenly Wednesday morning at his home, 611 East Eighth Street.
Mr. Jones had been indisposed for several days from indigestion and had remained at his home. Wednesday he told Mrs. Jones that he felt better and that he was going to the city. He remained at home at his wife's solicitation. At 11 o'clock he called to her in a peculiar tone. Mrs. Jones called her brother, James Wheeler, and they went into the library where he was sitting. He asked them to help him to a lounge. As they laid him down, blood gushed from his mouth. He died almost instantly. The physician said that death was probably due to a hemorrage of the stomach.
The funeral will be held at the family residence Friday at 2 o'clock. Interment will be at Fairlawn cemetery. Dr. George H. Bradford of Epworth Univesity, and A. K. Riley will deliver the funeral sermons. Mr. Jones was a Mason of high degree, being a Knights Templar and a Shriner. The Masons will take a prominent part in the funeral services. Mr. Jones was also an Elk.
Among the relatives are his widow, Mrs. Nettie Wheeler Chappel Jones, a son, Luther, by a former marriage, G. M. Jones and Mrs. Mary Halloti, a brother and sister in southeastern Missouri, and Logan Jones, a half brother of near Jones City. the out of town relatives have been notified.
Gristmill, as he was known to his friends, was a member of the territorial legislature in Oklahoma Territory who led the fight for location of the territorial capital at Oklahoma City. Gristmill constructed the Frisco rialroad from Sapulpa to Quannah, TX.
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