Age 77 years. United States Postmaster of Washington, D.C.
Katherine Riggs Poole Memories
By Katherine Riggs Poole November 1969
Doctor William Jones, son of Evan Jones and Mary O'Neale and brother to John Jones, was born on April 12, 1790 near Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. His father was a respected farmer of Welsh descent, but William chose a different vocation due to the persuasion of Rev. John Breckinridge, a Presbyterian minister and friend. He was given a classical education at Rockville Academy and then placed as a student of medicine under Dr. William Tyler of Frederick, Maryland. Afterwards, he was sent to attend course lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated. He was an army surgeon in the War of 1812 where he remained until 1815 and then went into private practice with Dr. James Blake of Washington D.C. On December 21, 1821, he married Miss Sarah L. Corcoran, daughter of Thomas Corcoran Sr. of Georgetown, with whom he lived happily until her death September 24, 1843.
Doctor Jones became interested in politics early in life and was elected a number of times to the Washington City Council. He was a member of the celebrated Central Committee in Washington and became an ardent Jackson supporter. When General Jackson became president in 1829, he appointed Dr. Jones Postmaster of the city, a post he held through Jackson's terms and part of Van Buren's term. He was again appointed under Tyler's administration on July 10, 1841 to 1845 and then again during Buchanan's administration from 1858 to 1861. His entire service in this office was nearly 17 years.
Dr. Jones, a fair and impartial man, was of unimpeachable integrity. Although he was a strong partisan, he was highly respected by everyone, particularly Jackson and Tyler. He never entirely relinquished his profession, practicing through a period of fifty years. He was never known to make a charge for his service where he knew circumstances would make payment difficult. He was a member of the Washington Monument Society and President of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. He was a professing Christian and a member of the Episcopal Church. His death occurred on June 25, 1867 in his 78th year.
Katherine Riggs Poole Memories
By Katherine Riggs Poole November 1969
Doctor William Jones, son of Evan Jones and Mary O'Neale and brother to John Jones, was born on April 12, 1790 near Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. His father was a respected farmer of Welsh descent, but William chose a different vocation due to the persuasion of Rev. John Breckinridge, a Presbyterian minister and friend. He was given a classical education at Rockville Academy and then placed as a student of medicine under Dr. William Tyler of Frederick, Maryland. Afterwards, he was sent to attend course lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated. He was an army surgeon in the War of 1812 where he remained until 1815 and then went into private practice with Dr. James Blake of Washington D.C. On December 21, 1821, he married Miss Sarah L. Corcoran, daughter of Thomas Corcoran Sr. of Georgetown, with whom he lived happily until her death September 24, 1843.
Doctor Jones became interested in politics early in life and was elected a number of times to the Washington City Council. He was a member of the celebrated Central Committee in Washington and became an ardent Jackson supporter. When General Jackson became president in 1829, he appointed Dr. Jones Postmaster of the city, a post he held through Jackson's terms and part of Van Buren's term. He was again appointed under Tyler's administration on July 10, 1841 to 1845 and then again during Buchanan's administration from 1858 to 1861. His entire service in this office was nearly 17 years.
Dr. Jones, a fair and impartial man, was of unimpeachable integrity. Although he was a strong partisan, he was highly respected by everyone, particularly Jackson and Tyler. He never entirely relinquished his profession, practicing through a period of fifty years. He was never known to make a charge for his service where he knew circumstances would make payment difficult. He was a member of the Washington Monument Society and President of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. He was a professing Christian and a member of the Episcopal Church. His death occurred on June 25, 1867 in his 78th year.
Age 77 years. United States Postmaster of Washington, D.C.
Katherine Riggs Poole Memories
By Katherine Riggs Poole November 1969
Doctor William Jones, son of Evan Jones and Mary O'Neale and brother to John Jones, was born on April 12, 1790 near Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. His father was a respected farmer of Welsh descent, but William chose a different vocation due to the persuasion of Rev. John Breckinridge, a Presbyterian minister and friend. He was given a classical education at Rockville Academy and then placed as a student of medicine under Dr. William Tyler of Frederick, Maryland. Afterwards, he was sent to attend course lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated. He was an army surgeon in the War of 1812 where he remained until 1815 and then went into private practice with Dr. James Blake of Washington D.C. On December 21, 1821, he married Miss Sarah L. Corcoran, daughter of Thomas Corcoran Sr. of Georgetown, with whom he lived happily until her death September 24, 1843.
Doctor Jones became interested in politics early in life and was elected a number of times to the Washington City Council. He was a member of the celebrated Central Committee in Washington and became an ardent Jackson supporter. When General Jackson became president in 1829, he appointed Dr. Jones Postmaster of the city, a post he held through Jackson's terms and part of Van Buren's term. He was again appointed under Tyler's administration on July 10, 1841 to 1845 and then again during Buchanan's administration from 1858 to 1861. His entire service in this office was nearly 17 years.
Dr. Jones, a fair and impartial man, was of unimpeachable integrity. Although he was a strong partisan, he was highly respected by everyone, particularly Jackson and Tyler. He never entirely relinquished his profession, practicing through a period of fifty years. He was never known to make a charge for his service where he knew circumstances would make payment difficult. He was a member of the Washington Monument Society and President of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. He was a professing Christian and a member of the Episcopal Church. His death occurred on June 25, 1867 in his 78th year.
Katherine Riggs Poole Memories
By Katherine Riggs Poole November 1969
Doctor William Jones, son of Evan Jones and Mary O'Neale and brother to John Jones, was born on April 12, 1790 near Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. His father was a respected farmer of Welsh descent, but William chose a different vocation due to the persuasion of Rev. John Breckinridge, a Presbyterian minister and friend. He was given a classical education at Rockville Academy and then placed as a student of medicine under Dr. William Tyler of Frederick, Maryland. Afterwards, he was sent to attend course lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated. He was an army surgeon in the War of 1812 where he remained until 1815 and then went into private practice with Dr. James Blake of Washington D.C. On December 21, 1821, he married Miss Sarah L. Corcoran, daughter of Thomas Corcoran Sr. of Georgetown, with whom he lived happily until her death September 24, 1843.
Doctor Jones became interested in politics early in life and was elected a number of times to the Washington City Council. He was a member of the celebrated Central Committee in Washington and became an ardent Jackson supporter. When General Jackson became president in 1829, he appointed Dr. Jones Postmaster of the city, a post he held through Jackson's terms and part of Van Buren's term. He was again appointed under Tyler's administration on July 10, 1841 to 1845 and then again during Buchanan's administration from 1858 to 1861. His entire service in this office was nearly 17 years.
Dr. Jones, a fair and impartial man, was of unimpeachable integrity. Although he was a strong partisan, he was highly respected by everyone, particularly Jackson and Tyler. He never entirely relinquished his profession, practicing through a period of fifty years. He was never known to make a charge for his service where he knew circumstances would make payment difficult. He was a member of the Washington Monument Society and President of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. He was a professing Christian and a member of the Episcopal Church. His death occurred on June 25, 1867 in his 78th year.
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