Post by Eric Standridge on Oct 27, 2011 9:25:35 GMT -6
Dr. Lawson D. Jones established himself in the practice of medicine in Talihina in 1901, when he came here as an undergraduate from one of the standard medical schools of the east. His life to manhood was passed in the Mississippi valley and on the waters of the great river and on its navigable tributaries his father plied his vocation as a navigator prior to and during the period of the Civil war. The family is one of the pioneers in Hardin county, Tennessee, where it was founded by Jerre Jones, the grandfather of Lawson D., during the first quarter of the nineteenth century. That pioneer migrated from Georgia and created a farm from the forest around Coffee Landing, Tennessee, laying the foundation for the social and material progress of his successors. Jerre Jones reared three sons: Daniel; George, of Wolf City, Texas; and Jesse, who died as a resident of the Indian Territory. These children were all born near the scenes of their father's pioneer efforts and aided in the clearing up of the old Jones home there. Daniel was born in 1827 and remained on the farm until a young man, when he sought employment as a boatman. He finally rose to the position of a pilot, and his intimate knowledge of the navigable streams of the Mississippi valley led the Federal government to install him as a gunboat pilot during the Civil war. Altogether he passed sixteen years in this avocation, and then returned to the scenes of his childhood and followed farming until his death in 1895. He manifested little interest in politics but voted with the Democracy, according to the time honored custom of his family. Daniel Jones married Paralee Hayes, a daughter of Wallace Hayes, a slave-holding farmer and a representative of one of the old families of Hardin county. Mrs. Jones died in 1889, the mother of Coma, wife of James Hughes, of Coffee Landing, Tennessee; Minnie, deceased. Mrs. Thomas Meek, of Hardin county; Tony, of Wapanucka, Oklahoma; Robert, of Adamsville, Tennessee; and Dr. Lawson, of this review.
The common schools of his native county furnished Dr. Jones with his literary education, and when he reached a more mature age he became a country school teacher himself. This work was only temporary, being assumed as a means of aiding him to the mastery of his permanent profession. He first read in the office of Dr. J. D. Harbert, at Jackson, and then began his regular course in the Memphis Hospital Medical College. While pursuing his studies he spent some time in active practice at Talihina, returning to school as conditions would warrant, and graduating in 1902. Upon the death of Dr. Miller, he was appointed local surgeon of the Frisco road, and is a member of the medical societies of the county and state. He has shown a deep interest in public education and is active in the school work of the town as chairman of the board of education. Dr. Jones was married in Wright, Tennessee, March 7, 1897, to Miss Chester McBride, daughter of H. J. McBride, who is the father of five children. The Doctor and Mrs. Jones have two children—Ruth and Ola Jones.
The common schools of his native county furnished Dr. Jones with his literary education, and when he reached a more mature age he became a country school teacher himself. This work was only temporary, being assumed as a means of aiding him to the mastery of his permanent profession. He first read in the office of Dr. J. D. Harbert, at Jackson, and then began his regular course in the Memphis Hospital Medical College. While pursuing his studies he spent some time in active practice at Talihina, returning to school as conditions would warrant, and graduating in 1902. Upon the death of Dr. Miller, he was appointed local surgeon of the Frisco road, and is a member of the medical societies of the county and state. He has shown a deep interest in public education and is active in the school work of the town as chairman of the board of education. Dr. Jones was married in Wright, Tennessee, March 7, 1897, to Miss Chester McBride, daughter of H. J. McBride, who is the father of five children. The Doctor and Mrs. Jones have two children—Ruth and Ola Jones.