Wiley E. Jones

Wiley E. Jones (born October 19, 1856 in Ball Township , Illinois , † January 23, 1924 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Wiley E. Jones, son of Pollyana "Polly" Ann Wills (1822–1867) and Dr. Joshua W. Jones (1823-1883) was born in Sangamon County, Illinois in 1856 . Alexander Jones (1786-1844), the father of Joshua W. Jones, settled in 1827 on a farm near Ball Township, which was 3  miles east of Chatham . Joshua W. Jones and his children grew up there. After the death of Wiley E. Jones' mother, his father married a second time on September 3, 1869, to Mary E. Dryer of McLean County . Wiley E. Jones had at least six full siblings, Adolph W. (* 1846), Laura J. (* 1847), Willis A., Americus V., James A. and Horatio S., and two half-siblings, Luella and Junettie. His teenage years were fromCivil war overshadowed. At some point he studied law . He served in the Illinois House of Representatives for one term . In 1889 he moved to the Washington Territory and settled there in Tacoma ( Pierce County ). In the same year Washington became a state . He moved to the Arizona Territory in 1892 and settled there in Solomonville ( Graham County ), which belongs to the metropolitan area of ​​the Town of Safford . Shortly thereafter he was elected district attorney for Graham County. He held the post from at least early 1895 to late 1900. During this time he also served in the Spanish-American War . From 1901 he worked as a lawyer again. In the following years he moved to Clifton , which was then still part of Graham County and in 1909 the administrative seat of the newly formed Greenlee County . In 1907 he was residing in Safford again. Before the presidential election in 1912 , he ran for the post as an elector ( presidential elector ) for the Democratic Party. Jones was elected Attorney General of Arizona in 1913 and was re-elected twice. In his third candidacy for re-election, he suffered a defeat. Jones held the post from 1914 to 1921. During his tenure as Attorney General, he lived in Phoenix, Arizona. He was the second person to hold the post after Arizona became a state in 1912. After the end of his tenure, he moved back to Safford.

On January 18, 1924, he was out on his bike in Phoenix. He was hit by Alvin Lutjens at 3:30 p.m. local time in his car at 726 East Willetta Street. Jones was admitted to St. Joseph Hospital with a fractured skull and a broken left leg. At that point he was passed out. He died there five days later as a result of the car accident. His body was then interred in the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix.

Trivia

Wiley E. Jones stayed at the Jones Hotel in Safford on Friday evening, May 21, 1921 . In the course of the evening he wanted to impress a few women there. To do this, he took a Gila lizard out of a box that he had with him. He held the reptile by the neck with his right hand and slapped the reptile's head with his left hand. Soon after, the gila crustacean had bitten the end of the middle finger of his left hand. It took him more than a minute to get rid of the reptile from his hand. As a result of the bite, Jones's hand and tongue became swollen. It took about five hours before his tongue was swollen enough and he could speak again.

Works

• Jones, Wiley E .: Biennial Report of the Attorney General of Arizona, 1923

literature

• Statements Rumored to Have Ben Made by Jones Meet Disapproval Throughout District , Bisbee Daily Review, August 12, 1917, p. 1
• Atty. Wiley Jones Tears Gov. Campbell's “Fraud” Charges Into Fine Atoms; Arraigns GOP Candidate , Bisbee Daily Review, October 10, 1920, p. 1

Web links

• Arizona State Library - Photo by Wiley E. Jones

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Original Certificate Of Death , Arizona State Board Of Health, January 26, 1924
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Wiley E. Jones in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 23, 2016.
3. ^ ^{A b} Wiley E. Jones on the Our Campaigns website
4. ^ Polly Ann Jones in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 23, 2016.
5. ↑ Joshua W. Jones in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 23, 2016.
6. ↑ Alexander Jones on the Sangamon County GenWeb website
7. ^ ^{A b c} Goff, John S .: George WP Hunt and His Arizona , Socio Technical Publications, 1973, p. 276
8. ^ Wiley E. Jones - District Attorney , Graham Guardian, April 20, 1895, p. 1
9. ^ Wiley E. Jones - District Attorney , Graham Guardian, February 28, 1896, p. 1
10. ^ Wiley E. Jones - District Attorney , Graham Guardian, Jan. 22, 1897, p. 1
11. ^ Wiley E. Jones - District Attorney , Graham Guardian, April 22, 1898, p. 1
12. ^ Wiley E. Jones - District Attorney , Graham Guardian, July 28, 1899, p. 1
13. ^ Wiley E. Jones - District Attorney , Graham Guardian, October 26, 1900, p. 1
14. ^ Wiley E. Jones - Attorney-at-Law , Graham Guardian, Oct. 18, 1901, p. 1
15. ^ Wiley E. Jones - Attorney-at-Law , Graham Guardian, April 1, 1904, p. 1
16. ↑ Hon. Wiley E. Jones, Brilliant Speaker Of Graham County, In The City , Bisbee Daily Review, May 30, 1905, p. 5
17. ^ Wiley Jones Here , Bisbee Daily Review, Jul 13, 1907, p. 7
18. ^ Hon. Wiley E. Jones - Candidate for Presidential Elector , Bisbee Daily Review, Oct. 17, 1912, p. 3
19. ^ Wiley E. Jones - Attorney General - Democratic Candidate for Renomination , Bisbee Daily Review, Sept. 5, 1920, p. 12
20. ^ Official register , Iowa General Assembly, 1917, p. 666
21. ^ Wiley E. Jones Thanks Graham County Friends , Graham Guardian, Sep. 13, 1918, p. 1
22. ^ ^{A b} Wiley Jones' Hardihood , Bisbee Daily Review, May 22, 1921, p. 4