The Press., 1890-02-20
A USEFUL LIFE ENDED.

| AA Under the above head the Minneapolis Tribune of Jan. 27th gives long obituary of Judge Edwin s. Jones, who died Jan. 26th in that city, portions of which we copy:
 Edwin s. Jones was born June 3, 1928, at Chaplin, Windham county, Conn. His father, David Jones, was of Welsh descent, and his mother, Percy (Russ) Jones, was of English ancestry. His father was rug ged farmer. who titled one of the hill farms of Connecticut, where an industry, energy and economy were gotten which mother died when he was years old, and his father when he was boy of but 10 years By reason of the death of his pa- rents, his education was simply that which could be obtained from the common schools of his neighborhood, 50 years or more ago. But he was always great reader of the best authors, and by his per- severence and determination forced his education out of every opportunity which presented itself, and in his maturer years his readings of general literature, biogra- raphy and travel, together with his varied and frequent travels through this and the old world, gave him vast fund of informa- tion and knowledge.
 Although possessed of means sufficient to satisfy every caprice, he adhered to tie modest and unobtrusive habits of boyhood "a Puritan in tastes, iLhexible in ortho- doxy, but gentle, kind and considerate to- watd all, and ever anxious to help the young who manifested pluck and good habits. But all the successes of his life he attributed to the industry and determina- tlcn which he acquired as an orphan boy when he was trying to force his way in the world. These qualities were ever his cap ital, and he esteemed them of higher value than any thing else.. When he was 1e years old he began teaching school, and had that schoolmaster experienc, which has developed so many of New Eugland's best men.
 In the autumn of 1853 he was married to Harriet M. James, of his native town and in the spring of 1854 they came to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis, ther but struggling frontier village. Before leaving Connecticut he had commenced reading law in the office of Hon. J. H Carpenter, at Willimantic, Conn. Or reaching Minnesota, MT, Jones completed his legal studies ill the office of Hon. Isaac Atwater, and was admitted to the bar il 1855, and continued to practice with Judge Atwater until 1857. He continued his practice until 1870 Excepting the time when he was in the service of the unior army in the war of the rebellion). Dur ing this time he was for three years judge of the probate court of Hennepin county and filled many city and country offices. T He was participant in the war of the rebellion, and was captain and commissary of subsistence, in the union forces in tho department at the Gulf, at New Orleans Port Hudson, Mobile, Shreveport, anG other points. During this time his ser ) vices were especially valuable to the gov ] ernment-his careful and economic man agement' saving large sums to the govern ment on this account. Before the close O the war he was brevetted as major. O. returning from the war he engaged in tho practice of law until the year 1870, whe1 he carried into effect plan for the orga nszation of the first savings bank in Mn neapolis, and was el. cted its first presiden "a position which he continuously hell until the hour of his death. This bAnl has always been regarded as one of tn, soundest banking institutions in the north west, and its management has been mark ed with prudence and caution.
 Although ranked among the best busi ness men of Minneapolis, of sound judg ment, honest and straightforward, quicl to See business opportunity and ready tt forecast the future, it has nevertheless been in the line of benevolent and mora activity that Judge Jones has stood con spicuous in this C. immunity. As a chris tlan man his influence has been felt. Al though he was man who acquired wealth .bd might easily have been one of the we ;lthiest men of this state, had he re sained and invested the money he made his larger wealth. consists iu what he has given away to advance education, morality and religion.
 No one knows of his private charities, o nf his many substantial gifts to church and educational enterprises, and acts O. private charity except as they have beer accidentally told by the recipients. These matters he never mentioned even to his in tinate friends; some of his gifts, however are known. He has successfully carried out his idea of an old ladies' home ant home for aged ministers and their wives and in 1886 he presented to the Woman' Christian Association of Minneapolis fol this purpose beautiful property of 8( acres on the shores of Cedar Lake, whici iu the years to come will be most muniti cent property in itself.
 ,l For a considerable time he has been trustee of tho Western Minnesota Acade my at Montevideo, and among the yer, last business matters which he attended t on the day before he took his bad in wha proved to be his final sickness, was in ad iustin9 of, out of his own purse, a larg' amount of indebtedness of the institution .- Judge Jones has been for several year trustee of Carleton College, at North field, and he has contributed generousl, towards it. He was trustee and patrol of Chicago Theological Seminary. H was also corporate member of the Ameri can board of foreign missions, of which h. was for years a large and systematic giver Many other educational and religious or lganizations have been his debtor in man, ways, and have been helped by his plan Q systematic giving.
 He has been pronounced believer il education and christianity as forces in tn world, but particularly so among the nor unfortunate people of the south. For hi gifts to the free kindergarten for colore children at Atlanta, Ga. it was named tn Jones Kindergarten. At All Healin Springs, in North Carolina, four mile from Kings mountain and near the Sout Carolina line, he has for several year maintained school for young ladies, wit corps of several teachers-"The Jone. Seminary"-the special object being t s tgive an education to the white girls of tn 1 rorioncs of ooot;o,, # Al,