Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-05-12
sAMU Ell H. JONES
"e"'h of the Man who First Mad. Me-
lOdeOns In Brattlehoro

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SAMUEL Hartwell Jones, an elder brother NJ
49,, a., 49, zones OF this village, and the man who
vesan IN primitive way what has grown 20 ho
tne Famous organ industry in Brattlehor, az
a. MS nome in Needham, Mass last vveai, III.
10Y VT Jones was born in Berlin. Mass NJ,
w. io%S' his ancestry on both sides v,as e.,
H. AsV ~ ana substantial Massachusetts Co.,
was Merrjo Ville His mothers maiden name
GOV Hart1rni, His own middle name was after
n f naIt Weil OF Massachusetts His fathar ~ =
farmer and In the bows early cbii5bvleii was vas
nS6Iii5iy moved to Marlboro, n H vheTe atb bas
nm Hn , weIe porn and where S. H. Jones grew
~ -. - vas educated in the common schoois 20
one t1Wh, with terms in the academies ~ fo ~ VI
of EiiDbaI, az the age of 10 he went to the sho1
maler's a., Dr Rgs IN heene to learn the cabinet
Frnn, ~ oeue, remaining there about Ave wears
FROM there, In 1872 he went to Wncbesta - ais II
W Nork Tor Foster & Thayer who bnilt y,inn 80 -
striments ui;,t anu experimented in making in.
Isaa ~ win reeds, then called meodeons In
io4f Jster went to Keene to ENGAGE IL, IN III
gyuslness, while Thayer left the businsss III
On tho S19 ,ued u IN Winchester till June l. 1916
a. t yue n,I'eehth OF that month he and his broth
~ Joseph L., who had been at work with bi IN ~
wv Years took their worldly effects in n ~
hero a wagon and brought them over to Brattle
tba ,,, Gnu Ihelr benches and tools were set i'm In
Sie upper rooms OF what is now Larkin's NH ~
tl.hor.' h Mr. Jones was led TO come TO Brat
who used 20 ii Sac acquaintance with Riley Burdett
aaS useu 70 keep singing school in Winchester
ana aug Win whom he talked about the hnsiTSss'
gonh woodbury. and Riley Burdett we're na tnsr
8 r Io %sness mere the style of the firm being
t;ra % ZONES co. May /, 1917, Woodbury. re-
I Urea and Jones & Buidett continued The nell
9eoh business. In November 1919 thsv r,nvnJ
mn H., ~ o Cn,s village into the paper.mlf building
room. - ~" useu as store
sept; l. 1850, Jones sold his half in the business
he rsrna Lpehter, and went to Maryland where
T,an,n ' ht year or two selling a few instru.
ments which were sent him from Brattieboro
anu becoming interested in a machine for ms
s,,1n,a e. saves. He came back here in the
IN IL s.
S SI become the firm of Isaac Hines & 90 In
MSoVenoer, 1883, the firm of Jones' Carnentar g
meIodeonss 20 make piano style and portable
t .iheI99ueons About three years later Wood re-
t t ana the firm became Jones & Carpenter a
rev months later Jones sold out and vert 10 Ros
aftarSy"s Ior smith Brothers, the firm which
a q Waru became the well.known Smith Amer.
t! ViIgan company. He soon proved his abili
y 10 the concern and became its general s1,,,ar
T n.enushs. responsible work which he per
formed Tor the company was that Of slInar1n
gTenulng the erection of its large new factory on
fremont street and the putting in OF its macbin
e ~ ne remained with theifrm until last fall
Hneh Ihelr organ manufacturing business was
ciOseu out HIS residence has been iu Needham
since 1871, when he built house there
inc 30 % married IN 1871 two years before
inR 10 braLtle6oro, to Minerva Jewell of Whit
lnsham. Iheir Oldest son, who was born in Win
chester, died in the army service at Florida he
III q. tne Time Lieutenant in the 55th Massachu
setus regiment He and the captain of his com
Pahy were out on reconnoitre when In attempt-
ing 70 push off boat the captains pistol was
diSOne' Beu anu the young man re ceived fatal
wound. A second son. William j., was born in
Centreville, and now lives in Missouri Alice
oorn on Elliot street In this village has never
married, and her home has always been with her
parents A fourth child, Della is the wife of a
Mr. ,hlngsbury of Boston. Three other children
died in infancy
MT Joness life was long and useful one, and
ne was held in high esteem by the workmen in
the factory and in the community where he lived
VI MS fathers family of 10 children-f1ve sons
and hve daughters-only two now remain, iona.
imam NJ. Jones OF keene and Joseph l.. Jones of
thls place, the youngest of the family.