The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-16
H0RATI0 GATES JONES.
A NAN WHO VAS DEEPLY INTER
ESTED IN RHODE ISLAND.
Honored by brown and One Of It's Benc-
iactors.-known Throughout the
Country ss n Learned Antiquary.

Hon. Horatio Gates Jones, who had
been critically i'll at his .home in Phila
deiphia for several days. died late Tues
day afternoon, in the nd year OF his age
Mr.. Jones has for forty years been q
regular summer resident of Burlington,
wLere he has. by his genial disposition
aud public spirited interest in all mat
ters pertaining 10 the progress aud his
tory OF the town and its inhabitants. en-
deared himself to an unusually large
circle OF personal friends, who will sin
cerely mourn his loss He was ia 1852
married to Miss Caroline Vassar Bah
COCK daughter OF the lat. Rev. Rufus
bsocock OF Poughkeepsie). VINO died in
March, 1889.
Picturesque Figure.
Mr.. Jones was one If Philadelphia's
picturesque figures. man with wide
acquaintance, prominent as lawyer,
honored IN public and private station,
anu possessing genial disposition ana
io'enhess or character that brought
aroun him circle of warm friends He
was porn January o, 1922, in Phil ,lelph a.
OF welsh aud German ancestry, his
father. after whom he was named, hav-
ing been the pastor of Lower Merton
baptist church for "A period of fifty years.
lie was educated in the common schools
ana at Haddiugton college aud the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, grad uated from
the latter institution in lS4l, and was
admit ed to the Philadelphia bar In lS47
MT Jones was deeply Interested in s.
tt9ric-genealogical matters, aud proba-
oiy knew more about the lersonal his
tory OF the harrington families than any
OF her living authority, with one possible
exception: lie was a member of the
Rhode Island Historical 81 ciety. of the
historical societies OF several other states
ana fellow of the Royal Historical socle.
ty VI Great Britain. Ia 1868 Brown Uni
yerslty gave him the honorary d gree of
A. NJ. and in 1890 he esta6li shed
the Rufus Babcoc iscaolarship at Brown,
IN memory of his wife.
Mr.. Jones took an active interest in
politics. and was for eight years a MEM
Der OF the Pennsylvania senate. repre-
senting tie fourth district lie was a
director OF Girard college, in Philadel-
phla. for four years, and he took a very
active interest In Vassar college.
A Rare Library.
Mr.. Jones was the possessor OF a rare
and extensive library and collection of
manuscripts, covering the early history
of Pennsylvania in connection with the
Welsh people, aud other Welsh, German
ana Baptist literature His German
books relate chiefly To those pu Dl IS ied in
Germantown, the first of which is a
Sower Bible, OF l776 and a Chronica
EDhratense, printed by the early German
Baptists at Ephrata in the year 1856.
translation or which has been made by
Max Hark, ID. d., published at Lsncas.
Ter In 1889. The senator had, altogether.
nearly 800 early German imprints, chiefly
hose OF CHRISTOPHER Sower, the Billmsy-
ers and LIeDerts.
In Mr.. Jones's Welsh library the old
est book Is "Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin.n
printed in London in 1864 The next
Welsh book IN point OF age IN this library
= by the sena.or's ancestor, Rev. Abel
Morgan. The title III brief is "Cyd Cor
Had Egwyddorani; or ScryJhusan.n 1t
Was printed la Pnilade pnia BY Samuel
keimei and David Harry Ia 1870. and is
he second Welsl book ever printed I'm
america. Mr.. Jones had, witho az doubt.
he largest private library OF Baptist lit.
'ral ure. with one exception, in America.
A rare work is Andrew Brauford's "a
short Confession Of Faitn," printed IN
73l, the only copy of which known TO be-
n America Is in .dr. Jones's library. He
vas busy writer himself and was the
'uthor OF numerous works of historic
f.tlua.