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About John William Jones
John William Jones was an American politician, planter, educator and medical doctor. Born in Maryland and raised in Kentucky, Jones served one term in the United States Congress representing Georgia's 3rd congressional district, before resuming his careers as a planter and physician in Alabama as well as helped found two female seminaries before returning to Georgia. During the American Civil War, Jones accepted a commission as a surgeon in the Confederate States Army, and postwar taught medicine in Atlanta.
Everything about John William Jones →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Georgia House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 14, 1806
- Died
- April 27, 1871