The death of Dr. Emery C. Jones, formerly a prominent
physician and surgeon of Montgomery County, lllinois, removed a skilled
practitioner from the ranks of the medical profession of Macoupin County.
Dr. Jones was born in Owen County, Indiana, November 7, 1853, and was a son
of Jesse and Sarah (Crow) Jones, and died, after a year of illness in a
hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, on March 21, 1900.
Dr. Jones was
reared on his father's farm, and attended the local schools, beginning the
reading of medicine with a local practitioner. When prepared for his
collegiate course, he entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, and
afterwards attended the Kentucky Medical College at Louisville, where he was
graduated in 1880. Dr. Jones then located near Thomasville, Montgomery
County, Illinois, and engaged in practice from 1880 to 1899, in which year
he settled in Virden, where, because of his poor health, he was never able
to practice. In fact, he lived in Virden only one month, the remainder of
the time from the date he located until he died being spent in the hospital
at St. Louis.
Dr. Jones was married December 3, 1889, to Henrietta
Terry, who is a daughter of Robert and Talitha (Morrell) Terry, and a sister
of Charles C. Terry, a prominent attorney of Girard. Mrs. Jones survives,
with three children, Lola K., Lloyd D., and Emery Terry. They reside in a
beautiful home in Virden and have always been prominent in social life.
Dr. Jones was prominently identified with the Republican party, for
years having taken a lively interest in its aims and success. During his
residence in Montgomery County, he served as chairman of County conventions,
and also was a member of the board of pension examiners. He was a man of
fine education, engaging personality, professional skill and honest
citizenship. His death not only brought grief to a very devoted family, but
regret to his fellow citizens, and pain to his fellow practitioners.
Fraternally he was associated with the Masons and the Woodmen.
Extracted 2018 May 08 by Norma Hass from Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois, published in 1904, pages 377-378.
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