Wilcox County AlArchives Obituaries.....Richard Channing Jones September 12 1903
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Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, September 17, 1903

Gen, Richard C. Jones
  At a regular convention of Dale Lodge No. 25 of A.F. & A.M. at Camden, 
Ala., on Sept. 13th, 1903, a committee, consisting of the undersigned, was 
appointed to draft a brief paper commemorative of our late friend and 
brother, Gen'l, Richard Channing Jones.
  Gen'l Jones was a native of Virginia, born on April 12th, 1841, and in 
childhood came with his parents to Camden, Ala., and here he mainly spent 
his life until his death on the 12th of Sept. 1903. He graduated at the 
University of Ala., at Tuscaloosa in 1859, and soon thereafter studied law.
  In April 1861 he entered the Confederate Army and was a brave and faithful 
soldier until the end of the struggle. After the war he taught school in 
Camden for one year, and in 1866 he opened a law office in this town. In 
1882 he was called by his people to serve them in the Senate of Ala., which 
he did for four years. In 1890 he was chosen by the Trustees to the 
Presidency of his ALMA MATER, the University of Tuscaloosa, and which 
position he accepted and filled until 1897, when he declined further service 
in that position. The honorary degrees of A.M. and L.L.D. were conferred 
upon him by the State University.
  He returned to Camden and resumed the practice of law. In 1901 he was 
chosen to represent this Senatorial District in the Constitutional 
Convention. At the time of his death he was commander of Camp Franklin K. 
Beck No. 224 of United Confederate Veterans, at Camden, Ala. In early life 
he united with the Baptist Church in this place and continued through life 
and exemplary member and deacon...... 

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