Duval County FlArchives Biographies.....Jones, Morgan F. August 27, 1885 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.57  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present   

        MORGAN F. JONES. Prominent among the men who are maintaining the
prestige of the Jacksonville bar is MORGAN F. JONES, who has been engaged in
successful practice here since 1911, and who since 1920 has been a referee in
bankruptcy. He was born at Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia, August 27, 1885,
and is a son of NEWTON T. and RUTH ANN (SANDERS) JONES.
	N. T. JONES was born in 1840 and was reared on a farm and received a 
public school education. When the discussion between the states resulted in 
hostilities his sympathies were entirely with the South, and for the four years 
of war that followed he fought valiantly as a soldier of the Confederacy. Not 
long after the close of his military service he engaged in farming in Macon 
County, Georgia, where he has since made his home, and still superintends 
operations on his property there, at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. A
republican in politics, he is one of the influential men of his community, and
in former years took an active part in public affairs, having served for
nineteen years as postmaster at Oglethorpe and for eight years was the
incumbent of the same position at Pelham, Georgia. He is a member of the
Baptist Church, as is also Mrs. Jones, who was born in 1846. They have been the
parents of 12 children, of whom five are living, Morgan F. being the youngest.
	MORGAN F. JONES attended the public schools of Oglethorpe, following 
which he pursued a literary course at Mercer University, Macon, and then took 
up the study of law at the University of Kentucky, being graduated with the 
class of 1910, and receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to 
the bars of Kentucky and Georgia in the same year, and in 1911 was admitted to 
the bar of Florida. In the latter year he located at Jacksonville, where he has 
since been engaged in a general practice. He has built up a large, remunerative 
and representative clientele, and has attained a deservedly high place in the 
ranks of his profession. He is a member of the Duval County Bar Association and 
the Florida State Bar Association. Mr. Jones is a democrat in politics, and has 
interested himself in political and public matters. He served one term as a 
member of the Jacksonville City Council, representing the Fifteenth Ward, and 
September 15, 1920, was appointed a referee in bankruptcy, a post which he 
still retains. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias; Solomon Lodge, 
F. and A. M.; Jacksonville Chapter, R. A. M.; Damascus Commandery, K. T.; and
Morocco Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. With other citizens of progressive
inclinations and farsightedness he supports movements fostered with the idea of 
benefiting the interests and institutions of Jacksonville and the welfare of
its people.
	On March 1, 1915, Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Miss MARTINA 
BELL, of Jacksonville, and to this union there has been born one daughter, 
MARTINA BELL.

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