Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....JONES, Peyton Wade October 4 1907
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Macon Daily Telegraph 5 Oct 1907
Peyton W. Jones Died Yesterday Afternnon
He was first building inspector after office had been created, had been an alderman
and was well 
known.
  The death of Peyton W. Jones, one of the old citizens of Macon, occurred yesterday
afternoon at 2 
o’clock at his residence 1019 Ash street.
  Mr. Jones had been in ailing health for several months, and while he was
frequently seen on the 
streets, and up to recently, he was far from being a well man.
  He enlisted in the Eufaula Light Artillery on January 1, 1861, and after a year at
Pensacola, Fla., where 
his command had been ordered, he went into the Western army and remained throughout
the war.
  He served as an Alderman from the Fifth ward, when the city was divided into six
political wards, for 
the years 1896 and 1897.
  In 1903 he was elected building inspector for the city, being the first to hold
that position after its 
creation. He completed the term and was reelected in December 1905, but on account
of failing health 
resigned the office in the early part of this year.
  Mr. Jones was at one time one of the most extensive building contractors in the
city, and was later 
associated his sons with him in the business, giving up actual work only when forced
to do so. He then 
sought to find health in the full retirement from business.
  He was a public spirited citizen, and when in Council his vote and voice was
always given to all that 
tended to build up the city of his adoption.
  The funeral will occur from the residence, 1019 Ash street, this afternoon at 3
o’clock and will be 
conducted by the Rev. Turner, pastor of the Tattnall Square Baptist Church, assisted
by the Rev. J.E. 
Seals, pastor of Centenary M.E. Church. Interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery.

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