CLASS OF 1880

Edwin Frank Jones died at his home in Manchester, N. H., October 6, of pneumonia, after a very brief illness.

The son of Edwin R. and Mary A. (Farn-ham) Jones, he was born in Manchester April 19, 1859, fitted for college at the city high school, and always resided in that city. He was a member of Kappa' Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa, played on the varsity baseball team, and was prominent in college matters.

Immediately after graduation he began the study of law in the office of Judge David Cross '41, and remained there until his admission to the bar in August, 1883. From his early days at the bar Mr. Jones was highly successful, and in his later years he was widely known as an authority on corporation law. He was counsel to the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, the Manchester Traction, Light, and Power Company, for which he was clerk for several years, the People's Gas Company, and the Boston and Maine Railroad. Representing these corporations, he was called frequently to appear before legislative committees and public boards. In general practice he was equally successful, being known as an able and effective advocate as well as a found lawyer.

Politically Mr.. Jones was a lifelong Republican. He was assistant clerk and later clerk of the state House of Representatives, beginning his service in 1881 and continuing it at the sessions of 1883 and 1885. He was city solicitor of Manchester from 1887 to 1898, and treasurer of Hillsboro county from 1887 to 1895. He was president of the Republican State Convention of 1900. He was delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1902, and president of that of 1912. He was a delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention of 1908. In his younger days he was an active campaigner for his party, and was rated as one of its best speakers. Though his name had been frequently mentioned in connection with the highest honors in the party's gift, he had never been a candidate for such office.

All his life Mr. Jones was a student. He had read widely and with discrimination. He had a memory of wonderful scope and precision, and a marvelous knowledge of history, especially of recent times. He was interested in art as well as in' literature, and had traveled widely, having made several tours of Europe, and one to Alaska.

The wide field of his interests was shown in the number of his public addresses at patriotic anniversaries and on other occasions of moment. Included in his large and admirably selected library is one of the finest collections of works bearing upon the Civil War to be found in New England.

Mr. Jones stood high in Masonry. He had be.en master of Washington Lodge and grand master of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, and was a member of. Chapter, Council, and Commandery, the Scottish Rite Consistory, and the Mystic Shrine. He was president of the New Hampshire Bar Association in 1906-8, and a member of the American Bar Association. He was a former trustee of the State Library, and was a trustee and treasurer of the Manchester City Library. He also long held office as a cemetery trustee. He was a member of the Derryfield and Intervale Country Clubs of Manchester, and of the Boston Art Club. From the beginning of our country's participation in the present war he was one of the leaders in all the activities of his city for the promotion of "the war.

December 21, 1887, he was married to Nora I. Kennard of Manchester, who survives him. They have had no children.