CLASS OF 1880

Edwin Frank Jones died at his home in Manchester, N. H., October 6, 1918. It is difficult to explain why the death of so well-known an alumnus, occurring so near Hanover, should come so late to the knowledge of the MAGAZINE.

Mr. Jones was born in Manchester, April 19, 1859, the son of Edwin R. and Mary A. (Farnham) Jones, and fitted at Manchester High School. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.

After graduation he studied law in the office of Judge David Cross '41 of Manchester, and was' admitted to the bar in 1883. From that date to his death he was in continuous practice in his native city, being of the firm of Copeland and Jones, 1883-6; alone, 1886-1902; of Burnham, Brown, Jones, and Warren, 1902-12; of Jones, Warren, Wilson, and Manning 1912-18. He acquired an enviable reputation as a counselor in corporate matters and as an advocate before juries and legislative committees.

He was either assistant clerk or clerk of the state House of Representatives in 1881 1883, and 1885; city solicitor of Manchester from 1887 to 1898; treasurer of Hillsboro county from 1887 to 1895; president of the Republican state convention of 1900; member of the constitutional conventions of 1902 and 1912, being president of the latter body; delegate to the Republican national convention of 1908; president of the New Hampshire Bar Association, 1906-08; trustee of Manchester City Library since 1906.

Mr. Jones was a Mason of the 32nd degree and a Knight Templar, and grand master of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire in 1910-11. He held membership in the Derryfield and Intervale Country Clubs.

For many years he was clerk and attorney of the Manchester Traction, Light, and Power Company and the Manchester Street Railway. and for these corporations his services were extremely valuable.

Mr. Jones was a man of sound scholarship wide reading, and exact information, of attractive personality and a wide circle of friends.

December 21, 1887, he was married to Nora F. Kennard of Manchester, who survives him Their only child, a daughter, died in 1902 at the age of three years. By his willl, nearly all his estate will come to Dartmouth College at the close of the life of his wife.