Rev. John Alexander Barnes Jones was the son of Jane Oliphant Ross Jones and Rev. John Griffing Jones, minister and pioneer Methodist historian in Mississippi.
He was president of the Port Gibson Female College from 1875 to 1881. The college belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and unlike many small colleges in Mississippi, it did not close during the Civil War. The college closed in 1908 and one of the original buildings now serves as the Port Gibson courthouse.
He married Lucy M. Cotton. His second wife was Juliet Peale of Vicksburg. John was licensed as a Methodist minister on October 23, 1852 and served in every capacity for 58 years.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History:
"John A. B. Jones was a son of John G. and Jane A. Jones. He, like his father, was a Methodist minister. The book filmed here is a text book (1852–1864), in which is regularly recorded the passages of scripture ever preached from by John A. B. Jones from the time of his first attempt at Mount Carmel, Coles Creek Circuit, Mississippi Conference, October 10, 1852. The texts are numbered and the time and place when each was preached from is given. This book reveals the names of a number of obscure Methodist churches in Mississippi, some of which no longer exist."
He was president of the Port Gibson Female College from 1875 to 1881. The college belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and unlike many small colleges in Mississippi, it did not close during the Civil War. The college closed in 1908 and one of the original buildings now serves as the Port Gibson courthouse.
He married Lucy M. Cotton. His second wife was Juliet Peale of Vicksburg. John was licensed as a Methodist minister on October 23, 1852 and served in every capacity for 58 years.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History:
"John A. B. Jones was a son of John G. and Jane A. Jones. He, like his father, was a Methodist minister. The book filmed here is a text book (1852–1864), in which is regularly recorded the passages of scripture ever preached from by John A. B. Jones from the time of his first attempt at Mount Carmel, Coles Creek Circuit, Mississippi Conference, October 10, 1852. The texts are numbered and the time and place when each was preached from is given. This book reveals the names of a number of obscure Methodist churches in Mississippi, some of which no longer exist."
Rev. John Alexander Barnes Jones was the son of Jane Oliphant Ross Jones and Rev. John Griffing Jones, minister and pioneer Methodist historian in Mississippi.
He was president of the Port Gibson Female College from 1875 to 1881. The college belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and unlike many small colleges in Mississippi, it did not close during the Civil War. The college closed in 1908 and one of the original buildings now serves as the Port Gibson courthouse.
He married Lucy M. Cotton. His second wife was Juliet Peale of Vicksburg. John was licensed as a Methodist minister on October 23, 1852 and served in every capacity for 58 years.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History:
"John A. B. Jones was a son of John G. and Jane A. Jones. He, like his father, was a Methodist minister. The book filmed here is a text book (1852–1864), in which is regularly recorded the passages of scripture ever preached from by John A. B. Jones from the time of his first attempt at Mount Carmel, Coles Creek Circuit, Mississippi Conference, October 10, 1852. The texts are numbered and the time and place when each was preached from is given. This book reveals the names of a number of obscure Methodist churches in Mississippi, some of which no longer exist."
He was president of the Port Gibson Female College from 1875 to 1881. The college belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and unlike many small colleges in Mississippi, it did not close during the Civil War. The college closed in 1908 and one of the original buildings now serves as the Port Gibson courthouse.
He married Lucy M. Cotton. His second wife was Juliet Peale of Vicksburg. John was licensed as a Methodist minister on October 23, 1852 and served in every capacity for 58 years.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History:
"John A. B. Jones was a son of John G. and Jane A. Jones. He, like his father, was a Methodist minister. The book filmed here is a text book (1852–1864), in which is regularly recorded the passages of scripture ever preached from by John A. B. Jones from the time of his first attempt at Mount Carmel, Coles Creek Circuit, Mississippi Conference, October 10, 1852. The texts are numbered and the time and place when each was preached from is given. This book reveals the names of a number of obscure Methodist churches in Mississippi, some of which no longer exist."
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