W. R. JONES, M. D., is a native of Buckingham County, Va., and was born January 15, 1839. His father, David C. Jones, was descended from an old Welsh family, and became a physician of considerable note, practicing his profession for many years in Appomattox County, where he died in November, 1859. His mother, Eliza A. Jones, is still living in Virginia at an advanced age. She is the daughter of William Walton, a native of Virginia, and of English extraction, who died in 1850. The following are the names of the children born to David C. and Eliza A. Jones: Anne, Martha (deceased), Alice (deceased), Sallie, Ellen, William E., (subject), Charles (deceased), Frank, Ida, Cornelia, Belle and Howard (deceased). W. R. enjoyed the advantages of a good education in his youth, attending the high school of Appomattox County a number of terms before attaining his majority, reading medicine in the meantime under the instruction of his father. In 1859 he entered the medical department of Virginia University, of Charlottesville, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1861. Immediately after graduation he commenced practicing his profession in Pamplin City, Va., remaining there until 1862, at which time he entered the Confederate service as assistant surgeon in the hospital department, in which capacity he served until the close of the war. In 1866 he came to Kentucky, and located at Boxville, Union County, where he practiced his profession for a period of seven years, when he went back to his native State, remaining there until 1879. In the latter year he again came to Kentucky, locating at Montgomery Village, Trigg County, where he remained until 1882, at which time he moved to Princeton, where he has since resided. He was married in Union County, Ky., September 1, 1869, to Miss Drue, daughter of Dr. James B. and Frances Allen, of Sulphur Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had born to them two children, both deceased. The Doctor has been a successful physician, and has a very lucrative practice in Princeton and surrounding country.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 704.