{"id":2980,"date":"2020-10-29T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2980"},"modified":"2025-12-18T05:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:44:03","slug":"c-j-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornelius Jonas Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4192\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/cjjones\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4192\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cjjones-219x300.png\" alt=\"Cornelius J. Jones\" width=\"280\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cjjones-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cjjones.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Cornelius Jonas Jones (Issaquena County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1890-1891<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> August 13, 1858 in Vicksburg, MS<br \/>\n<strong>Died:<\/strong> March 16, 1931 in Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer. Son of Cornelius Jones and Hannah Donaldson (view their July 10, 1864 <a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/freedmens-bureau\/record\/fbs-1662423774659-1662426499853-1?destination=%2Fexplore%2Ffreedmens-bureau%2Fsearch%3Fedan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dp.nmaahc_fb.location%253Amississippi%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Dp.nmaahc_fb.pr_name_gn%253Acornelius%26edan_fq%255B2%255D%3Dp.nmaahc_fb.pr_name_surn%253Ajones%26page%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marriage record<\/a> in the Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau collection). Graduate of Alcorn University.<\/p>\n<p>Jones represented Henry Williams in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/african-american-history\/williams-v-mississippi-1898\/\"><em>Williams v. Mississippi<\/em><\/a> case that went before the Supreme Court and maintained that Williams&#8217; conviction could not stand because Mississippi&#8217;s electoral laws meant that only white people could be on the jury. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Mississippi&#8217;s suffrage provisions were not discriminatory. In the early 1900s, Jones moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he continued to be involved in law and politics.<\/p>\n<p>Listed on the 1900 census as a lodger in Washington, D. C. Listed on the 1920 census in Muskogee with wife Maggie (m. September 3, 1919).<\/p>\n<p>The Schomburg Center at New York Public Library holds the <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.nypl.org\/scm\/20583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jones-Sadler family papers<\/a>, a collection of materials related to Jones, his sister, Sarah Jones Sadler, and her family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4848\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4848\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cjones.png\" alt=\"Signature of Cornelius J. Jones\" width=\"265\" height=\"51\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Cornelius J. Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cornelius_J._Jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia entry for Cornelius J. Jones<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2990\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-57\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2990 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-49-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-49-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-49-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, March 13, 1890<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2983\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-55\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2983 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-47-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-47-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-47-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, Sep 8, 1894<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4131\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/jonesposter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4131\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jonesposter-150x150.png\" alt=\"Jones campaign broadside, 1896\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jonesposter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jonesposter-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jones campaign broadside, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3004\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-64\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3004 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-56-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-56-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-56-1191x1200.png 1191w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-56-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Commercial Herald, Dec 9, 1896<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2996\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-60\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2996 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-52-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-52-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-52-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Dispatch, November 9, 1898<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2985\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-56\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2985 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-48-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-48-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-48-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, March 22, 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2998\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-61\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2998 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-53-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-53-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-53-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, September 26, 1899<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2981\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-54\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2981 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-46-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-46-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-46-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, Sep 20, 1900<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2992\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-58\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2992 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-50-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-50-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-50-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, May 10, 1903<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4133\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-242\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4133\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-4-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Zusa, October 15, 1904\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Zusa, October 15, 1904<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3008\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-66\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3008 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-58-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-58-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-58-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Dec 15, 1904<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3000\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-62\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3000 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-54-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-54-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-54-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, September 27, 1906<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3020\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-72\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3020 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-64-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-64-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-64-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Times-Democrat, October 19, 1906<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3011\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-68\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3011 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-60-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-60-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-60-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tulsa Democrat, November 16, 1906<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3016\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-70\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3016 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-62-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-62-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-62-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New-State Tribune, February 14, 1907<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3014\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-69\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3014 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-61-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-61-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-61-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Times-Democrat, March 26, 1909<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2994\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-59\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2994 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-51-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-51-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-51-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, November 21, 1915<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3018\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-71\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3018 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-63-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-63-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-63-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muskogee Tattler, December 16, 1916<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3002\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-63\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3002 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-55-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-55-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-55-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Herald, September 27, 1917<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3006\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-65\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3006 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-57-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-57-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-57-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Aug 28, 1919<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3010\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-67\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3010 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-59-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-59-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-59-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Sep 5, 1919<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4135\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-243\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4135\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-5-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Sister Sarah, May 9, 1927\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-5-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Sister Sarah, May 9, 1927<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4141\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-246\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4141\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-8-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Sister Sarah, June 11, 1927\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-8-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Sister Sarah, June 11, 1927<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4137\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-244\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4137\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-6-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Sarah, September 28, 1928\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-6-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Sister Sarah, September 28, 1928<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4139\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/capture-245\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4139\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Sister Sarah, January 21, 1929\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capture-7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Sister Sarah, January 21, 1929<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5643\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/cjjobit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5643\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cjjobit-150x150.png\" alt=\"M'Alester News-Capital, March 16, 1931\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cjjobit-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cjjobit-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M&#8217;Alester News-Capital, Mar 16, 1931<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4128\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/jonesobit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4128\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4128\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jonesobit-150x150.png\" alt=\"Obituary of Cornelius J. Jones\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jonesobit-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jonesobit-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obituary of Cornelius J. Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornelius Jonas Jones (Issaquena County) State House:\u00a01890-1891 Born: August 13, 1858 in Vicksburg, MS Died: March 16, 1931 in Oklahoma Lawyer. Son of Cornelius Jones and Hannah Donaldson (view their July 10, 1864 marriage record in the Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau collection). Graduate of Alcorn University. Jones represented Henry Williams in the Williams v. Mississippi case that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-j-jones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cornelius Jonas Jones&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2980","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2980"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5646,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2980\/revisions\/5646"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}