Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  John Rice Jones (1759-1824) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.; Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.; Potosi,WashingtonCounty, Mo.Born in Mallwyd, Gwynedd,Wales,February11, 1759.Lawyer;memberIndiana territorial council, 1805-08; member ofMissouriterritorial legislature, 1814;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from WashingtonCounty, 1820;justice ofMissouri state supreme court, 1820-24; appointed 1820; died inoffice 1824.Welshancestry.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,February1, 1824 (age64 years, 355days).Burial location unknown. | | Myers F. Jones — of Missouri. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1830. Died in Texas. Burial location unknown. | | John Scott (1782-1861) — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,May 18,1782.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27.Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October1, 1861 (age79 years, 136days).Interment atMemorialCemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo. | | Andrew Scott (1789-1851) — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,August6, 1789.Lawyer;justiceof Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member ofArkansasterritorial House of Representatives, 1831.Scottishancestry.KilledJosephSelden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in aduelon an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.Died in Norristown,PopeCounty, Ark.,March13, 1851 (age61 years, 219days).Original interment atDoverCemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment atOaklandCemetery, Russellville, Ark. | | John Rice Jones (1792-1845) — of Texas. Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,January8, 1792.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the TexasArmy during the Texas War of Independence;TexasRepublic Postmaster General, 1835-36, 1839-41.Welshancestry.Died inFayetteCounty, Tex.,1845(ageabout53 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Fayette County, Tex. | | George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known asGeorge W. Jones — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,April12, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister toNew Grenada, 1859-61.Welshancestry.In 1861, wasarrestedin New York City by order of Secretary of StateWilliamH. Seward on achargeofdisloyalty,based on correspondence with his friendJeffersonDavis;imprisonedfor 64 days; released by order of PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Slaveowner. Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,July 22,1896 (age92 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | John Rice Homer Scott (b. 1813) — also known asJohn R. Homer Scott — of Arkansas. Born in Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.,October16, 1813.Democrat.Farmer;merchant;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofArkansasstate senate, 1873;delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874;ArkansasDemocratic state chair, 1878.Scottishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.  | Joseph Russel Jones (1823-1909) — also known asJ. Russel Jones — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Conneaut,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,February17, 1823.Republican. Secretary-treasurer, Galena and MinnesotaPacketCo.; founder and president, Chicago West DivisionRailway;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1860; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1868;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Illinois, 1868-70; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1869-75;U.S.Collector of Customs at Chicago, Ill., Illinois, 1875-77.ChristianScientist.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April11, 1909 (age86 years, 53days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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