John Patterson Jones (1779–1858) was an American politician from

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. He is well known for being the co founder of

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and one of its most early residents.

Life

Jones was born in Goshen,

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in 1779. His family moved to

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when John was still a child. In 1804, Jones built the first house in what later became the Village of Monticello. He was Postmaster of Monticello for nearly 40 years. He married Phoebe Ecker (c. 1785–1840), and they had five children. He was County Clerk of Sullivan County from 1809 to 1810, 1811 to 1813 and from 1815 to 1825. He was a member of the

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(2nd D.) from 1835 to 1838, sitting in the 58th, 59th, 60th and

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s. After the death of his first wife, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Andrews (c. 1792–1858). He was a

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, voting for

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and

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. He died in 1858 and was buried at the St. John Street Cemetery in Monticello.

References

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 130f, 142, 323, 332 and 394; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) *Portrait and a picture of his house i
''Monticello''
by Tom Rue ("Images of America" series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston SC, 2010; pg. 10f; )
''Table of Post Offices in the United States''
(1813; pg. 47)
''List of Post Offices in the United States''
(1828; pg 75)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, John Patterson 1779 births 1858 deaths New York (state) state senators People from Goshen, Connecticut People from New Lebanon, New York People from Monticello, New York New York (state) Democrats New York (state) postmasters 1856 United States presidential electors New York (state) Republicans