J. Augustus Jones

John Augustus Jones was born in Chandlers Valley, Warren County, Pennsylvania in 13 Sep 1868.  He died 1 Sep 1918 in Warren, Pennsylvania.

Martha Louise Nicolay was born 28 Jun 1872 in Chicago, Illinois.  She died 21 Jul 1962 in Waterloo, Iowa.

 Married 2 Jun 1903 in New York City.


Residences

1. They lived in their own rail car while traveling with the circus 
2. 101 Second Avenue, Warren, Pennsylvania  

 Children

1. Arthur Augustus Jones was born Arthur Headley 31 July 1907 in Brown Royd, Bradford, England.  He immigrated with his parents, Robert James and Alice Clough Headley about 1914 to Malvern, Arkansas.  Orphaned after his mother's death from Typhoid Fever.  Adopted 13 Mar 1916 in Garland County, Arkansas.  Died 5 Dec 1985 in New Bedford, Connecticut.
2. Florence M. (Jones) Spring was born Mary Headley  4 Sep 1913 in Brown Royd, Bradford, England. Likewise adopted 13 Mar 1916 in Garland County, Arkansas.  Died 25 Sep 1987 near
   
   Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming.

Biography

1. "J. Augustus Jones frequently made trips to his home. He was leading stockholder and a director of Forest Furniture Manufacturing Co., of Youngsville, as well as director of the First National Bank of that borough; he also was director of the Warren Savings Bank. These and other business duties made him absent from the show, but he made sure that there was always a Jones in the ticket wagon."
2. John C. Kunzog.    Kicking Sawdust in the Center Ring of Memories, The Story of J. Augustus Jones and His Circuses, Bandwagon, Vol 21, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1977 p.  4-16.
    

Indian Bill's Wild West 1902-1903

Jones Bros. Shows abt 1906

Jones Bros. & Wilson Circus, 1914