Joseph C Jones

Family/Spouse: Ann Johnson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George was a widower with three children.

George is a lawyer and has for many years been Probate Judge at Rutland, Vermont.

He drove an ambulance in France and Italy in World War I.

He is Past Potentate Elepo Shrine, a great reconteur.

George married Charlotte Elizabeth Thrall on 3 Aug 1933 in Rutland, Vermont, USA. Charlotte (daughter of Luther Gardner Thrall and Elsie May Farr) was born on 24 Feb 1904 in Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1965, Rutland, Vermont, USA

Notes:

Charlotte graduated from the Troy Conference Academy and Ithaca Dramatic School. She was coach and actress of many local plays. She has a beautiful speaking voice and has been elected to the Presidency of several women's organizations. She was one of the first women to be a vestryman in the Episcopal Church of Vermont.

Charlotte served three terms in the Vermont State Legislature.

Physical Description:
Blue eyes and light hair

Residence:
77 Bellevue Avenue

Joseph married Alice Hope Long Jones. Alice and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Luther had a fine sense of humor and priceless smile. He was a strict and respected father.

Luther and Elsie devoted their time to stimulating their children's ambitions. When the boys were in their teens, they decided they would like to raise chickens. Instead of giving the boys the initial investment, Luther took them to the bank and the transaction was handled in a business- like manner. Because the boys were minors, Luther endorsed their note, but the boys paid it all back in a year and a half, as they sold chickens and eggs.

Luther was always busy at something. He became interested in automobiles when they were new and kept abreast, all his life. He was a skilled mechanical engineer and was foreman of A.Y.Gray Company in Poultney, manufacturers of Ruggles engines. The plant burned down just after World War I. Luther then turned to selling Pierce Arrow automobiles, and he was still in the automobile business when he died. He was always fixing automobiles and his son recalls that before garages were common, the back yard was always full of cars which he fixed for his friends.

When he was in his late fifties, he developed a great interest in the old family homestead and farm which at that time was owned by his son, Durward Stephen. Although Elsie would not go there to live. Luther took over the direction of the farm and it is one of the few times that the farm made money.

Luther and Elsie both coordinated well and liked sports and dancing. They lived in Poultney, Vermont until about 1920 when they moved to Rutland, Vermont. Luther was a Mason, and Warden of the Episcopal vestry in both places.

Luther married Elsie May Farr on 26 Apr 1898. Elsie (daughter of Charles Farr and Mary King) was born on 28 Apr 1880 in Raceville, Washington, New York, USA; died on 9 Apr 1944 in Rutland, Vermont, USA; was buried in East Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]