Jones, Thaddeus Asbury, 1828-1900.

Thaddeus Asbury Jones was born in East Washington, New Hampshire, on March 18, 1828, the son of Nathaniel G. Jones and Asenath Graves Jones. He eventually moved to Nashua, New Hampshire, and worked for the Boston & Maine Railroad. During the Civil War he served as an engineer and was taken prisoner by the Confederates in West Virginia on October 12, 1863, having been arrested as a spy in the service of the Union forces. He was sent to Richmond, Virginia and held for three years in Castle Thunder prison. On February 22, 1865 he was part of a prisoner exchange at Old Point Comfort and then sent to Annapolis and on to a hospital in Washington, D.C. He eventually secured a job as a chief engineer in Washington, a position he held until his death on January 28, 1900. Jones was married to Emilie Magee Jones (b.1836; married in 1860) and the donor of these papers, Wallace St. Claire Jones (b.1879), was their son.

From the guide to the Thaddeus Asbury Jones papers, 1863-1926., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Thaddeus Asbury Jones was born in East Washington, New Hampshire in 1828. As an adult, he moved to Nashua, New Hampshire, and worked for the Boston & Maine Railroad. During the Civil War he served as an engineer and was taken prisoner by the Confederates in West Virginia in 1863. He was sent to Richmond, Virginia and held for three years in Castle Thunder prison. In 1865 he was part of a prisoner exchange at Old Point Comfort. Jones secured a job as a chief engineer in Washington, a position he held until his death in 1900.

From the description of Thaddeus Asbury Jones papers, 1863-1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612761442