Sam P. Jones family papers, 1875, 1891, 1896 [microform].

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Sam P. Jones family papers, 1875, 1891, 1896 [microform].

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The collection consists of papers of the Samuel P. Jones family for 1875, 1891 and 1896. The papers contain two diaries of Laura McElrain Jones (1891 and January - March and July 1896) which recount the social activities of Laura and Sam Jones; photographs of Sam Jones, his family, and his house; and a Certificate of Acceptance from the Masons (1875).

1 microfilm roll (254 frames) ; 35 mm.

Shorter University, Livingston Library, Rome Livingston Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406451

Shorter University, Livingston Library, Rome Livingston Library

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Jones, Sam P. (Sam Porter), 1847-1906

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Samuel Porter Jones, evangelist, was born 16 October 1847, in Oak Bowery, Alabama, and died 15 October 1906, near Little Rock, Arkansas. He grew up in Cartersville, Georgia, was admitted to the bar (1866) but abandoned law and converted to Methodism; he married Laura McElwain (1868). He began to evangelize after his appointment as agent for the Methodist Orphan's Home in Decatur, Georgia (1880) and became a national figure by the mid-1880s. After 1893 Jones devoted all his time to evangelistic w...

Jones, Laura McElrain.

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