Wiley Jones [graphic]. [189-?]

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Wiley Jones [graphic]. [189-?]

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Copy negative of photograph of Wiley Jones. Wiley Jones was born in Madison County, Georgia on July 14, 1848. He moved to Jefferson County in 1853, with his white planter father (George Jones), his slave mother (Ann) and 40 slaves, including five siblings. He was given to a Texas family, but returned to Pine Bluff after the Civil War, where he became a businessman and philanthropist. Initially he was a barber and part-time waiter, but soon bought a saloon, operated the first streetcar in Pine Bluff, and purchased stables and Jones Park in the late 1880s. Jones Park, a 55-acre park named after Wiley Jones, included a racetrack. He was an active Republican, a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Colored Industrial Institute, and gave a large donation for the construction of the St. James A.M.E Church at Popular and West Fourth Street in Pine Bluff. Jones died on December 7, 1904.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Jones, Wiley, 1848-1904.

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