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William T. Jones, of Omar, Logan County, is general manager of large
and important coal-mining properties in this district and, though he
is still a young man, he has had exceptional wide and varied experience
in connection with the coal-producing industry.
Mr. Jones was born in the City of Washington, D.C., on the 14th of May,
1889, and is a son of Richard and Josephine (McAuliffe) Jones, the former
a native of the State of Maryland and the latter of the District of Columbia,
the father having become a successful and representative wholesale grocery
merchant in the national capital.
William T. Jones is indebted to the parochial and public schools of his
native city for his early education, which was supplemented by his attending
Mount St. Joseph College in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. After leaving
this institution he entered the employ of the Union Mining Company at Mount
Savage, Maryland, where, as a mining engineer, he assisted in track construction,
bedsides serving as assistant mine boss. He continued three years in the
employ of this company and thereafter was for a time assistant foreman with
the Davis Colliery Company. He next became assistant to A.J. King, who was
in the consulting engineering business in Charleston, West Virginia, for 3-1/2
years. He then came to Omar, Logan County, in the capacity of mine inspector
and engineer for the Main Island Creek Coal Company. His efficiency led to
his advancement of the Coast of superintendent, and in 1919 he was made general
manager of all the company's properties and productive activities in the district,
where he is now manager of the Proctor Coal Company, the five Block Coal Company,
the Superior Eagle Coal Company, the Middle Fork Mining Company, the Omar Coal
Company and the Madison coal Company, in all thirty-one mines, besides which he
is vice president of the Chafin, Jones & Heatherman Coal Company of Peach Creek,
this county, an operating corporation which made its first shipment of coal (eight
cars) on the 1st of March, 1922. Don Chafin is president of this company, and
Dr. K.J. Heatherman, secretary, treasurer and general manager. Fidelity as well
as ability and effective service have brought about the advancement of Mr. Jones,
and he has made and is making a splendid record as one of the world's productive
workers. He and his wife are communicants of the Catholic Church, and he is
affiliated with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks.
At Charleston, in the year 1817, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Jones
and Miss Rose Crump, daughter of James and Mary Crump, both natives of West
Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have two daughters: Josephine and Mary Jane.
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.
Chicago and New York, Volume 111
Pg. 367 & 368
Submitted by Tina Hursh August 15, 2000
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