ALBERT ELANSON JONES -- 118thINFANTRYPROMOTED SERGEANT MAY 14, 1864 -- Albert Elanson Jones enlisted in the118th Infantry as a private in August 1862 at Black Brook. After 2years, 10 months and 2 days he mustered out at Richmond, VA, as asergeant.The Burlington Free Press of December 22, 1913, carried Albert'sobituary -- "Albert E. Jones, for 40 years a prominent businessman ofthis city, and a veteran of the Civil War, died Saturday evening at 6:45o'clock at his home on North Avenue after a short illness withpneumonia, aged 79 years. Mr. Jones was taken ill a week ago yesterday.The funeral services will be held this afternoon at two o'clock at hislate home and the burial will be in the family lot in Lake ViewCemetery.Albert Elanson Jones was born in Chesterfield, Essex County, NY, onAugust 13, 1834, and the early years of his life were spent at homethere. He enlisted on August 15, 1862, in Company K, 118th New YorkVolunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the Civil War, takingpart in 17 battles.In the fall of 1866, he came to Burlington and started in the meat andgrocery business with his brother, Byron S. Jones, and S. H. Weston, thefirm being afterwards known as the Jones Brothers. Mr. Jones continuedin active business life for 40 years, retiring in 1905 and returning tohis farm on North Avenue, where his death occurred Saturday.He married Emma V. Chase at Fair Haven, VT, on August 16, 1871. They hadseven children, five of whom survive: Miss Eva A. Jones of Santa Monica,CA; Dr. A. Halden Jones of Los Angeles, CA; Dr. Robert A. Jones of SanFrancisco, CA; Albert W. Jones and Miss Marguerite Jones of Burlington.J. Chester Jones died June 13, 1912, in Mount Lowe, CA, and a daughterdied in infancy. Mr. Jones is also survived by three sisters, two ofwhom live in South Pasadena, CA, and one in east Chatham, NY. Mrs. Jonesdied on April 12, 1893.Previous to his last illness, Mr. Jones had been in good health for oneof his years and had engaged actively in the work of carrying on hisfarm of 30 acres. He was a man respected for his admirablecharacteristics.He was a member of Stannard Post, G. A. R."Albert was buried in the Jones family plot in the Lakeview Cemetery inBurlington.
