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Gustave Jones is a member of the law firm of Jones & Jones, of Newport, Ark., and, in connection with his law practice, he is also engaged in the loan and insurance business, and in these different occupations he is meeting with flattering success. He is a native-born resident of the county, his birth occurring on the 25th of August, 1861, and as such is looked upon with considerable pride by the people of the locality, for he is a live, energetic business man. To live an entire life in one community and still retain the reputation Mr. Jones enjoys, is by no means as easy as it is for a stranger to come into a place where he is entirely unknown and build up a reputation. The acquaintances of Mr. Jones, therefore, know who and what he is. He is having a fair practice in his profession, and in the management of his cases displays considerable ability and sagacity for one of his years. After attending the common schools of Jackson County in his youth, he entered the Arkansas Industrial University at Fayetteville, and was graduated in the class of 1882. Previous to graduating, however, he had taught school to obtain means with which to defray his expenses in college, and after leaving school he began his legal studies, and after a searching examination, he was admitted to the Jackson County bar in November, 1886. He has since been associated with his father in his practice, and represents the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, and is secretary of the Emigration Society, and is county school examiner. Socially, he is a member of the K. of P., the Royal Arcanum, and the Masonic fraternities, and in his religious views he is a member of the Episcopal Church. His parents, William R. and Kate (Hudson) Jones, were born in Breckinridge County, Ky., and Charleston, S. C., respectively, and were married in Jacksonport, Ark., in 1857, whither the father had come in 1851. At an early age he began the study of law, and after being admitted to the bar in Kentucky, and practicing there for some time, he came to Arkansas and pursued his calling in Jacksonport for several years, being in partnership with F. Doswell. In 1854 he was elected to the office of county clerk, but after serving one term gave his entire attention to his practice, and by long years of hard and unremitting toil he has become quite wealthy. He spends his summers at Maryville, Mo., where he has a pleasant summer residence. Of six children born to himself and wife five survive: Hattie, wife of Judge J. B. Newman; Ida, wife of J. R. Cox; Gustave, Mollie and Ellen. The paternal grandfather, William B. Jones, was born in Campbell County, Va., and was a soldier in the Mexican War. He died in Missouri, in 1879, when over eighty years of age. He was a farmer by occupation, but his latter days were spent in retirement and ease. The maternal grandfather was Rush Hudson, a South Carolinian, who once served as sheriff of Jackson County.