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Dr. J. M. Jones. Among the people of Jackson and surrounding counties the name that heads this sketch is a very familiar one, for, in his professional capacity he has become intimately acquainted with the majority of their inhabitants. He was born in Weakley County, Tenn., July 3, 1846, and is a son of Darling and Margaret E. (Miller) Jones, the father a native of North Carolina, and the mother of Tennessee. They were married in the latter State, and are still hale and hearty old people, residing on the homestead, in Weakley County. The following are the living members of their family of six children: Marion D., Dr. John M., William H. (a resident of Paragould), Dr. A. M., and Sarah J. (wife of Asbury Kensey); James is deceased. Up to the age of seventeen years, Dr. J. M. Jones resided on the home farm and learned all the details of farm labor, but when the war broke out he left the plow to enlist in the army, and became a member of Company I, Twelfth Tennessee Regiment. He continued to remain in service until the final surrender, participating in a number of battles, then returned to his home with the consciousness of having faithfully performed every duty imposed upon him. Not deeming the education he had acquired prior to the war sufficient to enable him to successfully cope with the world, he entered a Normal School, which he attended until 1868, and during this time he formed the resolution of making the practice of medicine his calling through life. In order to fit himself for this work he entered the Medical University, of Nashville, Tenn., from which he was graduated as an M. D. in February, 1872. He had come to Jackson County, Ark., the previous year, where he has since made his home, and, during his residence of eighteen years in this county, he has become well and favorably known to the majority of her citizens as an able and successful medical practitioner. To his marriage with Miss Callie Patterson, which occurred in 1872, he has become the father of four children: Nora, James, Minnie and Oscar. Mrs. Jones was born in the State of Tennessee, and she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Doctor is a Mason, a member of the I. O. O. F., the K. of H., and the Royal Arcanum.