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Dr. Aquilla Ensley Jones, of Linn, Mo., was born in Grainger County, Tenn., in 1822, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (Windham) Jones, both natives of Tennessee, and born respectively in 1796 and 1798. Thomas Jones, who was a teacher by profession, removed to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1829, where he remained about ten years, and then returned to Tennessee; about 1850 he went to Carroll County, Ark., where he died about 1864, having followed teaching the greater part of his life. His wife, Jane Jones, also died in Carroll County. Of their eleven children, Dr. Aquilla E. was the fourth. The latter received his literary education in his native State, and at about the age of nineteen began the study of medicine under Dr. William Murry, of Bean Station, Tenn., with whom he studied three years. In 1843 he entered upon the practice of his chosen profession in the county of his birth, where he was principally engaged until 1869. August 8, 1844, Dr. Jones married Armenia Sylvesta Bryan, who was born in Grainger County, Tenn., November 30, 1827, and is a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hill) Bryan. Of the twelve children born to Dr. and Mrs. Jones, seven are living, viz.: Amanda Jane, Mary E., wife of Thomas Jones, Margaret Texas, Zerelda Kansas, John F., Lillie Lucretia and Buena Vista. During the late war Dr. Jones served in the quartermaster’s department, at Knoxville, for twelve months, and in 1869 he became a resident of Osage County, Mo., locating on Pointer’s Creek, where he resided four years, and then moved to Henry County; the following year he returned to Osage County, and has ever since resided in or near Linn. Dr. Jones has been in the continual practice of medicine for forty-four years, and with the exception of one year spent in Henry County has practiced twenty years in Osage County. He is widely known, and has an extensive patronage, riding over many miles of this territory. He is one of the ablest physicians and surgeons of the county, and is universally respected. For forty years Dr. and Mrs. Jones have been consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.