My Genealogy Hound

B. FRANK JONES, M.D., is among the leading surgeons of Kearney, Nebr., and none is more successful. He was born in Wadsworth, Medina county, Ohio, November 1, 1857, and is a son of John B. and Sarah A. (Mabry) Jones, both natives of Pennsylvania — the former being born in Philadelphia and the latter in Berks county. They have a family of nine children, of whom seven are living, viz. — Sarah, the wife of Milton Spangler; Margaret R., wife of C. C. Case; George W.; B. Frank; Lilly, wife of Noble McClelland; Nellie S., wife of Ebenezer Butterfield; Lena B., wife of Norman Hazlett. John B. Jones was a railroad conductor and was killed in an accident, when our subject was but five years of age. After attending the Wadsworth schools until fourteen years of age, B. Frank Jones became a drug clerk in his native town, and in this position he remained for four years, then clerked in Medina, Ohio, and Akron, for five years. He then traveled for Aultman, Miller & Co., manufacturers of the celebrated reapers and mowers, for five years, when he entered the Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, from which he graduated April 4, 1888, having taken a special course in anatomy and surgery. He at once settled in Kearney, and being a natural mechanic as well as a natural anatomist — the two essential things that make a surgeon — his success has been phenomenally great.

Dr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Dymae Jane Durling, January 8, 1881; she was born at Wadsworth, Ohio, and he and she were schoolmates in youth. She is a daughter of James K. and Lydia (Copley) Durling — the former a banker of Wadsworth. Dr. Jones and wife have had one child — a girl that died at the age of four years. Dr. Jones is a member of the K. of P., R. A., and other societies. He has performed a number of the most difficult operations known to surgery, and, best of all, every one has been entirely successful. This fact has given the doctor the reputation he so justly deserves. Among other qualifications he has developed a taste as a naturalist, and taxidermist, and his office and residence contain many fine specimens of birds and animals which he has mounted himself at times when not otherwise occupied. His work speaks for itself and can only be produced by one who is a close observer of nature.