Samuel Robert Jones, Colonel, United States Army

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Samuel Robert Jones
Colonel, United States Army

Samuel Robert Jones of Pennsylvania.
Appointed from Pennsylvania, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 September 1862 (28) ;
Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 4th United States Artillery, 17 June 1867
First Lieutenant, 22 August 1871
Regimental Quartermaster, 9 December 1887 to 24 January 1891
Captain, 24 January 1891;
Transferred to the Quartermaster Department, 20 April 1892
Major, Quartermaster of United States Volunteers, 12 May 1898
Major, Quartermaster, United States Army, 1 November 1900.
Colonel Jones died in 1922 and was buried under the name "Sam R. Jones" in Section 1, Grave 36, Arlington National Cemetery.

The Colonel's son, Ivens Jones, died in a polo accident in 1923, was originally buried in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was reinterred in Section 9, Grave 5869 on 4 November 1941.

JONES, SAMUEL R
COL 4 US ARK RET
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 09/21/1922
DATE OF INTERMENT: 09/23/1922
BURIED AT: SECTION WW SITE 36-R
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

JONES, IVENS
LT COL FLD ARTLY USA
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF BIRTH: 02/15/1886
DATE OF DEATH: 09/07/1923
DATE OF INTERMENT: 11/04/1941
BURIED AT: SECTION 9 SITE 5869
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Posted: 5 February 2002 Updated: 12 March 2002 Updated: 8 March 2003 Updated: 3 April 2004 Updated: 3 October 2004 Updated: 2 May 2006