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Dr. W. B. Jones, one of the active and enterprising citizens of this community, has been identified with the interests of Arkansas since 1870, at which time he came to this State and settled in Hampton, where he lived for two years, and then bought a farm of 240 acres, one mile south of Summersville. He now owns 1,000 acres, 400 under cultivation, on which he raises a variety of crops, but devotes considerable attention to cotton; the balance of the land is mostly good timber land. The Doctor is interested in raising cattle also, and is constantly clearing up new land. In 1888 he formed a partnership with E. Cornish, and they erected a steam cotton-gin and saw mill. It is well equipped, and has a capacity of eight bales and can saw 11,000 feet of lumber. The firm name is Jones & Cornish. The Doctor is also engaged in the practice of his profession and has a very extensive practice, as large, indeed, as anyone in this section of the State. In 1863 he was married to Miss Mollie Hancock, a native of Memphis, by whom he has ten children, all of whom are living, viz.: W. B., Jr., Enoch T., Mary J., Mitt L., Effie, Erner, Cale, Mollie and Floyd and Wilkin (twins). Mrs. Jones is a worthy and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is quite active, politically, and votes with the Democratic party. He takes an active interest in educational matters, and served as school director for fourteen years, and is still serving in that capacity. He is adopting improved methods of farming, and is an active and progressive citizen. Dr. Jones was born in Tennessee in 1842, son of William Jones, of Tennessee, a victim of the yellow fever, who died in Memphis of that disease, contracted while attending patients in 1878. Our subject was reared in Hardeman County, Tenn., where he attended the common schools while young. He began the study of medicine in 1857 under the instruction of his father in Memphis. He studied for three years and then entered the New School of Medicine at New Orleans. At the outbreak of the war he began practicing at Saulsbury, Tenn., where he remained about five years, and then went to Memphis and practiced until 1870, when, on account of ill health he came to Arkansas. He has since fully recovered his health, and is now one of the heartiest men in the county.