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Jerome E. Jones, a prominent attorney of Berryville, Ark., was born in Grainger County, Tenn., on October 17, 1852. His parents, Capt. Clinton A. Jones and Ruth D. (Bragg) Jones, were also natives of Tennessee. After his marriage Capt. Clinton A. Jones located in Tennessee, and resided there until the fall of 1861, when he came to Arkansas, locating in Carroll County. In the same fall he enlisted in the Confederate army, joining a company that was organized in the county, of which he was made captain. At the battle of Corinth he was taken prisoner, but was afterward exchanged and returned to his regiment. When hostilities ceased he returned to Carroll County, and remained there the rest of his life, his death occurring on April 12, 1881. By occupation he was a farmer and merchant. Jerome E. Jones came to Arkansas with his parents. His education, which was begun in the common schools, was finished in a private school at Carrollton. He taught school in the county for about three years, and in 1873 began reading law at Carrollton. The next year he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession there. In 1880 he was elected circuit and county clerk and recorder of Carroll County, and at the expiration of his first term was re-elected to the same offices. At the expiration of his second term he resumed the practice of law, in partnership with his brother, Judge R. H. Jones. The two brothers were engaged in the newspaper business for about two years, but they sold out, and have since given their attention to their profession. In politics our subject has always held to the principles and supported the men of the Democratic party. Mr. Jones has been twice married. He was first married, in 1874, to Estella May Britton, a native of Wisconsin, who was reared and educated in her native State. This wife died on August 19, 1876, and Mr. Jones was married again, October 30, 1880, to Avo Scarborough, a native of Tennessee, who was reared in Carrollton, and educated at. Prof. Clarke’s Academy. She is a daughter of William B. and Minerva Scarborough. Her father is dead. Mrs. Jones is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of four children: Fenton, Mina, William and Zella.