Jones, Arnold Elzey, 1785-1839

Colonel Arnold Elzey Jones was born on August 5, 1785 in Somerset County, Maryland to William H. Jones and Sarah Elzey. He married Anne Wilson Jackson on November 2, 1808, and together they had ten children, one of which would go on to be a Civil War Confederate General, Gen. Arnold Elzey. Col. Jones was a veteran of the War of 1812. He also served on the Maryland Governor’s Council four times in 1817, 1818, 1827, and 1828. Elizabeth Upshur Teackle mentions in a letter to her sister, Ann, that he was one of four men from their county that were Federal members sent to the Assembly in October of 1810. Col. Arnold E. Jones died on July 13, 1839, and is buried next to his wife at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Churchyard Cemetery in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland.