Buell Fay Jones

Background

Jones, Buell Fay was born on November 25, 1892 in Spain, S. Dakota Son of Even N. and Ellen (Hughes) Jones.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, South. Dakota

Career

Bar, 1914, and began practice at Britton. State's attorney Marshall County, South. Dakota, 1919-1923. Member Gardner & Jones, 1919-1922, alone since 1922.

Attorney general South. Dakota, 3 terms, 1923-1929.

Republican nominee for governor of South. Dakota, 1929, general attorney Standard Oil Corporation of Indiana, 1930-1940, vice president, 1945 and general counsel since 1940. Was member ex-officio South. Dakota

State Game Commission, State Board of Pardons, et cetera Organized volunteer troops of cavalry for World War, June 1917.

Entered United States Army as private, June 15, 1917.

With 34th Division, at Camp Cody, New Mexico, later with 307th Cavalry. Honorary discharge as captain, December 21, 1918.

Achievements

• Buell Fay Jones has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Gardner & Jones, 1919-1922, alone since 1922. Member American, Illinois, South Dakota and Chicago bar associations, Delta Theta Pi, American Legion. Mason (32°, Shriner), Odd.

Connections

Married Florence I. Bockler, June 21, 1914. Children: Quentin B., Jamie R., Dorothy F.

Father:

Even North. Jones

Mother:

Ellen (Hughes) Jones

Spouse:

Florence I. Bockler

child:

Jamie R. Jones

child:

Dorothy F. Jones

child:

Quentin B. Jones