Background
Jones, Charles Reading was born on November 9, 1862 in on farm, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles and Esther (Harding) Jones.
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Charles Reading Jones
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Educational public schools Philadelphia.
Career
Member Charles Jones and Sons, saddlery hardware, 1880-1890. Secretary and manager The Frink, Barcus and Jones Manufacturing Company, saddlery and harness, Philadelphia, 1890-1893. Founder and president Associate Prohibition Press.
Public Horseman’s Guide, 1885-1890, Harness Journal, 1886-1891, The People, 1900-1905.
President Mattoon Mausoleum Company. Director Hillsboro Mausoleum Company Prohibition chairman of Pennsylvania, 1897-1905.
Chairman Prohibition National Committee, 1905-1912. Vice president World’s Prohibition Confederation.
Director Christian Education Foundation.
Executive vice president American Business Men's Research Foundation. Director International Reform Federation. Ex-president National Temperance and Prohibition Council, Washington, District of Columbia Treasurer National Lincoln Chautauqua, 1914-1919.
Financial director Citizen’s Committee to Enforce the Landis award, 1922-1929.
Achievements
Membership
Member Charles Jones and Sons, saddlery hardware, 1880-1890. Mason (32°, Shriner).
Connections
Married Bertha I. Hoar, 1882.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Methodist