Background
Jones, Joshua H. was born on June 15, 1856 in Pine Plains, South Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph and Sylvia Jones.
Jones, Joshua H. was born on June 15, 1856 in Pine Plains, South Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph and Sylvia Jones.
Bachelor of Arts, Claflin University, South Carolina., 1885. Student Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia. Bachelor of Divinity, Wilberforce (Ohio) University, 1887, Doctor of Divinity, 1893.
At 18; pastor in South Carolina., Wheeling, West Virginia, Wilberforce, O., Lynn, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Columbus, Ohio. Presiding elder Columbus district, 1894-1899. Pastor Zanesville, O., 1899.
President Wilberforce University, 1900-1908.
Bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1912. Home: Wilberforce, O.
Married Elizabeth Martin, 1875. Married second, Augusta East. Clark, November 1888.