Background
McJones was born to an upper-middle-class family in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Walter McJones
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He studied at Saint Mark Selione College, subsequently obtaining a law degree from Harvard University.
Career
McJones"s family traveled frequently. During one of his visits to the Caribbean he became interested in Puerto Rico. McJones relocated to Puerto Rico, along with two sisters, Mina and Charlotte, circa 1904 on what is now known as Route 10.
McJones and Marvin together purchased «Hacienda El Semil» in Villalba.
Later obtaining an additional 500 acres from the Olivieri family in «El Limón» in ward «Hato Puerco Arriba». McJones married Helen Buchanan (daughter of James A Buchanan.
A military official who had been assigned to the island as a result of the Spanish American War of 1898). Walter McJones, José Ramón Figueroa y Rivera, and José Victor Figueroa are credited, through the Municipal Council appointed by Governor Arthur Yager, for founding the Municipality of Villalba in 1917.
McJones also served as the first mayor of Villalba (1917-1919).
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United States