Background
Jones, Wilie was born on October 17, 1850 in Hillsboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Cadwallader and Annie Isabella (Iredell) Jones.
Jones, Wilie was born on October 17, 1850 in Hillsboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Cadwallader and Annie Isabella (Iredell) Jones.
Edward high schools, Ebenezer, South Carolina., and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Began as clerk, Carolina National Bank, 1870, and continued for 36 years, advancing to vice president President Palmetto National Bank, Columbia, 1906-1917. Enlisted in North Carolina.S.C., 1874.
Retired as major general, 1915.
Colonel 2d South Carolina. Regiment, Spanish-American War, 1898.
Served in Cuba under General Fitzhugh Lee.
Member South Carolina. Constitutional Convention, 1895. Club: Columbia.
Married Annie Reaux Caldwell, of Columbia, South Carolina., May 20, 1886.