Born in Winchester, Virginia, Jones moved with his parents to Washington, Pennsylvania.

He moved to Wooster, Ohio, in 1812 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War in the Twenty-fourth Congress.

He resumed business interests in Wooster, and died there April 24, 1861.

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