Edward Franc Jones (June 3, 1828 – August 14, 1913) was an American merchant, manufacturer, soldier, author and politician from New York.

His troops traveled onward and helped with the defense of Washington, D.C. Jones later recruited and commanded the 26th Massachusetts Infantry.

On February 24, 1866,[1] President Andrew Johnson nominated Jones for the grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, for meritorious services during the war.

[4] Ellis Parker Butler referenced Jones' slogan in The Adventure of the Lame and the Halt, one of his Perkins of Portland stories.

The go-ahead advertising man creates a craze for a vile-tasting tonic water by several means, including the slogan "Perkins Pays the Freight".