[4] Jones was also for a time a part owner of Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres, which had been conveyed to him and William T.B.
[7] It was said that Jones was responsible for the decision of Michael Goldwater, the grandfather of Senator Barry Goldwater, to settle in the territory of Arizona after Michael and his brother Joseph had failed to succeed in a business venture in the Sierra mining town of Sonora, California[8] The Goldwater brothers did poorly in Sonora and fared no better when they moved to Los Angeles[,] where the brothers had a billiard parlor, bar and a tobacco shop in the Bella Union Hotel.
Dr. Jones had been to the Arizona mining camp at Gila City and convinced Michael of the business possibilities there.
[8] On one freighting trip, the Goldwater brothers and Dr. Jones were heading back to the river from Prescott when they were attacked by Mohave Apaches.
Dr. Jones worked on Joe, treating him until the party arrived at a military camp where a surgeon was found.
[8]Jones also lived in Phoenix, Arizona, where his house at 1008 East Buckeye Road is noted as the "oldest standing building" in that city.