Shipley Jones

Shipley Jones (1850 – August 9, 1936) was an American banker, society leader and clubman who was prominent in New York during the Gilded Age.

Shipley Jones
Born1850
DiedAugust 9, 1936(1936-08-09) (aged 85–86)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materColumbia College
Parent(s)Samuel T. Jones
Martha M. Jones

Early life

Jones was born in 1850. He was the only surviving son of four children born to Samuel Tonkin Jones and his second wife, Martha Mary (née Thomas) Jones.[1] His siblings included Sarah Margaret Jones, who married Henry Beadel; Samuel T. Jones Jr., who died young; and Elizabeth Ludlow Jones, who married John D. Van Buren Jr.[2][1] His elder half sister, Frances Mary Jones, was first married to Richard Montgomery Pell (of the Livingston family) and secondly to banker Louis T. Hoyt (son of Jesse Hoyt of Swartwout–Hoyt scandal infamy).[3] His father and uncle, Ludlow Thomas, were with the firm of S. T. Jones & Co.[4]

His uncle, Ludlow Thomas, served as vice president of the Stock Exchange Building Association, and many of his prominent ancestors came to New York from Philadelphia.[5] His maternal grandparents were Philip Thomas and Frances Mary (née Ludlow) Thomas.[1] His paternal grandparents were Isaac Cooper Jones and Hannah (née Firth) Jones (a descendant of Samuel Carpenter, the Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania, and Samuel Preston, mayor of Philadelphia).[6]

Jones graduated from Columbia College in 1869 with a B.A. degree.[1] He also received a M.A. degree from Columbia in 1872.[7]

Career

After graduating from Columbia, Jones joined the New York Stock Exchange on March 24, 1871,[8] becoming a partner in 1889.[5] In 1903, Jones founded Jones & Lanman with partner Jonathan Trumbull Lanman,[9] located at 96 Broadway,[10] and, later, 111 Broadway.[11] The firm specialized in commission stock and were bond brokers for many years.[5] In 1923, Jones was recognized as having been a member of the Exchange for over 40 years.[12] In 1927, Jones transferred his interest in the firm to Jonathan T. Lanman Jr.[11]

Society life

In 1892, Jones was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[13][14] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[15] Jones was a member of the Metropolitan Club, the Society of Colonial Wars, and served as the treasurer of the Knickerbocker Bowling Club.[5]

Personal life

Jones lived at 125 East 50th Street in New York City.[16] Upon his parents death, he inherited the 26.25 acre family estate in New Brighton, Staten Island known as "The Cedars".[5][17]

Jones died on August 9, 1936 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.[16]

References
  1. Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Forest, Louis Effingham De (1894). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 6. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. "John D. Van Buren Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. March 12, 1918. Retrieved 2012-10-10. John Dash Van Buren ...
  3. "DEATH LIST OF A DAY. Louis T. Hoyt" (PDF). The New York Times. August 6, 1901. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. Thomas, Lawrence Buckley (1896). The Thomas Book: Giving the Genealogies of Sir Rhys Ap Thomas, K. G., the Thomas Family Descended from Him, and of Some Allied Families. H. T. Thomas Company. p. 52. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. Licciardello, Anthony (January 21, 2013). "Jones Woods Park, New Brighton Staten Island". www.realestatesiny.com. RealEstateSINY. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. Browning, Charles H. (2002). Magna Charta Barons, 1915. Baronial Order of Runnemede. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 252. ISBN 9780806300566. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. Columbia University. 1912. p. 134. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. 1887. p. 30. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. "JONATHAN T. LANMAN" (PDF). The New York Times. May 24, 1952. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. Polk's (Trow's) New York Copartnership and Corporation Directory, Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx. 1904. p. 309. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. "STOCK EXCHANGE NEWS" (PDF). The New York Times. March 20, 1927. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  12. "41 FIRMS IN WALL ST. 40 YEARS OR MORE; Two Celebrations of 50th Anniversaries Lead to Compilation of "Old-Timers."" (PDF). The New York Times. January 17, 1923. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  13. McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  14. Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age. Random House Incorporated. p. 217. ISBN 9780847822089. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  15. Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  16. "JONES" (PDF). The New York Times. August 10, 1936. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  17. Social Register, Summer. Social Register Association. 1894. p. 149. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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