“Death of Another Old Citizen,” James Jones, 58

By Sue Hunter Weir

James Jones

James Jones was an American success story.  An Irish immigrant, he worked as a common laborer for many years.  After he moved to Minneapolis, he started a boarding house which, through his hard work and effort, grew into the Minneapolis House, one of the city”'s most respectable hotels.  His hotel was located at the “corner 1st and Utah,” or, or as we know it, First Street and First Avenue North.  Mr. Jones died in Minneapolis on July 11, 1872, from cancer of the liver at the age of 58 years.  He is buried in Lot 96, Block C near four children who, judging from their ages and when they died, were his children and grandchildren.  Mary Jones died on February 4, 1863, from measles at the age of six years, four months and 20 days.  Emma Jones died on February 28, 1863, from diphtheria at the age of four years, three months and 19 days.  According to cemetery records, she was born in the United States.  Charlie Jones died on August 25, 1873, from cholera infantum at the age of two and a-half weeks.  Mary Francis Jones died on April 2, 1874, from congestion of the lungs at the age of three years.… Read the rest ““Death of Another Old Citizen,” James Jones, 58”