[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 84 (Monday, June 18, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6372-S6373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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    HONORING COLONEL JAMES GARRARD JONES, FIRST MAYOR OF EVANSVILLE

 Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a true pioneer 
in public service, Colonel James Garrard Jones.
  Colonel Jones was born in Paris, KY on July 3, 1814, but soon became 
a resident of the great State of Indiana when

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his family moved there in 1819. This move was Indiana's good fortune, 
for it did not take long for Colonel Jones to become involved in public 
life.
  The young Colonel Jones served as Surveyor and Deputy Recorder of 
Vanderburgh County, leaving a lasting mark as the county's early field 
notes and books of deeds and mortgages appear in his handwriting. He 
went on to serve as Evansville Trustee and Evansville Attorney under 
the town corporation. In 1847, Colonel Jones's efforts in the 
establishment of a city government culminated with his election as 
first Mayor of Evansville. He won reelection as Mayor in 1850.
  Colonel Jones took his service to the State level with his election 
as Attorney General of Indiana in 1860. But shortly thereafter he was 
appointed Colonel of the Forty-Second Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer 
Infantry, and he left office to serve with the regiment.
  After hostilities ended, Colonel Jones practiced law until Governor 
Baker appointed him to his final position of public service in 1869 as 
Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.
  Colonel Jones passed away on April 5, 1872. This public servant, 
husband, and father to eight children is remembered not only for his 
public service, but also for his intelligence, kindness, and geniality.
  On June 23, 2001, the descendants of Colonel Jones, the current Mayor 
of Evansville, IN, Russell Lloyd Jr., the Friends of the Forty-Second 
Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and others will gather to remember 
Colonel Jones with the placement of a new bronze marker at his grave 
site in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville. I am pleased to join them 
in honoring this fine man who contributed greatly to Evansville, the 
state of Indiana, and our nation.

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