Cumberland County, Maine - Henry M. Jones
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Biography
Henry M. Jones
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 438-439


Henry M. Jones, of the Megquier & Jones Company, makers of plain and ornamental
brass and iron works, located at 31 and 33 Pearl Street, Portland, is an active
and valued factor of the mercantile and manufacturing life of the city. A native
of Portland, he was born May 6, 1857, being one of the three sons- Charles F.,
Louis M., and Henry M. of Levi J. and Susan A. (Frye) Jones. His father, whose
birth occurred April 22, 1830, is a cooper by trade, being at the present time
foreman in J. H. Hamlin & Son's West India Cooperage Company. His mother, who
was born March 17, 1828, died in 1893. Henry M. Jones attended the Portland
schools until reaching the age of fourteen years, when he entered the employ of
C. A. Donnell, a manufacturer of brass goods, continuing with him fourteen
years, and becoming thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the business. In
1888, in company with Arthur S. Megquier, he bought Mr. Donnell's entire
business, the two men forming a copartnership under the firm name of Megquier &
Jones, which connection continued until the death of the senior partner in June,
1892. Mr. Jones then conducted the business alone until February, 1895, when Mr.
H. C. Gilson took an interest, a corporation being formed under its present
style of Megquier & Jones Company. This firm makes a specialty of iron work for
buildings, patent sidewalk lights and gratings, wire guards and railings, ship
and yacht fittings, and fireplace furnishings, their manufactures being among
the finest of the kind in the city, and noted for their artistic and substantial
finish. They are also largely engaged in nickel-plating and polishing. Mr. Jones
is a member and at the present time President of the Builders' Exchange, and is
likewise a member in high standing of the Portland Board of Trade and of the
Portland Club. In politics he is a stanch Republican, sustaining the principles
of his party by voice and vote.

The union of Mr. Jones with Miss Emma E. Kimball, daughter of George and Elvina
(Hodgdon) Kimball, of Bethel, Me., was solemnized September 22, 1881. Three
children have been born to them; namely, Harold D., Albert H., and Marion. The
family resides at 31 Crescent Street, and is held in high esteem throughout the
neighborhood as thoroughly representative of the best element of citizenship.
Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Jones are believers in the fatherhood of God, and are
attendants of the Congress Square Universalist Church.