Charles S. Jones

Charles Storrs Jones Sr. (February 4, 1824 – October 27, 1889) was an American merchant and Republican politician from Potter County, Pennsylvania. He represented Potter and McKean counties in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during the 1873 and 1874 terms.

Biography Charles S. Jones was born in Broome County, New York, in 1824. He was raised and educated there, and taught school there after his primary education was complete. In 1847, he traveled to Potter County, Pennsylvania, with his brothers Frank and Edwin Jones, and their cousin Aaron Putnam Storrs. Frank, Charles, and Aaron pooled their money and purchased land and a store in the borough of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, for $1,500 ; using the store, they began a general merchant business.

In 1872, Jones was the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the district comprising his home county, Potter, and the neighboring county of McKean. His Democratic opponent in the 1872 general election was Franklin W. Knox, the husband of his wife's sister.

Charles Jones died at his home in Coudersport on October 27, 1889, after about a year of poor health.

Charles's brothers Frank Lavosieur Jones and Edwin Adams Jones were also prominent in the early history of Potter County. Their youngest brother, John Howe Jones, went to Wisconsin and became a prominent attorney and politician there.

The Jones brothers' maternal ancestors were descendants of Samuel Storrs, who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1663.

Charles S. Jones married Maria Johnson (1826–1904) on November 9, 1848. They had three children together, but their youngest child, Charles Jr., died at age eight due to Meningitis.