Tennessee; a history, 1673-1932, Volume III

by Philip May Hamer

published by The American Historical Society, Inc, New York, 1933

ROBERT MILTON JONES—To the traditional dignity and efficiency of the legal structure of the State of Tennessee, Robert Milton Jones, of Knoxville, successful leader of the bar, has made valued contributions through long years of practice. His association with an important law firm has been conducive to the mutual advantage of the principals, and to the successful conclusion of a great proportion of the cases of the firm’s clients, many of which have been handled by Mr. Jones in his well-known capable manner. Besides his excellent standing at the bar and in the confidence of the courts, Mr. Jones holds the sincere esteem of the Knoxville community for his cooperative spirit in participation in that beautiful and progressive city’s program of betterment and a sustained public pride.

P. F. Jones, paternal grandfather of Robert Milton Jones, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and went to live in Roane County, Tennessee, prior to the Civil War. He was successfully engaged as a planter.  He was a loyal supporter of the Union cause and served in the Army of the North in the Civil War.   To him and his wife, Ona, was born a son. Henry B., of whom further.

Henry B. Jones, son of P. F. and Ona Jones, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.  Of like patriotic devotion to his country as his father, he too served in the Union Army in the Civil War.  Having removed
the family to Roane County, Tennessee, he met his bride, Mary A. Hudson, a native of that county and the daughter of Thomas and Sallie Hudson, her father born in the Volunteer State.  Of the children of Henry B. and Mary A. (Hudson) Jones, was Robert Milton.

Robert Milton Jones, son of Henry B. and Mary A. (Hudson) Jones, was born in Roane County, Tennessee, in 1870.  He was graduated from Grant University in the class of 1892, and the succeeding four years he passed in the study of the law, which profession in his academic years he had decided to make his own for life.  He was proficient as a student at law, as he had been in his college career and passed his bar examinations with high percentages. He was admitted to practice in- 1896, and without delay entered upon his life work.

For fifteen years Mr. Jones practiced in his name in his old home county, and with a broad experience and broadened knowledge of the law of the State, he came to Knoxville in 1911, becoming the junior partner of the firm of Wright & Jones.  In 1920 he helped form the firm of Lucky. Jones & Andrews, which was changed upon the death of the senior member to Jones & Andrews.  This firm has attained the reputation of being one of the strongest legal combinations in Knoxville and Knox County.  In its practice in behalf of a large and very desirable. clientele,  Mr. Jones is an important figure.  On all sides, public and legal, he is recognized as having made outstanding progress in his profession.  

He has been an asset of strength and influence to his law firm; he enjoys the esteem of the judiciary as well as that of his fellow-members of the bar, and is known for his keen and sustained interest as a citizen in the civic affairs of Knoxville.
As a member of the Masonic fraternity in good and regular standing, Mr. Jones is. known as a lively exemplar of the tenets of that ancient order.  Among other divisions of the body, he affiliates with the Knights Templar and the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

Note: This biography includes the photograph above in the publication.

Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 4
ROBERT MILTON JONES
page 158

Robert Milton Jones, who has been successfully engaged in law practice for more than a quarter of a century, has followed his profession in Knoxville since 1911 and is now senior partner of the well known law firm of Jones & Andrews. A native son of Tennessee, he was born in Roane county in the year 1870, his parents being Henry B. and Mary A. (Hudson) Jones, the former a native of Lynchburg, Virginia, while the latter's birth occurred in Roane county, this state. His paternal grandparents were P. F. and Ona Jones, the former born in Lynchburg, Virginia, but settling in Roane county, Tennessee, prior to the Civil war. He became a successful planter. Both he [p.158] and his son, Henry B. Jones, served in the Civil war as soldiers of the Union army. The maternal grandparents of Robert M. Jones of this review were Thomas and Sallie Hudson, the former a native of Tennessee.

Robert M. Jones pursued his more advanced education in Grant University, from which he was graduated in 1892, and spent the succeeding four years in the mastery of the principles of jurisprudence, taking up the practice of law in 1896. He followed his profession independently for fifteen years and on the expiration of that period came to Knoxville in 1911, here becoming a member of the law firm of Wright & Jones. In 1920 he became a partner in the firm of Lucky, Jones & Andrews, which was changed to Jones & Andrews following the death of Mr. Lucky. The firm is accorded an extensive clientage which connects it with much important litigation and Mr. Jones has made steady progress in a profession where advancement depends solely upon individual merit and ability.

Mr. Jones is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knights Templar degree and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church and his course has ever been such as to commend him to the confidence and high esteem of all with whom he as come into contact in professional or social relations.