Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

George Jones (publisher)

Role / Field:

American journalist and co-founder of The New-York Daily Times.

Born:

1811-08-16

Died:

1891-08-12

Century / Era:

1811s Historical Era

Database Source:

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Origins & Early Life

George Jones (August 16, 1811 – August 12, 1891) was an American journalist who, with Henry Jarvis Raymond, co-founded the New-York Daily Times, now The New York Times. Jones was born in 1811 in Poultney, Vermont, and moved to Granville, Ohio, for a time. He moved back to Vermont after his parents died. Jones was employed at the Northern Spectator.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

By 1833, he had moved to Troy, New York, working in dry goods, and later in banking. After spending a few years in the area that would later become New York City, he moved to and became a banker in Albany, New York. In Troy, on October 26, 1826, he married Sarah Maris Gilbert, daughter of Benjamin J. Gilbert, the leading merchant at the time of Troy. They had four children, Emma, Elizabeth, Mary and their only son, Gilbert.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

He and Raymond issued the first issue of the New-York Daily Times on September 18, 1851. The two had first become acquainted while working at the New-York Tribune under Horace Greeley. Jones solicited funds to begin the newspaper, earning contributions from investors in Albany and Aurora, including Edwin B. Morgan, as well supplying $25,000 ($968,000 in 2025), from himself and another $25,000 from his...

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