City: Memphis
JONES, Wharton Stewart, Assistant Superintendent City Schools, Memphis; born Nashville, Tenn., September 14, 1849; son Sandy E. and Katherine (Stewart) JONES; Scotch-Irish descent; graduated Transylvania University 1873; married Mattie BOYD 1888; member DeSoto Lodge No. 299, Knights Templar, St. Elmo, No. 15, 32 degree Tennessee Consistory; author of “Elements of Arithmetic,” “Practical Arithmetic;” President Memphis Military Institute; Vice-President National Educational Association; President Tennessee State Teachers’ Association; President West Tennessee Teachers’ Association; President Tennessee Public School Officers’ Association; member State Board of Education; Chairman of First Sub-Textbook Commission; Assistant Superintendent Memphis City Schools.
