Benjamin Edwin Jones

   Cause of his death was Cancer.

  General Notes:

photo and personal recollections of T. Sollenbarger - Benjamin was a pharmacist, financial planner and hunter

1910 Burleigh County, North Dakota Benjamin E. JONES 1876 Florence 1877 Fredic 1902 Donald 1905 Gwendolyn 1907

1920 Bismark Ward 1, Burleigh County, ND Benjamin JONES 1877 Florence 1878 Frederick 1902 Donald 1905 Gwendolyn 1907 Benjamin Jr 1919

1930 Burleigh County, ND Benjamin E. JONES 1877 Florence 1877 F. Gwendolyn 1907 Benjamin E. Jr. 1919

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Edwin Jones was the youngest child of Mary and John W Jones. He was born on April 20, 1876.
Ben chose not to go into farming, so his father sent him to study pharmacy at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He graduated in 1898.
His uncle Evan Meyrick Jones had a pharmacy (Jones & Olds) in Wells, Minnesota. Wells was a prosperous railroad hub at the time. Ben joined this business after he graduated from college.
Shortly thereafter Benjamin married Florence A. Straw a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Straw on September 6, 1900. They had four children
Frederick Edwin 1901-1999
Donald Straw 1904-1975
Florence Gwendolyn 1906-1987
Benjamin Edwin, Jr. 1919-1944
Ben moved to Bismarck, ND shortly after his marriage and was the first registered pharmacist in Bismarck. His drug store was located at the site of the luxury Patterson hotel. By 1912 Benjamin Edwin had become an agent for New York Life. He dealt in both real estate and insurance.
Ben contracted prostate cancer and died in Bismarck 1950.

  Medical Notes:

prostate cancer

Benjamin married Florence Agnes Straw, daughter of Dr. Daniel Straw and Florence Jane Watson, on 6 Sep 1900 in Wells, Faribault County, Minnesota. (Florence Agnes Straw was born on 23 Jan 1876 in Clark, Faribault County, Minnesota, died in 1959 in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois and was buried in St. Marys Cemetery in Bismark, North Dakota.)