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Howard Parker Jones was born in Weymouth on September 27, 1863 and was the second son of St. Clair Jones and Helen Cecelia (Ladd) Jones. Howard Jones was educated at the Collegiate school and at King’s College, Windsor where he earned his M.A. in 1881. In 1884, he travelled to Germany to study at the University of Heidelburg and earned a PhD in German Literature in 1886. On July 6, 1893 he married Elizabeth Isabel Ridd of Windsor. Elizabeth Ridd was born on January 22, 1859 in Barnstable, England to Mary and Frederic Ridd. After their marriage, they moved to New York where he was appointed as an instructor in German at Cornell University from 1893-1898. During this time, Howard and Elizabeth had three children, Helen Lorna born on April 26, 1895, Frederick Howard Marling born on September 5, 1896 and Edith Madeline born in 1898. In 1898 Howard Parker Jones became professor of modern languages at Hobart College, Geneva, New York and held that position until 1906 when he was appointed chair of Modern Languages at Dalhousie University. Howard Jones published several articles and, in 1900, he authored A German Reader, with Notes and Vocabulary. He continued to teach until his death on April 29, 1924 at age 60. Elizabeth Jones died on October 26, 1938 in Bedford.