by vienne 8 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Jones was a principal investor in the Knickerbocker Bank of New York City. There was an earlier and defunct bank of the same name. The bank issued its own currency, a common practice at the time. Uncle B is seeking a clear image of one of the bills. He posted a blurry image on his history site. Can you find a better once?
see:
https://truthhistory.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-d-jones-and-knickerbocker-bank.html
Who was he, and what's the interest?
A. D. Jones was one of the Watch Tower's first contributors. He started is own magazine, and eventually left Watch Tower fellowship. He came into unexpected wealth, took a mistress, found himself in legal trouble, ran off, and led an adventurous life, eventually dying in a hospital. His grave is under a freeway ramp.
Sounds like a real character! Not really relevant to much that goes on these days, but it makes for an interesting historical footnote. I read a bit about him on the other site. Apparently he had "Royal" as a middle name but eventually dropped using it. As I said before, somewhat of a character.
Edited: Apparently he adopted Royal as his surname! 😱
Wasn't he the one who funded the printing of a few of the early peripheral Bible Student books, like "What Pastor Russell Said', 'What Pastor Russell Wrote", "Gems from the Mine"?
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nope. what Russell said was the product of W. Wisdom, published in 1917. Gems is a modern Bible Student work.
Jones financed J. Paton's 1881 book, first ed. only.
Excellent! Can we find one with the signatures?
