Rufus Jones

Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
		Home		Pendle Hill	China, ME
1863/01/25	Rufus Matthew Jones is born into an old Quaker family in South China, Maine.	Born		Abel Jones House	China, ME
1870/00/00	The Jones family attend meeting, exposing Rufus to important itinerant preachers.	Faith		Pond Meeting House, South China, ME	China, ME
1879/00/00	Rufus Jones leaves home for school in Providence. His parents will live the rest of their lives here and Rufus will made frequent and prolonged visits.	Life		Abel Jones House	China, ME
1879/09/00	Rufus Jones attends Providence Friends School in Providence, Rhode Island.	Education		Moses Brown School	Providence, RI
1884/07/00	The Jones family attend meetings at the South China Meeting House. Rufus Jones attends during his summer residency, and will "speak" nearly every Sunday. His last meeting will take place here shortly before his death.	Faith		South China Meeting House	China, ME
1885/06/00	Rufus Jones graduates from Haverford College in Pennsylvania. He will stay on to earn his MA here in 1886.	Education		Founders Hall, Haverford College	Haverford, PA
1919/00/00	Rufus Jones begins serving as library president. Staying in the position until 1948, it is the only civic activity with which he will be associated.	Work		South China Public Library, ME	China, ME