Rufus Jones
American
| 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 |
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