• Born: 6 Apr 1806, Westfield MA
• Died: 11 Nov 1883, Galveston TX

  General notes:

Merchant

  Events in his life were:

• Partnership: John Maxwell Jones and B. R. Davis, circa 1851-1863, in Galveston TX. As JONES, ROOT & DAVIS. Jones, who had arrived in Galveston in 1839 and established a prosperous jewelry business, had been sent in 1850 as the Texas commisioner to the London Industrial Exhibition. On his return, he formed this partnership which was located in his old shop at No. 8 Strand. The partnership dissolved at the outbreak of war when the port was blockaded and Jones took up an active role in Confederate activities in the state.

• Partnership: B. R. Davis, after 1863, in Galveston TX. As ROOT & DAVIS. Though primarily furniture dealers, the firm also sold silver flat- and hollowware bought in from manufacturers like WOOD & HUGHES in New York.

• Advertised: Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, on 15 Dec 1865, in Houston TX.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Galveston TX. Listed as a furniture merchant.