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Leon Foster Jones

Leon Foster Jones (1871 - 1940) was active/lived in New Hampshire, New York.  Leon Jones is known for Landscape painting, etching, lithography, art education.

This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Director, Southold Historical Society, Southold, NY.

Leon Foster Jones (October 18, 1871 - January 4, 1940)

Landscape painter, etcher, lithographer, and teacher.  Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Mary A. Jones (1846-1916) and Frank A. Jones (1840-b. 1910).  His father was the overseer in one of the hosiery mills located in and about Manchester.  He married his wife, Josephine Currier (b. 1876), around 1901.  During the early years of their marriage he and his wife lived in Concord, New Hampshire.  They settled permanently in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York in 1910, though he was working there as early as 1907.  According to multiple sources, during his lifetime Jones was best known for his paintings and etchings that depicted historic locations across Long Island.  In Port Jefferson he was known simply by his nickname, "Jonesie."
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