﻿Biographical 
  Sketches. 
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  mounted 
  Car(r), 
  painted 
  Green, 
  with 
  the 
  picture 
  of 
  a 
  Black- 
  

   well, 
  and 
  a 
  bull 
  in 
  a 
  drinking 
  posture, 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  encircled 
  

   by 
  the 
  words 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  Genuine 
  BlackwelTs 
  (the 
  word 
  ' 
  Black 
  ' 
  

   on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  well 
  and 
  the 
  word 
  ' 
  Well's 
  ' 
  on 
  the 
  other) 
  

   Durham 
  Smoking 
  Tobacco."] 
  Soon 
  the 
  hectic 
  flush 
  upon 
  

   Mr. 
  Green's 
  cheek 
  grew 
  sadly 
  deeper, 
  his 
  elastic 
  step 
  became 
  

   weaker 
  and 
  weaker, 
  and 
  his 
  many 
  friends 
  saw 
  with 
  sorrow 
  

   that 
  the 
  fell-destroyer 
  — 
  consumption 
  — 
  had 
  marked 
  him 
  for 
  

   an 
  early 
  victim. 
  Resuscitation 
  was 
  sought 
  at 
  the 
  most 
  cele- 
  

   brated 
  watering 
  places, 
  but 
  in 
  vain, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  

   1869 
  he 
  quietly 
  passed 
  away. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  always 
  maintained 
  

   an 
  abiding 
  faith 
  that 
  Durham 
  would 
  one 
  day 
  be 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  

   prosperous 
  city, 
  but 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  live 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  see 
  his 
  

   cherished 
  convictions 
  and 
  wishes 
  verified. 
  But 
  the 
  effect 
  

   of 
  his 
  labors 
  and 
  wisdom 
  are 
  to 
  day 
  permeating 
  all 
  the 
  rami- 
  

   fications 
  of 
  business. 
  The 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  enterprise 
  started 
  

   by 
  him 
  is 
  a 
  concomitant 
  element 
  of 
  success 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  varied 
  

   industrial 
  pursuits 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  He 
  sleeps 
  in 
  peace, 
  but 
  his 
  

   works 
  live 
  after 
  him. 
  

  

  THOMAS 
  D. 
  JONES. 
  

  

  The 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  sketch 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Pittsylvania 
  county, 
  

   about 
  ten 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Danville, 
  Va., 
  on 
  the 
  19th 
  day 
  of 
  

   October, 
  1852. 
  Educated 
  in 
  Virginia. 
  His 
  father, 
  Decatur 
  

   Jones, 
  was 
  a 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  tobacco 
  at 
  Danville, 
  hence 
  he 
  

   has 
  been 
  directly 
  and 
  indirectly 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  tobacco 
  

   business 
  all 
  of 
  his 
  life, 
  and 
  has 
  acquired 
  an 
  experience 
  and 
  

   knowledge 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  aspects 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  trade, 
  rarely 
  

   equalled 
  and 
  perhaps 
  unsurpassed. 
  Worked 
  in 
  his 
  father's 
  

   factory 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  his 
  youth, 
  and 
  manufac- 
  

   tured 
  plug 
  tobacco 
  for 
  himself 
  in 
  Danville 
  from 
  1867 
  to 
  

   1S77, 
  speculating 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  in 
  fine 
  leaf 
  tobacco. 
  

   Moved 
  to 
  Durham 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1S81, 
  and 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fine 
  

   wrapper 
  trade. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  wrapper 
  trade 
  of 
  Durham 
  

  

  