J. Jones, Drapery Establishment, No 63 Market Place

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J. Jones, Drapery Establishment, No. 63 Market Place. 

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Melville Directory 1859

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No. 63 Market Place

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High Street / Market Place 1865, J. Jones Nos 72 & 63 Market Place and The George Hotel with the Statue of Corn Rhymer, Ebenezer Elliott prominent. 

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Baines Directory 1822

Jones, John, linen & woollen draper, 8 Market Place. 

 

Robson's Directory, 1839

Jones, Jones, linen and woollen draper, haberdasher and lace man, hosier & glover, 16 Market Place. 

 

Whites Directory 1849

Jones, John & Son, linen and woollen drapers, silk mercers & dealers in carpets, room papers & oil cloths etc., 63 Market Place. 

Jones, John sen., draper etc., h. Broomgrove House

Jones, John Jun., draper etc., Nelson Terrace, Glossop Road. 

 

Whites Directory 1862

Jones, John & Son, linen and woollen drapers, silk mercers and hosier, 63; and upholsterers, dealers in carpets, room papers, oil cloths, iron bedsteads etc., 72 Market Place. h. 38 Collegiate Cres. 

 

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Whites Directory 1879

Jones, John & Son, silk mercers, linen drapers, carpet, furnishings & paper hanging warehouse, 63 & 72 Market Place. 

Jones, John (J & Son) h. 16 Collegiate Cres. 

 

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Advertisement for J. Jones & Son from Whites Directory 1852.

 

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Jones, John & Son, linen & woollen drapers, silk mercers, upholsterers, and dealers in carpets, room papers, oil cloths &etc. 63 Market Place. 

 

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Whites Directory 1856.

Jones, John & Son, hosiers and woollen drapers, silk mercers, upholsterers and dealers in carpets, room papers, oil cloths, iron bedsteads &etc. 63 Market Place, 38 Collegiate Crescent. 

 

 

 

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At about three o'clock on Monday 15th December 1851, John Jones, draper, aged 64, was in his counting-house in the Market place, writing a letter. In the previous summer he had consulted Mr.Edmund Smith, of Norfolk street, one of the most eminent practitioners of homeopathy in the country. Mr. Smith warned him that he was suffering from a disease of the heart. After signing the letter, Mr.Jones suddenly felt ill, and just managed to go into the next room where there was a sofa to collapse onto.  The chemist, Mr. Radley, was called in, and administered some stimulants. About half past three Mr Smith arrived from Norfolk street and Mr. Jones was helped to a chair where it was found that his right lower leg was paralysed. Smith recommended that Mr Jones be taken home to his his house at Broomgrove. At this point John Jones junior brought in Dr.Kidley, but after a careful examination, and finding the patient in the care of the doctor's ordinary medical attendant, he did not interfere, and concurred with Mr.Smith that "the system had received a great shock and the object must be to arouse and support the vital powers".

Mr. Jones took the journey home well and was put to bed, remaining lucid. External and internal stimulants were administered, suitable to deal with an attack of diarrhoea which was one of the symptoms. This was accomplished amd the bowels remained in a quiet state from nine o'clock until twelve. During the course of the evening, Mr. Smith the homeopath, advised the family that he believed Mr. Jones was suffering from internal bleeding. About twelve o'clock another disturbance of the bowels took place.  The pulse was very slow and feeble and the face which had been cold and sunken, became even more so. Mr. Jones spoke a few words about the serious nature of the attack, but expressed his resignation and belief that all that could be done had been. A moment later, a deep inward breath, cessation of the pulse, and a few sobs, announced that he had departed.

The following day a post mortem was carried out by Mr. William Jackson and Son, the senior medical practioner in Sheffield, in the presence of Kidley and Smith. The cause of death was found to be a long standing aneurism of the aorta. The initial attack was caused by a small rupture which coagulated and stemmed the bleeding, but the final rupture was an inch long and allowed a sudden fatal rush of blood into the pericardium. 

John Jones was esteemed as a man of great public spirit and integrity, having been one of the original instigators of the Wesley College.  He took an active part in the college's construction and held the office of treasurer from the outset, as well as being a key member and officer of the Methodist church in Sheffield. John Jones junior continued the business until it was taken over by George Blackshaw (previously with Cockayne's) in June 1881.