Harrison Jones (1889-1966) was one of those railroad people that participated in the affairs of the town of Delmar. He was born in Greenbackville, Virginia to Samuel Miles Jones and Rose Ann Timmons in 1889. He went to work for the railroad in Cape Charles in 1907 as a fireman making $1.47 a day for a 12 hour day. He was transferred to Delmar in 1910. He married Anne Jester (1895-1940) from Jesterville, MD (Tyaskin). Her father Wilfred Richardson Jester and mother Ida C. Jester had moved to Delmar about 1910 to run a retail store. She taught school in Wicomico County and was a graduate of Western Maryland College. She was active in the New Century Club being a president of the club. Mr. Jones went to war and was in Europe from Jul 1918 to April 1919. With his military service he became commander of the Delmar American Legion. On Armistice day he would lead the parade on horseback followed by a 25 piece band and the town cannon. Speaking of band, he played the trombone in the Delmar Band. His wife would die in 1940 from gas inhalation. Mr Jones came home after a 12 shift and found her dead in a gas filled kitchen of their home. In 1944 he would marry again this time to Georgia Guthrie (1903-1988) of Delmar MD. Georgia Guthrie Jones graduated Delmar MD High school in 1919, in 1921 she attended the Maryland Normal school in Baltimore. She was a long time teacher at Delmar Jr/Sr High school. In 1958 after 51 years with the railroad Harrison Jones retired. In 1966 he died. In 1988 Georgia G. Jones would die of cancer.
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