H. W. Jones x2 & The 1909 Evangelistic Meetings
In 1900, H. W. Jones lived with his wife and young daughter in Canandaigua, New York.[1] Less than 90 miles away (via what is now I-90) lived another H. W. Jones with his wife, son and two daughters, in Constantia, New York.[2] In the spring of 1909 both of these men were in Idaho Falls, one holding a 4-week evangelistic crusade and the other the pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Reporting on the evangelistic meetings in Idaho Falls in March and April of 1909, the Idaho Falls Daily Times named the leaders of the meetings only as “Evangelists Jones and Spear.” However another Times article that reported on an evangelism training conference held midway through the crusade had a bit more information, giving their names as H. Wyse Jones and Professor E. H. Spear. From records of the Idaho Falls Presbyterian Church I knew that the pastor from 1906 to 1912 was H. W. Jones, so I wondered if Evangelist H. W. Jones was the same person as Pastor H. W. Jones. Finding connection