He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Mary-
land State and the Baltimore City Bar Associations; he is
also a member of the Elks, Moose, Eagles, Knights of Colum-
bus and holds membership in other clubs.

On November 20th, 1920, Mr. O'Conor married M. Eugenia
Byrnes, also of Baltimore. They have four children. The
family resides at 302 Chancery Road, Guilford.

Secretary of State: E. RAY JONES, (Republican), Oakland,

Md.

E. Ray Jones, second son of Wilbur C. and Olive Belle
Jones, was born in Deer Park, Garrett County, Maryland,
on December 14, 1886. His father, now retired and living
in Columbus, Ohio, was for many years a merchant at Deer
Park and active in county affairs. He also has a brother
and three sisters living in Columbus. His mother is
deceased. His preliminary education was obtained in the
public schools of Garrett County and he then entered West
Virginia Conference Seminary, now West Virginia Wes-
leyan College, at Buckhannon, West Virginia, graduating
from the seminary department in 1907. He then entered
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, where he grad-
uated with honors and received an A. B. degree in 1910.
The following year was spent in business with his father
but in the fall of 1911 he entered the University of Mary-
land Law School, from which he was graduated in 1913.
In the same year he took the Maryland Bar Examination
and was admitted to the practice of law.

Upon his admission to the Bar, Mr. Jones returned to
his home county and entered upon the practice of his pro-
fession at Oakland, where he has since remained, practicing
in the courts of both Maryland and West Virginia. In 1915
he was elected State's Attorney for Garrett County and
served in that office for four years, retiring then to private
practice. Until 1930 he practiced alone but in that year
formed a partnership with Mr. Walter W. Dawson, also of
Oakland, under the firm name of Jones and Dawson, and
the business is now conducted in that name. On July I,
1936, he was appointed Secretary of State by Governor Nice
to succeed Hon. Thomas L. Dawson, resigned.

Ever since his admission to the Bar and his location in
Oakland, Mr. Jones has been active in the affairs of Garrett
County, both civic and religious. He has been president of
the Garrett County Bar Association and held important
positions in a number of other local organizations. He is a
trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Church of Oakland and also
a member of the Board of Trustees of West Virginia Wes-