Amanda Jones (inventor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amanda Jones (inventor)

American author and inventor

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1835

Place of Birth: East Bloomfield, New York, United States

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1914

Profession: writer, poet, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Amanda Theodosia Jones (October 19, 1835 – March 31, 1914) was an American author and inventor, most noted for inventing a vacuum method of canning called the Jones Process. Jones was descended from Puritan, Huguenot, Quaker and Methodist ancestors.
Her forefathers were among the patriots of the American Revolution.
She wrote a number of war poems during the Civil War.
These were published, with others, in book form.
Ill health tor a number of years made it impossible for her to keep up her literary work.
Some of her poems appeared in Scribner's Magazine while others were published in the Century, Our Continent, and other journals.
She published a volume of verse entitled A Prairie Idyl and Other Poems.
She made her home in Chicago, Illinois.