Richard Lloyd Jones

Richard Lloyd Jones
Born	April 14, 1873 Janesville, Wisconsin
Died	December 4, 1963 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Resting place	Memorial Park Cemetery
Residence	Westhope
Alma mater	University of Chicago Law School
Occupation	Journalist, Editor
Years active	1899 - 1963
Known for	Owner, publisher and editor of the Tulsa Tribune
Spouse(s)	Georgia
Children	Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Richard Lloyd Jones, Jr.
Parent(s)	Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Susan Barber

Richard Lloyd Jones (April 14, 1873 – December 4, 1963) was the long-time editor and publisher of the now defunct Tulsa Tribune. He was noted for his controversial ultra-racist positions on political issues. The son of a notable Unitarian missionary, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, he was a co-founder of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Richard Lloyd Jones was the only son of Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Susan Barber. He was born April 14, 1873 in Janesville, Wisconsin. He was named for his paternal grandfather, Richard Lloyd Jones. His father and mother were both leaders of the Western Unitarian Conference. In 1881, the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where his father had been called as the settled minister of All Souls Unitarian Church. A biography says that Richard was athletically inclined and proficient in a number of sports, including swimming, skating, tennis, and horsemanship. The article suggests that there was some tension between the boy and his parents, who had high scholastic ambitions for him. During his youth, he left home to work on a Nevada sheep ranch, but his parents insisted that he return home and pursue higher education. He studied for a while at the University of Wisconsin, then entered the University of Chicago, where he graduated with an LL.B. in 1897 and a LL.M. in 1898.

Jones worked briefly as a lawyer, but did not stay long in this profession. In 1899, he was hired as a reporter and editor by the Telegram of Stamford, Connecticut. He was an editorial writer for the Washington Times from 1900 to 1902, and an editor for Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1902–1903. From 1903 until 1911, he was a writer and associate editor for Collier's Weekly, working under the publisher Robert J. Collier.

In 1905, Robert Collier and Jones collaborated to buy the old Abraham Lincoln farm at auction in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Then they organized a fundraising campaign to establish a historic site, which was opened during the Lincoln Centennial in 1909. The first board of trustees for the site included Jones, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Mark Twain, William Jennings Bryan and President William H. Taft.

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