John Beauchamp Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Beauchamp Jones

American writer

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1810

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1866

Profession: editor, journalist, publisher, novelist, diarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

John Beauchamp Jones (March 6, 1810 – February 4, 1866) was a writer whose books enjoyed popularity during the mid-19th century.
Jones was a popular novelist (particularly of the American West and the American South) and a well-connected literary editor and political journalist in the two decades leading up to the American Civil War.
During the war, the served in the Confederate War Department, and is today above all remembered for his published diary from the war period.