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'''Celestino Moreno Jones''' was an attorney, judge, and a [[mayor of Pensacola]].
Jones came to Pensacola at a young age and attended the schools of Pensacola before studying law under his father. He was admitted to the bar in [[1886]]. After practicing law with his father for many years, Jones served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the [[Northern District of Florida]]. In [[1900]], Jones was elected to the Florida House of Representatives. From [[1901]]-[[1902]] he served as [[mayor of Pensacola]].<ref name="memoirs">Rerick, Rowland H and Francis Philip Fleming. ''[http://fulltext.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?idno=SF00000009_0001_000;q1=SF00000009;seq=609;cc=fhp;view=toc;size=s;start=1;c=fhp;sid=611eec66ce599ab9967f65525b4f8efd;page=nav;subview=fullcitation Memoirs of Florida].'' Atlanta, 1902.</ref>
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