Smokey Jones

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☨ Smokey Jones

Profession	zoo elephant trainer
Personal details
Born	? in United States

Dead	in United States

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	elephant superintendent 1955
Location	at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Title	assistant elephant trainer 1949
Location	at Hunt Brothers Circus in United States

Title	-
Location	at Smokey Jones (Robert Jones)s elephants in United States

Title	elephant keeper
Location	at Dailey Bros. Circus in United States

Biography details

Robert "Smokey" Jones , zoo elephant trainer in United States

Jones was born * ? in United States , in United States .

Records about Smokey Jones from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog

I once asked him how he got the nick name "Smokey" and he said he ran away from home, hopped a Freight Train that happened to stop beside the Dailey Bros. Circus lot.
He wandered over and asked for a job and his first answer was "We don't want no Dirty Neck Punks! and he said "This ain't dirt, it's train smoke!" and he added, "That's what they called me for a while, Thank God it got shortened to "Smokey".
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Records about Smokey Jones from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog

1948 Dailey Bros. elephant Herd in Gonzales, Texas after the arrival of 14 baby elephants.
Robert "Smokey" Jones at left, Rex Williams, John "Sweet Pea" LeHew, Rex's older brother Ben, two of the accompanying Mahouts, Francis "Streamline" Frizell and Aroumi Singh with "Baby Butch".

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Worlds Fair in Dallas, 1964

Family

Total: 1 children

Kari Johnson. Born: 19XX-10-29.

Smokey Jones is mentioned on 3 other person pagesAdele Nelson, Hugo Schmitt, Louis Reed,

Smokey Jones is mentioned on 5 location pagesDailey Bros. Circus, Hunt Brothers Circus, Kilroy Ranch, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Robert Bobby Moore,

Smokey Jones is mentioned on 20 elephant record pagesAdele, Betty, Calcutta I, Calcutta II, Cass, Charlie, Henrietta, India, Jennie (Jeannie, Jean), Little Eva, Little Rajee, Lucy, Lucy (Lutzi), Luna, Mary, Maya, Missy, Mo, Nova Scotia, Rajee,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). elephant trainer Robert "Smokey" Jones in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 February 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=800. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2017/11/8-ruskin.html

Selected publications

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