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Congratulations, Lindsey & Dan!

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Scarritt Jones, Jr. of Prairie Village are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Katherine Jones, to Daniel Scott Jacobs, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Walter Jacobs of Cincinnati, Ohio. Lindsey is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Scarritt Jones of Overland Park and the late Mr. and Mrs. Herold Walter Hunter. She is a graduate of The Pembroke Hill School. Lindsey earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Williams College and a juris doctor from the Washington and Lee School of Law. She was a Jewel Ball debutante in 2007 and practices law with Ropes & Gray in Washington, D.C. 

Her groom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Joseph Hostick and the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stansbury Jacobs. Dan is a graduate of Cincinnati Country Day School. He earned a bachelor of science degree in biological sciences from the University of Cincinnati and a juris doctor from the Washington and Lee School of Law. Dan is employed as an attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. Theirs will be a May 20th wedding at Meridian House in Washington, D.C.

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Also featured in the December 10, 2016 issue
Photo Credit: Jodi & Kurt Photography

 

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