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 HISTORY of CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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Randolph Twp. -
VOLNEY JONES, retired farmer and
minister, P. O. Guy's Mills, was born in Rutland County,
Vt., Nov. 9, 1800, son of Joel and Rhoda (Sprague) Jones,
natives of Massachusetts, and parents of nine children, of
whom Volney is third. Our subject, when
seventeen years old, came to Randolph Township with his
parents; his chief occupation was farming, with the
exception of about ten years spent in the West as traveling
missionary. He has been connected with the United
Brethren Church the greater portion of his life, and has
preached more or less until within the past few years.
On Nov. 29, 1829, Mr. Jones was united in marriage
with Esther Thurston, a native of Mead township, this
county, and who died in 1844. Seven children were born
to this union, two only now living: William and
Addison. Our subject owns a nice farm of
forty-eight acres, under an excellent state of cultivation.
He is the oldest living land-mark left to tell the tale of
the hardships and pleasures of his declining years is the
knowledge of having lived an upright an honorable life.
In politics Mr. Jones was originally a Democrat, but
since the nomination of Abraham Lincoln to the
Presidency he has been identified with the Republican party.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 935 |
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