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Philo Jones Philo Jones was born June 25, 1791. On page 97 of A Towner's History of the Valley and County of Chemung, (1892) we find: "Philo Jones was born in Norwalk, Conn. in 1791 and came with his father and family ten years later to Morristown, N.J. Some of his education he received there, butwhen he was fifteen he came to Newtown to continue his studies under his elder brother, Simeon. In 1812 Philo Jones married a daughter of Gen. Matthew Carpenter, and they lived in the house at Water and Columbia Streets in Elmira that remained standing until within a few years, until 1817. In that year he sold out in the village and bought land in the town of Southport about six miles up Seeley Creek. It was almost a broken wilderness then. But he set to work to hew a fortune ort of the hemlock forest, and succeeded, his farm becoming one of the most productive and valuable in the valley. On this spot he lived more than half a century, dying in 1872 at the age of eighty years. He repeatedly served as supervisor of his town and in 1850 represented his county in the Assembly. His children, Finley, Philo Jr., Laura, Julia and Vrs. Helms, live now (1892) in the neighborhood where their father settled on Seeley Creek, having a village almost to themselves, with a store, saw-mill, blacksmith shop, and post office, the latter made possible and convenient by the Tioga Branch of the Erie Railroad." Page 101: "Raymond T. Jones, grandson of Philo Jones who was born in Norwalk, Connecticut n 1791, when ten years old his parents moved to Morristown, where he was educated in the public schools. The family came to Elmira in 1806. December 3, 1812 Philo married Jane, daughter of Mathew and Catherine Carpenter, of Elmira. They had seven children, viz: Albert, Betsey C., Simon R., Finla M., Julia S., Philo Jr., and Laura J. Simon R. Jones, born Jan. 17, 1819 at Bath, Steuben Co., N.Y., was educated in the public schools, and early in life was a cloth weaver. His life-long occupation , however was that of a lumber merchant, in which he did a large and successful business. Jan. 4, 1849, he married Jane Owens, who was born May 22, 1822, in Orange County, N.Y. They had 5 children: Clarence M., born Nov. 17, 1849; Florence, born Dec. 22, 1853 (died young); Ella M., born May 20, 1856; Ida J., born March 20, 1861; and Raymond T., born Sept. 1, 1864. the latter received an academic education and on Dec. 15, 1886, married M. Effie, daughter of Absalom and Mary Seeley, of Elmira, by whom he has two children, H. Morton, born July 15, 1888, and Walter S. born June 2, 1890. Mr Jones' father died Feb. 11, 1881. Mathew Carpenter was born in Orange County in 1759, came to Elmira in 1792, and married Catherine Mathews. Mr Carpenter held several positions of political trust and honor. Mr. Jones' grandfather was represenative in the legislatures in 1848 and 1850. Raymond T. Jones has resided, in Elmira seven years, and has been associated in business with George Doane under the firm nnname of Doans & Jones, manufacturers and wholesale and retail lumber dealers. (1892)." |
