BIOGRAPHY

ALVA JONES - OF STAFFORD, NY

Alva Jones was born February 23, 1820, in Stafford, was a farmer, and always resided there. He married Amelia C. Hull, and they had four children, viz.: Edwin R., George F., Mary A., and Frances C., all deceased. Mr. Jones died February 5, 1873, and his widow resides in Batavia. Tivie son George F. enlisted in Co. G, 8th N. Y. H. A., in 1863, and August 25, 1864, he was captured by the rebels and taken to Libby prison, from there to Belle Isle, thence to Salisbury, N. C., where he died November 2, 1864. Edwin R. Jones died in Nebraska, November 8, 1888.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890