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Jones, Cornelia A.-The late Charles Jones was born in the township of Darien,
N. Y., April 12, 1829, educated in the common schools and followed the business of farming. On May 1, 1855, he
married Cornelia A. Stiles, then of Darien; they had three children: Martha E., Clara, and Clarence who died at
the age of twenty-two years. Martha E. married Orlando W. Reed of Pembroke; they have one daughter, Bessie M. Clara
married Newton Johns of Pembroke; they have one daughter, Bertha. Mr. Jones died May 31, 1893. His father, Nathaniel
Jones, was born in Pompey, Onondaga county, N. Y., August 30, 1790, and came here with his parents in 1810. His
grandfather, Levi Jones, was born September 2, 1757. They cut the trees on the Allegany road through the wilderness
from Corfu north for at least two miles. Mrs. Joness father, Warren Stiles, was born in Westfield, Mass., May 19,
1802, educated in the schools of his day and was a farmer; he married Betsey B. Holcomb of Granby, Conn. The family
came to the township of Darien in the year 1834. Five children were born to them as follows: Mary E., born at her
mother's old home, Simsbury, Conu.; four born in Genesee county, Cornelia A.. Henry T., Alvira A. and John F. Mr.
Stiles died August 14, 1875. One of the forefathers was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war; his commission bears
date of April 6, 1776. The ancestry of family is Dutch, Welsh and English. Henry T. and John F. Stiles were both
soldiers in the war of the Rebellion; the first named died there from exposure.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890
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