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- Died, in Ingleside, N.Y., December 29, 1891, at the home of Charles Northrop, Mrs. Polly Jones, relict of the late deacon Edwin A. Jones, of Garlinghouse, aged 73 years.
The subject of this sketch was born in Geddes, Onondaga County, N.Y., and was the second child of Peter and Elizabeth Whiting, who removed to this then nearly wilderness country fifty-three years ago last November and settled on what is called the old homestead, now owned and occupied by Peter P. Whiting, the only surviving brother of the deceased.
For fifty-three years Mrs. Jones had been a resident of this and near-by vicinities and had witnessed the changes incident to its inhabitants during that period. About twenty-four years ago she was united in marriage with the late Deacon Edwin A. Jones, of Garlinghouse, with whom she lived until his death, which occurred about three years ago, since which time she had made her home with her sister, Miss Rachel Drake.
Mrs. Jones was well-known and highly esteemed for her many virtues as a friend and neighbor. She bore her long illness with Christian fortitude and resigned her all to the care and keeping of Him who doeth all things well, in whom she made a public profession of her faith nearly forty years ago, which profession she has adorned as becomes a follower of the meek and lowly one.
The funeral was held from the Christian Church January 1, 1892, Rev. O. P. Alderman officiating, and the neighbors and friends paid the last tribute of respect to her memory. The interment was in the old cemetery by the side of her father and mother. And when dust to dust, ashes to ashes was pronounced, we turned us away saying:
“And I am glad that she has lived thus long
And glad that she has gone to her reward,
Nor deem that kindly nature did her wrong
Softly to disengage the vital cord.”
Peace to the memory of the departed.
—Ingleside, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1892.
(The Naples Record, Wednesday, January 20, 1892)
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1819 - 1891 (~ 72 years)