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First Baptist Church Fire 2025 - John W. Jones s was a sexton at the former First Baptist Church located at 121 W. Church St. for 45+ years. 

April 18, 2023 - From the Heroes Lecture Series (The Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY) - The Life and Legacy of John W. Jones with Talima Aaron

June 17, 2021 - From Binghamton WSKG Public Television - At An Elmira Museum, The Push To Turn An Abolitionist’s Legacy Into A Landmark

Feb. 23, 2021 - From the Syracuse Post Standard newspaper - Upstate’s forgotten abolitionists: Elmira’s John W. Jones buried Confederate prisoners with compassion

Feb. 19, 2021 - From the travel blog Wanderlust On A Budget - The John W. Jones Museum In Elmira Pays TributeTo His Legacy

Sept. 1, 2021 - Podcast by Jillian Spivey Caddell from University Of Kent - Monumentalizing John W. Jones

Dec. 11, 2019 - From the Star Gazette- John W. Jones Museum highlights Elmira connection to Underground Railroad

March 23, 2018 - From Mental Floss - John W. Jones: The Runaway Slave Who Buried Nearly 3000 Confederate Soldiers

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