John W. Jones Monument (Horseheads North, New York)

John W. Jones Monument (Horseheads North, New York)

This small commemorative marker made of granite and bronze is located within Woodlawn National Cemetery, the location where John W. Jones was the caretaker in charge of burying the Confederate dead of Elmira Military Prison, located nearby. It was paid for with funds raised by local high school students and Elmira citizens and dedicated in 1997. The cemetery is located beside a town cemetery, also called Woodlawn, where John W. Jones and Mark Twain (among other prominent Elmirans) are buried. The John W. Jones Museum is located across the street from the national cemetery.

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american,empancipationmonument,othermonuments,sitebuilding

1997-06-22

Dr Jill Spivey Caddell

English

Site

1

1997-06-22

0m x 0.9144000000000001m x 0.45720000000000005m

current,42.10991143019443,-76.8278488865069;

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United States

John W. Jones Monument

Woodlawn National Cemetery https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/woodlawn.asp

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/John_W._Jones_Monument

John W Jones Museum

johnwjonesmuseum@gmail.com

Plaque

The Southside High School diversity group (also called The Jones Nine); Southside High school Assistant Principle and Diversity Liaison Arline Ely; local supporters including Lucy Brown and Bill Wheeler

funds raised by The Jones Nine, Southside High School

National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Granite, bronze

"Between July 1864 and August 1865, 2973 Confederate soldiers were buried here with kindness and respect by John W. Jones, a runaway slave. They have remained in these hallowed grounds of Woodlawn National Cemetery by family choice because of the honorable way in which they were laid to rest by a caring man."

Woodlawn National Cemetery, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

$1,500 (in 1997)

New York

Chemung

2169

Emancipation

Horseheads North