An African-American and a key person in the underground railroad during the Civil War, John W. Jones helped 800 slaves escape the south, never to be recaptured. He was church Sexton (1847-1890) and superintendant of the Woodlawn Cemetery (1859-1890), where he supervised the burial of 3000 confederate soldiers who had died at the Elmira prison camp. One of the soldiers he buried was the son of his former overseer. The house has been moved twice on the same farm property, in 1968 and 2000. Jones is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.