Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Jones, C. Blythe February 4, 1827 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

C. BLYTHE JONES,
who for seventeen years has meted out justice to the citizens of
Hollidaysburg, and acquired an unusual popularity among the citizens of the
county, is a son of Joseph and Mary (Moore) Jones. He was born at Petersburg,
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1827. His grandfather, John
Jones, was a native of England, born in 1730, and emigrated to the united
States in 1756, locating in Path Valley, Franklin County, this state, where
he became a land owner and successful farmer. He resided in that county until
his death, in 1841, having reached the remarkable age of one hundred and
eleven years. He served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Joseph Jones
(father) was born in Path Valley, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, November 15,
1794, and removed to Frankstown, Blair County in 1833, where he reside until
his death in 1858, at the age of sixty-four years. For a long period he was a
hotel proprietor at Frankstown and became widely known, but retired form
active business some time prior to his demise. He was a Democrat in politics,
and for many years a member of the Baptist Church. He married Mary Moore, to
whom was born a family of six children. Her father, Robert Moore, died at
Manor Hill, in the adjoining county of Huntingdon, where he was engaged in
merchandising. Mrs. Jones (mother) was born in that county, was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in 1830, when the subject of this
sketch was but three years of age. At the age of six years he came to this
county with his father's family, consisting of his father and five sisters,
all his seniors, and was reared at Frankstown, attending the common schools
for some years, and taking a course at the Litiz academy, in Lancaster, and
also at Huntingdon academy. After leaving school he boated on the old State
canal, and soon afterward embarked in the mercantile business at Frankstown,
and continued therein until 1857, when he removed to Scott County, Iowa.
   There he purchased a farm and engaged in cultivating the soil for two years,
during which time he was elected and served as justice of the peace. In 1859
he returned to Blair County and located at Hollidaysburg. In 1866 he became a
citizen of Gaysport borough, where he has ever since resided. About seventeen
years ago he was elected justice of the peace here, and has been regularly
reelected at each recurring election. During the Civil War he served as a
clerk in the office of the provost marshal. In 1887 he was elected county
commissioner for a term of three years, on the Democratic ticket, and
reelected to this office in 1890 for a like period.
   In 1883 Mr. Jones became the candidate of his party for the office of
county treasurer, and when the returns came in he only lacked forty-four
votes of election, although the county is Republican by nearly fifteen
hundred majority. This is a testimonial of popularity seldom accorded a
political opponent, and is the more remarkable because he made little or no
effort during the canvass, thinking the majority against his party was too
large to overcome. In 1884 he was nominated on the Democratic ticket for
State Senator from this district against H.A. Boggs, the Republican nominee.
   In 1851 Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Malinda Gast, a daughter of
George Gast, of Frankstown, this county, and to them were born four children,
all now deceased. He and Mrs. Jones are members of the Baptist Church. He is a
member of Juniata Lodge, No. 282, Free and Accepted masons, and takes rank
with the most popular and substantial citizens of Blair County.

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Originally submitted 2001. Transcribed by Denise.

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