The Sheffield Historical Society is celebrating the life of William Jones, a Black Civil War veteran. The group plans to unveil a new headstone for Jones, who died in 1902.
Members of the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization of union Civil War veterans photographed outside Sheffield Town Hall in the 1890s. William Jones is standing in the back row, the sixth man from the left. Another member of the 54th, regiment Edward Agustus Croslear is kneeling, seventh man from the left.
Jones was born in Sheffield in 1818, at a time when about 5 to 6% of the town's population was Black. Jocelyn Jones Arnold, the great great grand niece of William Jones, said she believes he felt it was important to be part of something bigger than himself. "He had also previously served in the French and Indian Wars. He had a long and decorated military service. He actually trained at Valley Forge," she said.
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