... Of my grandmother, Ruth Nelson Jones, the Rev. Adin Ballon, in his "History of Milford," writes as follows: "In a conversation with the late venerable Jared Rawson (son of Deacon Nathaniel and Elizabeth Rawson), then over 90 years old, he extolled his Aunt Ruth Jones as one of the noblest women ever raised in this vicinity. Joseph Jones, Jr., and his wife raised a large, talented and enterprising family." ...
