Robert T. Jones, circa 1850-1932

Rev. Robert T. Jones served as pastor of the DeWitt Park Baptist Church from 1880-1915, and welcomed the annual conventions of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association in 1894 and 1911. He delivered the invocation at the 1894 convention and prayers at the 1911 meeting, bold actions in the face of some pastoral opposition. In 1894, as a member of the Tompkins County Political Equality League, Rev. Jones was among those elected to carry the local petition that urged the elimination of the word ‘male’ from the New York State Constitution during the constitutional convention.

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IMAGE Reverend Robert T. Jones, courtesy The History Center in Tompkins County photograph archives

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