Margaret C. Jones was born in 1900 in Edmeston, to Richard and Emma Jones. She graduated from the local high school, Edmeston Central School, and then earned a teaching degree in Oneonta.
Jones taught in Edmeston for 51 years, despite having a physical condition that made speech difficult. She worked at Goodrich, Carr, Cobblestone, Basswood, and North Edmeston rural schools, as well as the high school.
Ms. Jones never married but had a rich network of friends and was an active member of the Second Baptist Church of Edmeston.