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JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1827 - 1884), editor of Y Drych, a Welsh-American newspaper Clinton and started to keep school himself, teaching his pupils arithmetic; he became proficient in this subject as well as in astronomy and geology, and, in course of time, acquired a wide general knowledge. When Y Drych was founded in 1851 he began to contribute to its columns, and, towards the end of 1852, was invited by the proprietor, John Mather Jones, 1826 - 1874, of Bangor, Caernarfonshire, to
JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (Andronicus; 1842 - 1895), author
JONES, JOHN WOOD (1800 - 1844), harpist - gweler WOOD
JONES, JONATHAN (1745 - 1832), Independent minister Born near Llanfihangel in the parish of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, 1745, the youngest of five children of John and Mary Morgan. His parents worshipped at the Pant-teg Congregational chapel. He was apprenticed as a blacksmith, like his father, and worked for William Thomas, Llanllwni, whose smithy he took over when the latter removed to Llanwennog. He became a member of the Congregational church
JONES, JOSEPH (1786? - 1856), mine steward, and eisteddfodwr Son of Jacob Jones, gardener ('Jacob Glochydd') and his wife Martha, baptised in Amlwch 27 December 1786. In the twenties he was an important official at the Parys copper mines, especially at the smelting works, but so refractory was his manner and so ambitious his ideas that he failed to cooperate with other important officials like James Treweek and Thomas Beer; before 1830 he had ceased
JONES, JOSEPH (1877 - 1950), principal of the Memorial College, Brecon Principal Thomas Lewis, he was appointed principal. He died suddenly at his home in Brecon on 28 April 1950 and was buried in the Brecon Public Cemetery. Joseph Jones was endowed with exceptional gifts and came to prominence as a preacher, educationist, church statesman and social leader. It is hardly possible to record all the offices and positions to which he was called. He was very prominent in the
JONES, JOSEPH (1799 - 1871), Catholic priest The name of Joseph Jones is associated with Ysgeifiog, Flintshire. There, presumably, in 1799, he was born and there also, or not far away, he spent part of his adult life. Like some others from the mining districts of Flintshire, he too in his youth moved to work in the lead mines at Minera where, at the time, there were better work opportunities for miners. At Minera he joined Pen-y-bryn church
JONES, JOSEPH (fl. mid-18th century), sectary (Antinomian) - gweler JONES, THOMAS
JONES, JOSEPH DAVID (1827 - 1870), schoolmaster and musician Born in 1827 at Bryncrugog, parish of Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, the son of Joseph and Catherine Jones. The father, a weaver, was also a Wesleyan preacher. When he was 14 he began, much against his father's wishes, to attend a singing class which was held at Dolannog, about two miles from his home. The family moved to Pant-gwyn, near Llanfair Caereinion, where the son was able to get
JONES, JOSIAH (1830 - 1915), Independent minister from taking a degree. In 1854 he was ordained minister of Graig chapel, Machynlleth; he retired in 1910. His wife was a great-granddaughter of Williams of Pantycelyn. He was one of the principal founders of the Union of Welsh Independents, and was its first secretary in 1872; in 1892 he became its chairman. In the ' War of the Constitutions ' he was fiercely opposed to Michael D. Jones and his party
JONES, JOSIAH THOMAS (1799 - 1873), publisher and Independent minister Born 23 September 1799 at Cwm-hir, Clydey, Pembrokeshire, to Thomas and Rachel Jones, who were members of Tre-lech congregation. At 14 he went to serve in a shop at Nevern, but at 15 (now at Narberth) he began preaching under the wing of Llwyn-yr-hwrdd church; after a little instruction by Samuel Griffiths there, he went to Newport Pagnell Academy. Though Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru has no
JONES, JOSIAH TOWYN (1858 - 1925), Congregational minister, and Member of Parliament Born 28 December 1858 at New Quay, Cardiganshire, son of John Jones, shoe-maker, and Elizabeth his wife. He left school at 11 and after tending sheep became a cabin-boy on the smacks Elizabeth and James and Mary, trading between the southern seaports of Wales and Ireland. In 1874 he was dismissed his ship for breaking crockery. He then entered the Towyn grammar school (New Quay), and, in 1876

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