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JONES, JOHN (1796 - 1857), Calvinistic Methodist minister, a celebrated and unusually forceful preacher Born 1 March 1796 at Tan-y-castell, Dolwyddelan, Caernarfonshire, son of John and Elen Jones, and brother of David Jones of Treborth (1805 - 1868). He lost his father when he was 12 years of age. He worked, first of all, on the new main road between Capel Curig and lake Ogwen and then in a quarry at Trefriw. Under the influence of the Beddgelert revival (1819) he joined the congregation at
JONES, JOHN (1790 - 1855), printer and publisher first appeared during John Jones's Congregationalist period, when his pastor was William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog); the first number came out on 23 August 1843. Jones was not only the printer, but undertook the costs, and acted as sub-editor, collecting home news, advertisements, etc., while Rees was responsible for the leading articles, and the parliamentary and foreign news. After a tough struggle
JONES, JOHN DANIEL (1865 - 1942), Congregational minister Born at Ruthin 13 April 1865, son of Joseph David Jones, schoolmaster and musician; his mother was Catherine, daughter of Owen Daniel, Caethle, Tywyn, Meironnydd, farmer. Owen D. Jones, head of an insurance firm, Sir Henry Haydn Jones, M.P. for Merioneth, and the Rev. D. Lincoln Jones were his brothers. Upon the father's death in 1870 the family went to live at Tywyn where he had at one time been
JONES, JOHN DAVID RHEINALLT (1884 - 1953), philanthropist, founder and Director of the South African Institute of Race Relations Born 5 July 1884 in Llanrug, Caernarfonshire, the youngest son of John Eiddon Jones and Sarah Jones. He was educated at Friars School, Bangor, but in 1897 became a boarder at David Hughes' grammar school, Beaumaris. It was there, in 1900, that he won a School Certificate in English, history, arithmetic, Latin, Welsh (with distinction). He emigrated to South Africa in October 1905. According to
JONES, JOHN EDWARD (1801 - 1866), Unitarian minister, schoolmaster, and first editor of Yr Ymofynydd Born 7 July 1801 at Carmarthen, where his father was a deacon at Lammas Street chapel. He was educated at David Peter's school and at Carmarthen Academy (1817-21). At the end of his course he received a call from the churches of Bridgend and Betws, where he spent the remainder of his life and where he kept a school until 1842. When Yr Ymofynydd was started he was appointed its first editor, a
JONES, JOHN EVANS (1839 - 1893), journalist Born at Bagillt, Flintshire, 1839. After apprenticeship to P.M. Evans, printer and publisher, Holywell, he entered the service of David Roberts, timber merchant, Liverpool, in 1867. While at Liverpool he began to preach and became a student at the Bala C.M. College with a view to entering the Calvinistic Methodist ministry. He did not proceed to ordination, decided to become a journalist, and in
JONES, JOHN FOULKES (1826 - 1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Machynlleth, 6 June 1826, son of John Jones of Fron Deg (Wrexham) and his wife Lydia, daughter of Thomas Foulkes and grand-daughter of Simon Lloyd of Bala. Foulkes Jones at the age of 13 was sent to the recently opened C.M. College at Bala, under Lewis Edwards and David Charles. Deciding (1843) to enter the ministry, he returned to Bala for a second period, and thence went (1844) to
JONES, JOHN ISLAN (1874 - 1968), minister (U) and author Born 17 February 1874, son of Evan and Mary Jones, Tynewydd (later of Cornant and Melin Llys-faen), Cribyn, Cardiganshire. He went to schools in Cribyn and Llanwnnen (under David Thomas, ' Dewi Hefin') until he was about ten years old. After being a farm servant and a stonemason with his father he attended the school of David Evans, minister (U) at Cribyn, (1896-98). He won a scholarship to Jesus
JONES, JOHN ITHEL (1911 - 1980), minister (Baptist) and college principal was ordained minister of Gilgal, Porthcawl in 1936, moving to Horfield, Bristol in 1940 and Haven Green, Ealing, London in 1950. He married Hannah Mary Rees ('Nana'), the daughter of the Reverend Thomas Lloyd Rees who was minister of Calfaria, Morriston, but who had been raised to the ministry in Moreia, Dowlais. They had no children. Ithel Jones returned from London to Wales in January 1958, having
JONES, JOHN MORGAN (1873 - 1946), minister (Congl.) and Principal of Bala-Bangor College, Bangor Commonwealth and Geiriadur Beiblaidd. He contributed chapters to M.E. Sadler's Moral Instruction and Training in Schools, 1905; to Welsh Political and Educational Leaders, on David Rees, Llanelli; and on the Gospel according to St. Matthew to The Story of the Bible, 1938. He edited Yr Efrydydd from April 1928 until September 1931 and the Cofiadur from 1923 to 1946. He also edited Hanes ac Egwyddorion yr
JONES, JOHN MORGAN (1838 - 1921), Calvinistic Methodist minster , and Y Deonglwr; he published Cofiant David Morgan, Pant, Cefncoedycymer, in 1887, commentaries (in Welsh) on Hebrews, Ephesians, and Acts, Yr Efengylau ('Davies Lecture,' 1906), Y Tadau Methodistaidd, 1895-7, with W. Morgan, and other works. He died 22 May 1921.
JONES, JOHN OWEN (Ap Ffarmwr; 1861 - 1899), journalist Nottingham as leader writer of the Nottingham Daily Express (see under David Edwards. During this time, he wrote a biography of Gladstone (Cofiant Gladstone, Caernarvon, 1898). He died at Nottingham 2 March 1899 and was buried in the Methodist burial-ground, Dwyran, 7 March. A memorial was placed on his grave in 1902, partly by subscriptions from Anglesey farm labourers. As his pen-name suggests, he took a

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