Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1883 - 1954), author, collector of letters and papers, publisher, antiquary and folk poet others. He also ensured that the poets, authors and musicians of the locality were commemorated in a worthy manner. He arranged the erection of a gravestone for Robert Owen Hughes ('Elfyn'), and a memorial stone (a stone from Cwm Pennant) to 'Eifion Wyn.' With another friend and T. Gwynn Jones, he insisted on having a slate tombstone on the grave of Robert Roberts, 'Y Sgolor Mawr', 1834-1885 in
JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1868 - 1945), builder the company as directors, and the daughter Gwladys Elinor was always supportive of the building firm. In the early period, JW as he was popularly known, came to know some of the most successful Liverpool Welsh builders such as John Jones, Calderstones, John Hughes, Allerton and E. R. Jones, Aigburth, from whom he received encouragement and support. By 1900 he had established his own building company
JONES, JOSEPH (1786? - 1856), mine steward, and eisteddfodwr was neat and most compact; he could draft coherent and convincing memoranda. As a prominent Churchman and high Tory he was in the forefront of public life at Caernarvon under the old order before the reform of the corporations in 1835; he and his son Jonathan were among the most fervent and effective supporters of the Tory W. Bulkeley Hughes in the fierce Boroughs election of 1837. He had a big
JONES, JOSEPH DAVID (1827 - 1870), schoolmaster and musician last-named work had a somewhat remarkable effect - musical Wales was weaned from the music of the 18th century ballads and the way prepared for it to appreciate the songs composed by Joseph Parry, R. S. Hughes, and William Davies); a volume of anthems, and a cantata ('Llys Arthur'). With Edward Stephen (Tanymarian) he edited Llyfr Tonau ac Emynau, Jones being responsible for the greater part of the
JONES, LEWIS (1808 - 1854), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born at Melin Cae'r Berllan, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Meironnydd. When a lad, he went to Bala to assist in bookbinding, under Robert Saunderson. He began preaching; went to the school kept by John Hughes (1796 - 1860) at Wrexham; and was ordained in 1838. He lived in the house attached to Llwyneinion chapel, and there he died, 29 March 1854, aged 46; he was buried in the graveyard of Llidiardau
JONES, MOSES OWEN (1842 - 1908), schoolmaster, musician, and eisteddfodwr the Bangor national eisteddfod, 1902 (NLW MS 4383E), and 'Biographies of Penry Williams, artist, Hugh Hughes, engraver, and Joseph Edwards, sculptor, with a critical estimate of their work,' written for the Mountain Ash national eisteddfod, 1905 (NLW MS 4373D). He died 27 July 1908.
JONES, OWEN (Owain Myfyr; 1741 - 1814), a skinner in London and one of the most prominent figures in the literary life of Wales at the end of the 18th cent, and the beginning of the next in the history of the literature of Wales and in the literary life of the period. At this time he called himself ' Owain ap Huw.' With his friend, Robin Ddu o Fôn (Robert Hughes, 1744 - 1785), he is found in 1768 copying from the manuscripts of the Morris brothers the work of Dafydd ap Gwilym, together with all kinds of other material which they saw in the old manuscripts. This was one of his main
JONES, OWEN (1787 - 1828), pioneer in Sunday school work 1820, a catechism, Arweinydd i Wybodaeth. It has been said of him that no one but Thomas Charles did more than he to promote Sunday schools in North Wales. Lewis Edwards (then only a lad of 19) published an elegy upon him in Goleuad Cymru (1829, 311), and John Hughes (1775 - 1854) of Pontrobert in 1830 published a memoir of him, with an elegy.
JONES, OWEN WYNNE (Glasynys; 1828 - 1870), cleric, antiquary, story-writer, and poet , where Eben Fardd was his neighbour. In 1855 he was sent to take charge of a school at Llanfachreth, Meironnydd, where he came into contact with Ab Ithel, who was then at Llan-ym-mawddwy; they co-operated in arranging eisteddfodau in which Glasynys competed. He then joined the Rev. William Hughes at Beddgelert and probably went on to a college in Birmingham. He was ordained deacon 2 December 1860 by
JONES, RICHARD (1603? - 1673), schoolmaster and translator of religious works 1673. The first of his translations to be published was Galwad i'r Annychweledig, 1659, from Richard Baxter's Call to the Unconverted. In a composite volume published in 1672 by Stephen Hughes appears his Rhodfa Feunyddiol y Christion, translated from Henry Oasland's Christian's Daily Walk, and Amdo i Babyddiaeth, from Richard Baxter's A Winding Sheet for Popery. Hyfforddiadau Christionogol
JONES, RICHARD (1848 - 1915), itinerant bookseller Born 24 August 1848 at Ty'n-y-fron, Clipiau, Aberangell, Merionethshire, the son of Richard Jones, farmer, and his wife Lowri (née Hughes). His mother hailed from Cwmtirmynach, Bala. He originally intended to follow his elder brother, Robert, into the ministry, but because of his poor health and a lack of education he had to abandon this path. He was persuaded by friends to become an itinerant
JONES, ROBERT (1806 - 1896), Baptist minister and author Hughes of Taleithin Isaf and joined the Baptists. Shortly afterwards he began to preach and, in 1836, was ordained minister of Llanllyfni. He married, 23 February 1838, Margaret Hughes of Ochr-y-foel, Mynydd Llanllyfni, at whose home he lived for the rest of his life. He was minister of Llanllyfni, Pontlyfni, and Llanaelhaearn (1836-43); Llanllyfni, Y Garn, and Capel y Beirdd (1843-55); Llanllyfni and

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