John Harris Jones

John was born to John and Elisabeth Jones at Waunwthan, Llangeler. He and his family moved to Elisabeth's old home in Pen-y-banc, Clos-y-graig in 1830. Though he died at Southport in 1885, he is buried at Clos-y-graig.

John Harris Jones was educated in Saron chapel at an independent school. He transferred to a grammar school in Newcastle Emlyn aged 12, run by Unitarian minister John Davies. He then spent a year in Carmarthen Grammar School before joining the Presbyterian Academy in Carmarthen, studying there for five years. At age 17, and while still at school, John Harris began preaching. He was the first Welsh Calvinistic Methodist to win the Dr. Williams Scholarship in 1849 and went on to study at the University of Glasgow. In 1852, he graduated with The Lord Jeffreys Gold Medal for his academic excellence in Greek. He continued to study, first at Göttingen University before gaining a Ph.D. from the University of Halle.

Jones was ordained in 1859 and became a classical tutor at Trevecka college from 1865-1885. In 1879, he moderated for the South Wales C.M. Association.

https://biography.wales/article/s-JONE-HAR-1827

E. Matthews and J. C. Jones, Cofiant y Parchedig J. Harris Jones, M . A., Ph.D. Trefeca, Llanelli, 1886