sentences:  Jones was the son of John and Ann Owen, and had an older brother named Owain, who wrote for periodicals such as "Y Brython" and "Golud yr Oes".He had an elementary education at Foel-gron School in Mynytho, after which he was apprenticed to a smith at Llanystumdwy.He remained in the blacksmith's trade for most of his life, setting up in business at Chwilog, but from 1861 onwards he was also a regular competitor at eisteddfodau, both as a poet and a prose writer.