Alderman Joseph Jones | |
Birth Name: | Joseph Jones |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1837 |
Birth Place: | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
Death Place: | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England |
Known For: | Mayor of Wolverhampton |
Occupation: | Ironmaster |
Joseph Jones (7 Mar 1837—12 September 1912), and his brothers William Highfield Jones and John Jones, were successful industrialists, benefactors and politicians. All three became aldermen and served as Mayor of Wolverhampton.
Jones, and his brother John, founded the Corrugated Iron Company in 1857, specialising in flat or corrugated sheeting.[1]
Ironmaster Alderman Joseph Jones served as Mayor of Wolverhampton 1887/88.[2]
Jones was born in Wolverhampton on 7 Mar 1837, the son of jappaner Edward Jones and his wife Rebecca, née Highfield.[3] Jones married Elizabeth 'Betsey' Pinson on 15 July 1865, and they had five children. After his marriage he lived on Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton. His brother John and his family lived close by.[4] Jones died 12 September 1912 in Wolverhampton.