JONES
,
ROBERT
(
Trebor Aled
;
1866
-
1917
);
poet and Baptist minister
;
b.
4 Oct. 1866
at
Llety'r Eos
,
Llansannan, Denbs.
His early training was meagre, and he began to work when very young; he was a
shepherd
near
Denbigh
for a period, and later
sold books for a publishing company
. In
1893
he began to
preach
at
Denbigh
, was ordained
pastor
of the churches at
Llansannan
and
Llanfairtalhaearn
in
1898
, and removed thence to
Tal-y-bont
, near
Aberystwyth
, in
1905
. He published
Fy Lloffyn Cyntaf, sef Casgliad o Gynyrchion Prydyddol
,
1894
;
Cofiant y Diweddar Thomas Jones, Llansannan
,
1901
;
Awdl Geraint ac Enid (Testyn y Gadair, Eisteddfod Frenhinol Genedlaethol Rhyl, 1904
,
1905
);
Pleser a Phoen, sef Cyfrol o Farddoniaeth yn y Llon a'r Lleddf
,
1908
;
Talhaiarn
,
1916
. He d.
7 Jan. 1917
.
Bibliography:
-
Baptist Diary and Handbook
,
1918
.
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
