Jones, Joseph Henry, 1893-1980.

Joseph Henry Jones was born June 5, 1893 in Earlestown, Cheshire, England. His family's financial circumstances forced him to leave school at age fourteen. During World War I he served in the Royal Medical Corps, then returned home and married Edith Waine on June 30, 1920. The couple ran a hardware and iron mongery business, but were forced to give it up during the economic depression of the late 1920s. Jones then worked for a wrought iron company in the town of Southport until his retirement. He also held the position of local preacher in the Methodist church for several years.

After his retirement Jones and his wife resided in Minehead, Somerset in a retirement home established for Methodist local preachers. He spent several years touring Europe, the Middle East, and North America sketching churches and historical sites that were significant to him.