William Harry Jones and his son Arthur, both born in Wales, 1855 and 1887 respectively, lived in Minneapolis but came over to St. Paul to work as stonecutters on the Capitol. The family had been stonecutters for generations and William’s father had supervised stonecutting at Buckingham Palace. A third member of the family, Allen Jones, William’s brother, also worked at the Capitol as a stonecutter. William was an active union member and served as delegate from Minneapolis to the union’s 1890 convention.

William H. Jones and his son Arthur H. were both born in Wales; William in 1855 and Arthur in 1876. William lived in Minneapolis and worked as a stone cutter on the Capitol in 1898 and 99.

Allen Jones was born in Wales in 1860. He lived in Minneapolis at this address for many years but worked in St. Paul on the Capitol in 1898-99. He was active in the Stone Cutters Union and the St. Paul Globe reported in December of 1899 that Jones had won the raffle on the toolbox of deceased stone cutter William Hays - a fellow Capitol worker.