David B. Jones
David B. Jones was president and chairman of the board of directors of the Mineral Point Zinc Company and considered a founder of the Zinc industry in America. When ill, he chartered a special train whose speed rivaled the time of the Scott Special.Biography
"He founded the Mineral Point Company in Wisconsin, which owns the whole town in Wisconsin, about thirty years ago and merged it with the New Jersey Zinc Company in a nationwide organization in 1897."
David Benton Jones had a winter home near Santa Barbara, California, at "Pepper Hill" in Montecito, California.
He had a townhouse at 1435 Astor Street in Chicago, Illinois, and a summer house at Lake Forest, Illinois. When he was ill, he chartered a train between Los Angeles, Chicago, and Lake Forest which was a few minutes faster than the Scott Special. David B. Jones also had a house in Florida.
"Mr. Jones was born in Pembrokeshire, North Wales, in 1848. He came to this country as a boy and received his education here, graduating from Princeton University in 1874. He was a close friend of ex-President Wilson."
David B. Jones had three daughters: Gwethalyn Jones, Catherine Jones, and Winifred Jones and two sons: Owen B. and Herbert Jones.Additional sources
