West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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COL. JOHN Q. DICKINSON John Quincy Dickinson was born in Virginia, November 20, 1 83 1 , and served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. After the war he moved to the Kanawha Valley and became a large holder of land rich in minerals and gas. Coal production soon became his greatest interest, he becoming subsequently president of J. Q. Dickinson Company at Maiden, Quincy Coal Company and the Bedford Corporation. He is survived by two sons, John L. and Charles C, both of whom are active in business affairs in West Virginia. - IVERZ ' .T '

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Kanawha Coal Operators Association Organized June 25, 1904 Dedicates this page to the memory of Col. Jo hn Q. Dickinson First President This Association Appreciates the Devel- opment of West Virginia University and the Contribution of the School of Mines to the Coal Industry of West Virginia. MR. D. C. KENNEDY Editor ' s Note: C. A. Cabell, of Charleston, West Virginia, is President of the Kanawha Coal Operators ' Association and Duncan C. Kennedy has been Sec- retary of the Association since it was organized thirty-four years ago. Mr. Cabell and Mr. Kennedy were both associated with Colonel John Q Dickin- son in the first organization of the Kanawha Opera- tors. MR. C. A. CABELL

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JENKIN JONES Jenkin Jones was born in Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire, South Wales, Septem- ber 25, 1841. He emigrated to the United States in 1863 and secured work in the mines in the anthracite region at Treverton, Pennsylvania, immediately. There he married Miss Martha Ellwood in 1868. They were the parents of Edward Howell, May Llewellyn and James Ellwood Jones. They moved to Bramwell in 1884, where he had formed a partnership with Jonathan Freeman to operate Pocahontas Collieries Company, first under the name of Freeman and Jones. This firm was the beginning of the merger of companies which is now the Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated. At the age of 77 years, he passed away on December 19, 1916, near Bramwell, West Virginia, where he had spent his long and successful business life. He was widely known throughout the United States and abroad for his charities, many of which were among the Welsh race.