[p. 636] superintendent of the Glen Manufacturing Company, of Ellwood City, of which place he is a substantial and representative citizen, was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1877, and is a son of Edward E. and Margaret M. Jones, both natives and residents of Allegheny County.
The father of Mr. Jones is an employe of the Carnegie Steel Company, at Pittsburg, and his two sons both fill positions of responsibility, Arch M. at Ellwood City and Edward L. at Pittsburg, the latter being in the employ of the Central, Trust Company.
Arch M. Jones was educated at Sharpsburg and at Duff's Business College at Pittsburg. In 1897 he accepted a position as clerk for the Oliver Wire Company of Pittsburg, and later with the American Steel and Wire Company, spending four years with the two concerns. In 1901, Mr. Jones came to Ellwood City and entered the employ of the Steel Car Forge Company, in a clerical capacity, and in the following year was made secretary and treasurer of the Glen Manufacturing Company, and has been identified with this important industry ever since.
The Glen Manufacturing Company was organized in September, 1902, and began business in January, 1903, with an authorized capital stock of $100,000. Employment is given fifty men and the products of the works include wire fencing, door mats and builders' iron work, fire escapes and bank fixtures. About 44,000 feet of floor space is utilized. The Glen Manufacturing Company bought the Hartman Manufacturing business, the latter having been in operation at Ellwood City since l892, and prior to that was an enterprise of Beaver Falls. The officers of the Glen Manufacturing Company are: H. S. Blatt, president; A. M. Jones, secretary and treasurer. The board of directors is made up of these capitalists: H. S. Blatt, R. C. Stiefel Thomas Dugan and S. A. Roeloff.
On October 7, 1903, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Kathryn Brown, who is a daughter of R. T. Brown, of Ellwood City, and they have an attractive little daughter of three years named Leanna Margaret. For the past eight years Mr. Jones has been a resident of Ellwood City and has taken a leading part in its progress and development. He is vice-president of the Board of Trade of Ellwood City.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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