Cowboy Jones was the son of Evan and Jane Jones, who had immigrated from Beaumaris, Wales and Liverpool, England respectively in 1870. His maternal grandfather, D. L. Williams, served as the Justice of the Peace in Golden, Colorado in 1880s. His father was a mining executive in Colorado and later in New Mexico. He married his wife Nellie in the 1890s while he was on the road pitching for the Spiders. He and his wife never had children.\n', '

Jones began his professional career in 1896 with the Pueblo Rovers of the Colorado State League. He made his major league debut two years later with the Spiders. Jones was the first player born in Colorado to play in the major leagues, and the only one to do so in the 19th century.\n', '

Following that season, he was among the players moved from the Spiders to the Perfectos for the 1899 season. He pitched three seasons for the Perfectos, who were renamed the Cardinals in 1900. He continued to play minor league baseball until 1915, when he retired at age 41. Jones subsequently coached baseball at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.\n', '

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