Edward Davis Jones (October 7, 1856 – February 16, 1920) was a U.S. statistician and journalist. Jones is best known as the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and as a co-founder of The Wall Street Journal. Early life Edward Davis Jones was born on October 7, 1856 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Jones' parents, reverend John Jones and Clarissa () Jones, were of Welsh descent. Jones graduated from Worcester Academy and attended Brown University before dropping out in his junior year. After leaving Brown, Jones worked as a reporter for the Providence Morning Star and Evening Press, where he met Charles Dow. Dow Jones The company which is famous for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, The Wall Street Journal was founded by Jones and Charles Dow in 1882 "in the basement of the New York Stock Exchange"; Charles Bergstresser was a silent partner. Jones had met Dow while both had worked as fellow reporters in Providence, Rhode Island. Family Edward Jones' parents were John D. E. & Clarissa Ann (Day) Jones. He and his wife Janet had one child, "a son named Arthur Conklin Jones (1884–1941)." Translations De Boer, Tjitze (1903): The History of Philosophy in Islam. References External links Why not Jones Dow, and going beyond the Dow Dozen: LATimes 1856 births 1920 deaths American businesspeople American people of Welsh descent American statisticians Dow Jones & Company Worcester Academy alumni