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which business personalities share your roots, Morgan Jones, James Monroe and Richard G Lewis?

Morgan Jones
Was the main power in the building of the railway system in Texas. Without him Fort Worth would be a minor town and Denver, Colorado would not be linked to the Gulf of Mexico.
Born in Tregynon near Newtown, 1839. Died in Abilene, Texas, 1926.
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Richard G Lewis
Author of best seller 'The small business guide to the internet: a practical guide to going online'.
Cardiff born. Parents from Pontypridd and Aberdare.
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Howard Marks
Allegedly, during the mid 1980's Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies trading throughout the world.
From Kenfig Hill, near Bridgend.
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Terence Matthews
'Mitel' and 'Newbridge' Networks founder. Billionaire.
Born and brought up in Wales.
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James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth president of the united states from 1817-1825. Monroe fought in the revolutionary war in many important battles, including Trenton, Monmouth, Brandywine, and Germantown. He was at valley forge with George Washington. He served as minister to France.
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758. His mother, Elizabeth Jones Monroe, was of Welsh heritage and an educated woman for her times.
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Bledry Morgan
He was an important person in jamaica between 1660 and 1670. At the taking of panama by henry morgan in 1670 the colonel commanded the rearguard of 300 men.
Colonel bledry morgan is thought to have been a relative of sir henry morgan and worked with him on a number of occaisions.
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John Pierpont Morgan
Wealthiest man in the world in 1900.
Descended from Miles Morgan, along with brothers, John and James, who were born in Wales to Welsh parents.
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Bob Neill
The world's greatest craftsman in the art of pyrography (an ancient art of burning designs on wood) and one of the most recognised people outside of Wales for promoting Wales, the Welsh language and the annual Eisteddfod.
Now living outside of Wales but along with his wife Delyth are still great advocates of the Welsh language, where they promote the Welsh-ism on an international scale, the Falkland Islands, Canada (at the north American Welsh conference) and more.
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