Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Thomas Jones ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, January 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ History of northern Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources, an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers, views of county seats, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881 p. 1175 Thomas Jones, ice business, corner Doty and Pine avenue. Mr. Jones was born and reared in Cardiganshire, Wales, where he learned the trade of millwright; in 1845, he came to Canada and stopped in Hamilton for five years, where he followed the vocation of builder, after which he went to Ohio, and stopped in Fremont for about five years, where he continued his adopted business; he then came to Wisconsin and settled here, where he took up millwright again, and has followed it until 1874, when he engaged in his present business, which he has successfully conducted since; in the meantime, he built several yachts- the Minie Groves, Albatros and Mermaid being the most prominent; in 1844, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Thomas, in Wales, who was born and reared there. They have a family of two sons grown to man's estate, they are Arthur Thomas and James Henry, the oldest is in company with the father and the youngest is head miller in Clements & Stevens' extensive mill here. Mr. and Mrs. Jones was born in the year 1817.