Title: Milo Jones Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1834-1977

Creator:

• Jones, Milo, 1809-1893

Call Number: Micro 746; Whitewater Micro 9

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

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Abstract:

Papers of a founder of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, who moved there in 1836 from Vermont via Michigan and Milwaukee where he had worked as a government surveyor. Jones was active in local civic affairs and also established the first dairy farm in Jefferson County. In 1889, his son, Milo C. Jones (1849-1919), began the production of sausages based on an old Vermont recipe. This became a successful business reaching as far as Australia and Italy, which incorporated in 1907.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0746

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Milo Jones (1809-1893) moved to Fort Atkinson in 1836 from Vermont via Michigan and Milwaukee where he had worked as a government surveyor. He had married Sally Crane (1805-1871) in 1832 before moving west. She and their first two children, Newton and Amelia, joined him in Wisconsin in 1838. They had six other children after they settled in Fort Atkinson: Fanny, Edward, Anson, George, Milo C., and Melvin. One of the founders of Fort Atkinson, Jones was also active in local affairs holding the posts of county surveyor (1839-1845), county assessor (1841), president of the village of Fort Atkinson, first president of the Jefferson County Dairymans' Association, county? supervisor, justice of the peace, and first mayor of Fort Atkinson (1878). He also served as a member of the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention in 1848. He established the first dairy farm in Jefferson County and built the first inn in the village.

In 1889 Milo C. Jones (1849-1919), while afflicted with rheumatism, began the production of sausages based on an old Vermont recipe. He directed the operations from his bed while the rest of the family carried out the production. Although the business's sausage output continued to grow, the operation remained a partnership until 1907 when it was incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin. Except for lean times during both World Wars and the Depression, the Jones' production and market have continued to expand reaching as far as Australia and Italy. The dairy farm is still run by the Jones family in Fort Atkinson even though other firms have offered to purchase it.

The majority of the records consists of typed copies of correspondence between Milo Jones and other members of his family. They document Milo's move from Vermont to Michigan and finally to Wisconsin (1834-1852). Included also are the Jones family genealogy; articles and speeches about the Jones family, the dairy farm and its development; and early Wisconsin and Fort Atkinson histories.

Acquisition Information

Originals loaned for microfilming by Edward C. Jones, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 1978. Accession Number: M78-477, M77-406

Processing Information

Processed by Gregor Trinkaus-Randall and Max J. Evans, May 1979.

Reel   1 Segment   1	Correspondence, 1834-1915
Reel   1 Segment   2	Jones Family History, 1857-1977
Reel   1 Segment   3	Histories of Fort Atkinson and Wisconsin, 1891-1912