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.
