Thomas Huff JONES was born West Virginia 30 Dec. 1822. Oconto VR., Vol. 4, pg. 630, death certificate. Thomas died 16 Nov. 1899 in Oconto, WI., at 76 years of age. Oconto VR., Vol 4, pg. 63. Age at death 76 years, 10 mo. 17 days. Buried Evergreen cemetery, Block 18 Lot 5. Cemetery records indicate he was born West Virginia.
History of Northern Wisconsin 1881.
"HUFF JONES, Register of Deeds, Oconto, is a native of West Virginia, in 1832, he came with his parents to Mackinaw ; in 1835, they came to Green Bay, Wis.; removed to Oconto in 1845 ; since 1846 he has resided here; from that time till 1870, he has been engaged in the lumber business; he was elected Register of Deeds in 1870, which office he has since held; in 1846, his father, David Jones, built a water mill, now owned by McDonald & Co.; they built the first steam mill on the river, now owned by Jacob Spies; this mill was built in 1850; manufactured about 5,000,000 feet each season."
Thomas "Huff" Jones, in an interview which appeared on April 28, 1894 in the Oconto County Reporter, stated he settled on the Oconto River in Sept. 1845, with his parents then living in Green Bay. He established a fishing operations, quartered at the site of what became the Jones Mill, 2 miles up from the mouth of the river. He goes on to state his father came in February 1846 and they started harvesting trees to put up their mill and built their dam in the summer of 1846.
According to the article they greeted John Volk and his family along with a Mr. Hayes and a man named Ingram who also had a wife with him. Huff, further states, Thomas Lindsay came into the area the same year and agreed to put in logs for the Jones family.
On 1850 U.S. census shown living with parents in Howard, Brown Co. in Aug. 1850 age 26, occupation lumbering. He also, appears on a June l 850 census sheet at Oconto.
Listed on 1855 state census in Oconto.
The 1870 census, shows Huff in the east ward of Oconto. He is age 47, Mary is age 48 Robert age 15, and Mary age 12.
On 1880 census Huff is listed as age 56, born W.VI, father born KY. mother born PA, occupation lumberman; his wife Mary age 56, born NY as were her parents, plus his sister Kate, age 53, born WV. His son-in-law Edward Mullen age 29 born Ireland, occupation station master, daughter Jane Mullen, age 23 and granddaughter Edith Mullen age 1 plus Tina Kranz age 19, born Germany, occupation domestic servant.
More info: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/jones.htm
History of Northern Wisconsin 1881.
"HUFF JONES, Register of Deeds, Oconto, is a native of West Virginia, in 1832, he came with his parents to Mackinaw ; in 1835, they came to Green Bay, Wis.; removed to Oconto in 1845 ; since 1846 he has resided here; from that time till 1870, he has been engaged in the lumber business; he was elected Register of Deeds in 1870, which office he has since held; in 1846, his father, David Jones, built a water mill, now owned by McDonald & Co.; they built the first steam mill on the river, now owned by Jacob Spies; this mill was built in 1850; manufactured about 5,000,000 feet each season."
Thomas "Huff" Jones, in an interview which appeared on April 28, 1894 in the Oconto County Reporter, stated he settled on the Oconto River in Sept. 1845, with his parents then living in Green Bay. He established a fishing operations, quartered at the site of what became the Jones Mill, 2 miles up from the mouth of the river. He goes on to state his father came in February 1846 and they started harvesting trees to put up their mill and built their dam in the summer of 1846.
According to the article they greeted John Volk and his family along with a Mr. Hayes and a man named Ingram who also had a wife with him. Huff, further states, Thomas Lindsay came into the area the same year and agreed to put in logs for the Jones family.
On 1850 U.S. census shown living with parents in Howard, Brown Co. in Aug. 1850 age 26, occupation lumbering. He also, appears on a June l 850 census sheet at Oconto.
Listed on 1855 state census in Oconto.
The 1870 census, shows Huff in the east ward of Oconto. He is age 47, Mary is age 48 Robert age 15, and Mary age 12.
On 1880 census Huff is listed as age 56, born W.VI, father born KY. mother born PA, occupation lumberman; his wife Mary age 56, born NY as were her parents, plus his sister Kate, age 53, born WV. His son-in-law Edward Mullen age 29 born Ireland, occupation station master, daughter Jane Mullen, age 23 and granddaughter Edith Mullen age 1 plus Tina Kranz age 19, born Germany, occupation domestic servant.
More info: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/jones.htm
Thomas Huff JONES was born West Virginia 30 Dec. 1822. Oconto VR., Vol. 4, pg. 630, death certificate. Thomas died 16 Nov. 1899 in Oconto, WI., at 76 years of age. Oconto VR., Vol 4, pg. 63. Age at death 76 years, 10 mo. 17 days. Buried Evergreen cemetery, Block 18 Lot 5. Cemetery records indicate he was born West Virginia.
History of Northern Wisconsin 1881.
"HUFF JONES, Register of Deeds, Oconto, is a native of West Virginia, in 1832, he came with his parents to Mackinaw ; in 1835, they came to Green Bay, Wis.; removed to Oconto in 1845 ; since 1846 he has resided here; from that time till 1870, he has been engaged in the lumber business; he was elected Register of Deeds in 1870, which office he has since held; in 1846, his father, David Jones, built a water mill, now owned by McDonald & Co.; they built the first steam mill on the river, now owned by Jacob Spies; this mill was built in 1850; manufactured about 5,000,000 feet each season."
Thomas "Huff" Jones, in an interview which appeared on April 28, 1894 in the Oconto County Reporter, stated he settled on the Oconto River in Sept. 1845, with his parents then living in Green Bay. He established a fishing operations, quartered at the site of what became the Jones Mill, 2 miles up from the mouth of the river. He goes on to state his father came in February 1846 and they started harvesting trees to put up their mill and built their dam in the summer of 1846.
According to the article they greeted John Volk and his family along with a Mr. Hayes and a man named Ingram who also had a wife with him. Huff, further states, Thomas Lindsay came into the area the same year and agreed to put in logs for the Jones family.
On 1850 U.S. census shown living with parents in Howard, Brown Co. in Aug. 1850 age 26, occupation lumbering. He also, appears on a June l 850 census sheet at Oconto.
Listed on 1855 state census in Oconto.
The 1870 census, shows Huff in the east ward of Oconto. He is age 47, Mary is age 48 Robert age 15, and Mary age 12.
On 1880 census Huff is listed as age 56, born W.VI, father born KY. mother born PA, occupation lumberman; his wife Mary age 56, born NY as were her parents, plus his sister Kate, age 53, born WV. His son-in-law Edward Mullen age 29 born Ireland, occupation station master, daughter Jane Mullen, age 23 and granddaughter Edith Mullen age 1 plus Tina Kranz age 19, born Germany, occupation domestic servant.
More info: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/jones.htm
History of Northern Wisconsin 1881.
"HUFF JONES, Register of Deeds, Oconto, is a native of West Virginia, in 1832, he came with his parents to Mackinaw ; in 1835, they came to Green Bay, Wis.; removed to Oconto in 1845 ; since 1846 he has resided here; from that time till 1870, he has been engaged in the lumber business; he was elected Register of Deeds in 1870, which office he has since held; in 1846, his father, David Jones, built a water mill, now owned by McDonald & Co.; they built the first steam mill on the river, now owned by Jacob Spies; this mill was built in 1850; manufactured about 5,000,000 feet each season."
Thomas "Huff" Jones, in an interview which appeared on April 28, 1894 in the Oconto County Reporter, stated he settled on the Oconto River in Sept. 1845, with his parents then living in Green Bay. He established a fishing operations, quartered at the site of what became the Jones Mill, 2 miles up from the mouth of the river. He goes on to state his father came in February 1846 and they started harvesting trees to put up their mill and built their dam in the summer of 1846.
According to the article they greeted John Volk and his family along with a Mr. Hayes and a man named Ingram who also had a wife with him. Huff, further states, Thomas Lindsay came into the area the same year and agreed to put in logs for the Jones family.
On 1850 U.S. census shown living with parents in Howard, Brown Co. in Aug. 1850 age 26, occupation lumbering. He also, appears on a June l 850 census sheet at Oconto.
Listed on 1855 state census in Oconto.
The 1870 census, shows Huff in the east ward of Oconto. He is age 47, Mary is age 48 Robert age 15, and Mary age 12.
On 1880 census Huff is listed as age 56, born W.VI, father born KY. mother born PA, occupation lumberman; his wife Mary age 56, born NY as were her parents, plus his sister Kate, age 53, born WV. His son-in-law Edward Mullen age 29 born Ireland, occupation station master, daughter Jane Mullen, age 23 and granddaughter Edith Mullen age 1 plus Tina Kranz age 19, born Germany, occupation domestic servant.
More info: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/jones.htm
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