Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Greenfield:

Thomas Jones, son of Griffith and Ann (Morgan) Jones, was born in Cardiganshire, Wales, Aug. 10, 1827; his father was a mechanic, but Thomas had a taste for farming, and left home for America in 1847; he came directly to Sauk Co. and settled on Sec. 28, a part of his present farm, since which he has bought the 40 acres on which his residence now stands; instead of the two shillings which he had when he came to Baraboo, he now owns 200 acres of beautiful land, well-located and productive, 160 acres under cultivation, with buildings that costs $2,500; where the herd of deer then pastured and the wolves prowled about for their prey, and the rattlesnakes coiled ready for its deadly spring, he now counts his varied stock. Mr. Jones was married, Sept. 4, 1848, to Anna Morgan, from his former home in Wales, by whom he had two sons, David and John M., and a daughter Elizabeth, who died of accidental burning in 1854; Mrs. Jones died in confinement March 7, 1859. Mr. Jones was married to Miss Ellen, daughter of Robert and Jane Owens, in Caledonia, in November, 1860, by whom he has had eleven children, eight of whom are still living – Robert, Evan, William, Jane, Nellie, Elizabeth, Margaret, Luella and Thomas; Three daughters – Jane, Elizabeth and Kate, died in infancy. Mr. Jones’ people attend the Calvinistic Methodist Church and Sabbath school. He is an advocate of free-trade, but left the Democratic party on account of slavery, and cast his first Republican vote for Lincoln.

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