“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


DANIEL JONES, President of the Wisconsin National Bank, is a native 
of Goffstown, N. H.; at an early age, his parents removed to Jefferson 
Co., N. Y., wherefrom, after a brief residence, they once more removed 
to Oneida Co.  In 1843, the subject of this sketch joined the Western tide 
and came to Milwaukee, where he was engaged in mercantile ventures, 
one year of his residence being engaged with a partner in conducting the 
American House; in October, 1845, he settled in Watertown, where he 
carried on merchandising, which was further enlarged in 1852, by the 
establishment of a banking and exchange office, which he conducted 
successfully for many years, the same finally becoming the Jefferson 
County Bank, which was organized under his direction, and was largely 
controlled by him until 1863, when the bank discontinued business, and 
he identified himself with the Wisconsin National Bank, which was 
organized soon after; his mercantile undertakings were continued most 
of the time until 1864, when he turned his attention to the manufacture 
of woolen goods, being the part owner of the woolen mills at 
Watertown, which were operated for four or five years under the firm 
name of S. Ford & Co., afterward D. Jones & Co., until two years ago, 
when Mr. Jones leased them to D. P. Price, by whom they are at present 
operated; Mr. Jones has been not less prominently identified with 
transportation facilities, the plank-roads of the early days, and later, the 
railroads, owing in a large manner, their success and efficiency to his 
energy, enterprise and foresight; the confidence felt in his judgment and 
capacity has found frequent expression among his friends and neighbors, 
by whom he has been several times elected Alderman, Chairman of the 
Board of Supervisors, and to other offices of honor and trust.


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