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


THOMAS C. JONES was born in Watertown, on the 13th of March, 
1850.  At the age of 14, having received a common-school education, he 
entered the curriculum of the Northwestern University, in which he 
remained until the age of 18.  He then went into the dry-goods house of 
M. A. Hirsch & Co., in a clerical capacity, and, at the end of two years, 
engaged in the same business with H. S. Howell, with whom he 
remained for six years.  In 1875, he became connected with the 
Watertown Democrat as associate editor, and upon the death of Mr. 
Ballou, its chief editor and proprietor, took entire charge of the paper; 
six months later, he purchased the Democrat, and has since remained to 
the present time its proprietor and editor.  At the present writing, Mr. 
Jones is unmarried.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)