Sarah Van Hoosen Jones was born to Alice Van Hoosen and Joseph C. Jones on the family farm near Rochester, Michigan in 1892. The following year she moved to Chicago where her father was employed by the Werner Publishing Company. After his death in 1897, Sarah and her mother remained in Chicago with her aunt, Bertha Van Hoosen, a surgeon in practice there. Sarah attended University High School and the University of Chicago, earning a Ph.B. degree in languages in 1914. Following a year in Europe, she began graduate work in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. There she completed an M.S. degree in animal husbandry in 1916 and a Ph.D. degree in genetics in 1921. She returned to Rochester in 1923 to manage the Van Hoosen farm, which she had inherited from her grandmother five years before, and resided there until her death in 1972.
Sarah Jones raised chickens, beef and dairy cattle, and feed for her livestock on her four hundred acre farm, but was most successful with her Holstein-Fresian herd, for which she was honored as a Premier Michigan Breeder nine times. She also served as president of the Michigan Holstein-Fresian Association, and in 1933 was the first woman to be named a "Michigan Master Farmer."
She took an active interest in civic affairs, particularly those relating to education. In 1943 and 1949 she was elected as a Republican to six-year terms on the Michigan State Board of Agriculture. She was designated that board's representative to the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions from 1944 to 1955 and served as the association's president in 1955. She was also a founder of the Michigan State University-Oakland Foundation and a member of the Rochester School Board. Michigan State University recognized her public service by conferring on her an honorary degree of Laws in 1956. A residence hall is also named in her honor. Source: Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, Chronicle of the Van Hoosen Centenary Farm (Private printing, 1969), available in the Michigan State University Library.
Sarah Jones raised chickens, beef and dairy cattle, and feed for her livestock on her four hundred acre farm, but was most successful with her Holstein-Fresian herd, for which she was honored as a Premier Michigan Breeder nine times. She also served as president of the Michigan Holstein-Fresian Association, and in 1933 was the first woman to be named a "Michigan Master Farmer."
She took an active interest in civic affairs, particularly those relating to education. In 1943 and 1949 she was elected as a Republican to six-year terms on the Michigan State Board of Agriculture. She was designated that board's representative to the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions from 1944 to 1955 and served as the association's president in 1955. She was also a founder of the Michigan State University-Oakland Foundation and a member of the Rochester School Board. Michigan State University recognized her public service by conferring on her an honorary degree of Laws in 1956. A residence hall is also named in her honor. Source: Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, Chronicle of the Van Hoosen Centenary Farm (Private printing, 1969), available in the Michigan State University Library.
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones was born to Alice Van Hoosen and Joseph C. Jones on the family farm near Rochester, Michigan in 1892. The following year she moved to Chicago where her father was employed by the Werner Publishing Company. After his death in 1897, Sarah and her mother remained in Chicago with her aunt, Bertha Van Hoosen, a surgeon in practice there. Sarah attended University High School and the University of Chicago, earning a Ph.B. degree in languages in 1914. Following a year in Europe, she began graduate work in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. There she completed an M.S. degree in animal husbandry in 1916 and a Ph.D. degree in genetics in 1921. She returned to Rochester in 1923 to manage the Van Hoosen farm, which she had inherited from her grandmother five years before, and resided there until her death in 1972.
Sarah Jones raised chickens, beef and dairy cattle, and feed for her livestock on her four hundred acre farm, but was most successful with her Holstein-Fresian herd, for which she was honored as a Premier Michigan Breeder nine times. She also served as president of the Michigan Holstein-Fresian Association, and in 1933 was the first woman to be named a "Michigan Master Farmer."
She took an active interest in civic affairs, particularly those relating to education. In 1943 and 1949 she was elected as a Republican to six-year terms on the Michigan State Board of Agriculture. She was designated that board's representative to the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions from 1944 to 1955 and served as the association's president in 1955. She was also a founder of the Michigan State University-Oakland Foundation and a member of the Rochester School Board. Michigan State University recognized her public service by conferring on her an honorary degree of Laws in 1956. A residence hall is also named in her honor. Source: Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, Chronicle of the Van Hoosen Centenary Farm (Private printing, 1969), available in the Michigan State University Library.
Sarah Jones raised chickens, beef and dairy cattle, and feed for her livestock on her four hundred acre farm, but was most successful with her Holstein-Fresian herd, for which she was honored as a Premier Michigan Breeder nine times. She also served as president of the Michigan Holstein-Fresian Association, and in 1933 was the first woman to be named a "Michigan Master Farmer."
She took an active interest in civic affairs, particularly those relating to education. In 1943 and 1949 she was elected as a Republican to six-year terms on the Michigan State Board of Agriculture. She was designated that board's representative to the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions from 1944 to 1955 and served as the association's president in 1955. She was also a founder of the Michigan State University-Oakland Foundation and a member of the Rochester School Board. Michigan State University recognized her public service by conferring on her an honorary degree of Laws in 1956. A residence hall is also named in her honor. Source: Sarah Van Hoosen Jones, Chronicle of the Van Hoosen Centenary Farm (Private printing, 1969), available in the Michigan State University Library.
Inscription
Gr. Dau.of Joshua & Sarah
Family Members
Half Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
See more Jones or Van Hoosen memorials in:
- Old Stoney Creek Cemetery Jones or Van Hoosen
- Rochester Hills Jones or Van Hoosen
- Oakland County Jones or Van Hoosen
- Michigan Jones or Van Hoosen
- USA Jones or Van Hoosen
- Find a Grave Jones or Van Hoosen
Advertisement
