The sawmill was established in 1859 by John Halsey Jones and his father, Justus, and was the "first organized business"Brody and Olson, p. 41 in what is now Cedar Mill. Plans for the mill, which was located on the south side of Cornell Road at McDaniel Road (now N.W. 119th Avenue), were established as early as 1855 by the 23-year old Jones. The Jones Sawmill was sold in December 1869 to John Quincy Adams Young and William Everson, becoming the Young–Everson Mill.Brody and Olson, p. 45 It was renamed the Young Brothers Sawmill after J.Q.A. Young's sons Linc and Jasper acquired it.Brody and Olson, p. 48 It ceased operation in 1891Brody and Olson, p. 50 and was abandoned in 1892.
