John Hewitt

HEWITT, MILLER, DAILY, SURFUS, JONES, MOOTS, BOYLAN, EARLY

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:15:01

John Hewitt, Philip Miller, Mr. Daily and Mr. Surfus are four more pioneers of West Point. They all know the struggles of pioneer life in a wild country.
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John Hewitt is living on section 20. He was born in Marion county, Ohio, in 1827. His father, Thomas Hewitt, was a native of Pike county, in that State, but for many years a resident of Indiana, who came to Linn county, Iowa, in 1854, and to Butler county, the following year, settling in West Point township. He and his wife now live in the village of Bristow. They have five children, two sons and three daughters, all of whom are living in Butler county, except the youngest, who resides in Kansas – Catherine N., wife of C. L. Jones; Jane C., wife of John Moots; Mary, wife of Thomas Boylan; John, and Levi.
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Mr. John Hewitt’s first settlement was on section 19, in the fall of 1858. He settled where he now lives in 1865, buying his farm of W. F. Early. He married Elizabeth Early, a daughter of Henry A. Early, who settled in Pittsford township in 1854, a native of Kentucky, and one of the well known early settlers of the township. Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt have nine children, two boys and seven girls – Edward L., Edith M., Ida L., Elsie V., Alta L., Ocea A., Myrtie I., Riva L., and Charles F. Their farm contains 120 acres; they also have another farm containing a quarter section. Mr. Hewitt has held most of the township offices; has been township clerk for several terms, township trustee, and assessor for the township the second time after organization.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages: 743-744