Austin Jewett (b. 1828)

JEWETT, MARSHALL

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/28/2005 at 23:06:06

Jewett, Austin, farmer, Section 18; PO Bethel; owns sixty acres of land, valued at $20 per acre; born in Massachuesetts, Jan. 2, 1828. He, with his father, moved from Massachuesetts to New York in 1838; from there to Greene Co., Wisconsin and thence to Fayette Co, Iowa in 1871. Married Martha A. Marshall; she was born in Orleans Co., New York in 1831; they have six children --- Maurice R., Ida R., Record S., G. Clarence, Frank W. and Charles E. His son Maurice enlisted in 1864 in Co. H, 38th Wis.V.I.; was wounded in the battle of Petersburg and discharged in 1865.

Page 660, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"
Bethel Township