Jewell, Philo Milton -- 1848 - 1914

JEWELL

Posted By: Bill Waters (email)
Date: 6/15/2009 at 16:32:24

PHILO MILTON JEWELL was born in Mt . Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, January 1, 1848; he died at his home in Decorah, Iowa, January 8, 1914. He removed with his parents to a farm in Carroll county, Illinois, in 1856. Here he grew to manhood, obtaining his education at the Mt. Carroll seminary and the Mt. Carroll high school. He taught school for a year and then began the study of medicine in the medical department of the University of Michigan, graduating therefrom in March, 1873. He engaged in the practice of his profession at Lyndon, Illinois, for six years. He removed to Winneshiek county in 1880 and continued there in the practice of medicine and surgery, associating in later years with his son, Dr. M. D. Jewell. He served as coroner of Winneshiek county from 1899 to 1903 and was a member of the United States pension board from 1897 until his death. He was elected representative to the Thirty-second General Assembly in 1906 and served through the Thirty-second, Thirty-second Extra and Thirty-third General Assemblies. In 1910 he was chosen state senator and represented the Winneshiek-Howard district in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth General Assemblies.
- "Notable Deaths" Annals of Iowa. Vol. XI, No. 1, 3rd Series. Pp. 631-32. Historical Society of Iowa. Des Moines. April, 1913.