. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. oti HISTOKY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE and then took a farm at Llanlellen. about a mile from Hardwiek. About the year 1825 there was a kind of panic amongst the banks, and one m which he had a large sum of money invested failed. William Hewer was so over- come by the disaster that, with his eldest son, William, he left the country for America, but he lived only about six months after he ar- rived, being quite heart-broken. He died in New York in November, 1825, and was interred at the cemetery of St. Ma
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. oti HISTOKY OF HEEEFOED CATTLE and then took a farm at Llanlellen. about a mile from Hardwiek. About the year 1825 there was a kind of panic amongst the banks, and one m which he had a large sum of money invested failed. William Hewer was so over- come by the disaster that, with his eldest son, William, he left the country for America, but he lived only about six months after he ar- rived, being quite heart-broken. He died in New York in November, 1825, and was interred at the cemetery of St. Mark's churchyard. Bow- ery, New York, on December 2d, being at the time of his decease 68 years of age. " ifohn Hewer (]\ 28) was born on March 12th, 1787, and died September 28th, 1875. His son, Mr. John L. Hewer (If 28 A and B), never heard him say positively whether he was born at Kilkenny Farm, near Northleach, where his father resided before going to Monmouthshire, or at the Great Hardwick, Abergavenny. John Hewer, Sr., assisted his father at the Hardwick, and it was then he formed the idea of having the Herefords of uniform color and markings. During that time he had a few cattle of his own, and had the benefit of his father's expe- rience. The statement that John Hewer went to his relatives in Gloucestershire in 1805 and remained with them for several years, is, we are assured, incorrect. He never left home, except on a visit, imtil about the year 1817, when he went to Purslow Hall, in Shropshire. Here he continued for several years. On his departure for America William Hewer left his wife and the younger portion of his family in England. They took a farm called The Grove, in Mon- mouthshire, and John Hewer managed it for his mother^ and did very well until some mis- understanding took pilace between him and other members of the family; after which he went ^into Herefordshire, living first at Hill House, Aston Ingham. He subsequently pro- ceeded to Moor House, about
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