. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. han Jewett, grandfather of Frederick , was a successful comb maker in Boston,,whither he had gone from his native State of Con-necticut. Poor health caused him to seek a changeof climate, and on November 11, 1811, he came toSusquehanna county, Penn. He paid gold for hisfarm, which is now occupied by his grandson, Nath-an Rodney Jewett. Besides fa
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. han Jewett, grandfather of Frederick , was a successful comb maker in Boston,,whither he had gone from his native State of Con-necticut. Poor health caused him to seek a changeof climate, and on November 11, 1811, he came toSusquehanna county, Penn. He paid gold for hisfarm, which is now occupied by his grandson, Nath-an Rodney Jewett. Besides farming he built oneof the first sawmills in this country, which is stillin use, and is pointed out as one of the old land-marks. His wife was in her maidenhood ElectaFox, and she was the mother of: Francis, who diedat the age of twenty-three, while in New Orleans,and Rodney, mentioned above, these two being bornin the East, and accompanying their parents toPennsylvania; after the removal three more childrenwere born: Elizabeth, who married Alfred Mack,and lives near Albion, N. Y., at an advanced age;.Lavina, now deceased, a graduate of WyomingSeminary, who became a successful teacher; andAllen, who enlisted in the 52nd P. V. I., and was.
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