JEWELL, Frank L., M. D.; St. Landry then St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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FRANK L. JEWELL, M.D., ST. MARTINVILLE.--Dr. Jewell is a native of Louisiana,
and was born in St. Landry parish January 16, 1839.  He is the son of. John M.
Jewell, who was a native of Kentucky, reared and educated there, but removed
to Louisiana when quite a young man.  He located in St. Landry where he
married our subject's mother, Miss Clarissa Lewis, a native of this State and
a member of one of the prominent families of St. Landry.  The issue of this
marriage was four children-two sons and two daughters.  John M. Jewell was
killed in 1845 in a duel fought with a man by the name of Marshal.

The subject of this sketch left his parental roof at the age of about
seventeen and entered the Centenary College.  He afterward studied medicine in
the Medical College of New Orleans, Louisiana, from which institution he
graduated with high honors in 1860.  Upon the completion of his course in
medicine he began to practise [sic] his profession in St. Bernard, Louisiana,
but not being satisfied with the location he removed after a few months to New
Orleans, where he practised for eleven years.  Tiring of his arduous
professional duties, he removed from the city and gave his attention to
agricultural pursuits for two years.  Not being as successful as he
anticipated, he removed to New Iberia, where he resumed the practice of his
profession.  Twelve years later he removed to St. Martin parish, locating in
the town of St. Martinville, where he now resides and practices his
profession.

The Doctor has been thrice married, his last wife being Mrs. Corinne Fournet,
a native of St. Martin Parish.  Dr. Jewell is a gentleman of fine literary
attainments and superior professional ability.  He has had a large amount of
experience in his profession and enjoys the confidence and esteem of those
with whom he has cast his lot.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
337-338.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.