Bio of HEWSON, Samuel James (b.1857), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

SAMUEL JAMES HEWSON - Vol III, pg 769-770
For thirty-one years Samuel James Hewson has been Minneapolis manager for the
Menomonie Hydraulic Press Brick Company, in which connection he has built up a
large business. He is a native son of Michigan, his birth having occurred in
Detroit, on (he 28th of September, 1857, his parents being John and Alice
(Cellaway) Hewson. The family is of English origin. His parents and two of his
sisters were born in England and crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel, being
nearly fourteen weeks on the voyage, which was made about 1850. The family home
was established in Detroit and there Samuel J. Hewson pursued his education in
the public schools and afterward made his initial step in the business world,
being employed by various firms in that city until 1879, when he became a
resident of Minnesota. He first settled in Le Sueur and then removed to St.
Paul, where he entered the employ of a large jobbing house in the capacity of
shipping clerk. His fidelity to the interests of his employers and his untiring
industry and enterprise are manifest in the fact that he remained with the house
for eight years, filling various positions, promotion from time to time bringing
him at length to the position of traveling salesman. In 1887, however, he
resigned and came to Minneapolis, where he entered the building material
business as general sales agent for the Menomonie Hydraulic Press Brick Company,
with which corporation he has since been associated. In 1892 he became a
stockholder in the company and manager of the Minneapolis branch in that year.
Through the inter­vening period he has occupied this place of responsibility and
has developed a large trade for the company, his thoroughness, close application
and progressive business methods constituting the foundation of a steadily
growing success.
On the 20th of August, 1885, Mr. Hewson was united in marriage to Miss Frances
J. Burdick and they have become parents of two daughters: Katherine, now the
wife of Jean W. Johnson of Minneapolis; and Alice, the wife of Dr. F. 0.
Woodward of Jamestown, North Dakota.
In his political views Mr. Hewson is a republican where national issues and
questions are involved but at local elections largely casts an independent
ballot, con­sidering only the capability of the candidate for the office sought.
He attained the Knights Templar degree in Masonry and was also a member of the
Benevolent Pro­tective Order of Elks, but has demitted from both. He is well
known in the club circles of the city, having membership in the Minneapolis,
Minikahda and Automobile Clubs, and his interest in the public welfare is shown
in his membership in the Civic & Commerce Association. There have been no
spectacular phases in his life. His is the career of a thoroughgoing American
business man whose persistency of purpose, whose determination and honesty,
combined with that sound judgment which recog­nizes opportunities and learns by
mistakes, have brought him to the point of success.