AUGLAIZE COUNTY OHIO - James A. Sewell, bio, 1904 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Candy Grubb candyg@theofficenet.com October 27, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From "History of North Washington" Published 1904 -------------------------------------------------------- JAMES A. SEWELL James A. Sewell is certainly to be classed with the prosperous and substantial citizens of Stevens county and it is with pleasure that we accord to him representation in this volume. He was born in Meigs county, Ohio, on January 2, 1863, the son of Joel and Amanda (Berkley)Sewell, natives of Ohio and West Virginia, respectively. The father served in the Civil War and in his third battle he was so seriously wounded that he soon died in the hospital. The mother now resides in Oklahoma and last year was here visiting the subject of this article. She is in her sixty-ninth year. Our subject was educated and reared in his native place and on May 28, 1885, married Miss Nellie A., daughter of William and Catherine A. (Tresiza) Saunders. Mrs. Sewell was a schoolmate of her husband and was reared in the same neighborhood. Her parents are deceased. Our subject and his wife started the year of their marriage to the Black Hills and later came on by team to Spokane, where they remained until selecting a home place on Deep creek. Three years later they removed to Springdale and thence to the vicinity of Fruitland, in the spring of 1890. In 1898, they bought land and now have a farm of two hundred and eighty acres, well improved, and supplied with plenty of water and irrigating ditches. The place is well adapted to stock raising and in addition to that Mr. Sewell does general farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Sewell five children have been born, Effie M., deceased, Bertha A., Ethel L., Rena M., Pearl, deceased. Mr. Sewell is active in educational affairs and interested in local matters. He and his wife are members of the Seventh Day Adventist church.