Wm. H. Hewitt Biography, Charles Mix County, SD

	This biography is taken from the "Standard Atlas of Charles Mix 
	County (1906)", published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Page 55

	Transcribed by Joy Fisher, sdgenweb@yahoo.com and may be copied for 
	non-profit purposes. All other rights reserved.


Wm. H. Hewitt and wife came into the county early in 1879 and bought the 
Felicia Fallas ranch on section 36 Castalia township, near what is now the
Adams Denmead ranch. Later Hewitt homesteaded in the adjoining section 31
in Platte township. Mrs. Hewitt was appointed postmistress of the Platte
creek postoffice and held the position until Castalia was established. Mr.
Hewitt and family removed to Iowa in 1892 where Mr. Hewitt died in 1893.
Their daughter Mabel Winona Hewitt, now Mrs. Geo. Toll of Allison, Iowa,
was born Aug. 9, 1880 on the Platte creek ranch referred to above, the 
first white girl born in the old county.