BIOGRAPHIES:  Isaac HEWITT, Dovre Township , Barron Co., WI

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Isaac Hewitt, an early settler of Dovre Township, and veteran of the Civil
war, was born in Ireland, the son of James and Ellen Hewitt, who brought
him to the Province of Quebec, Canada, when he was a small boy. He was
reared in Canada and as a young man came to the States and located in La
Crosse County, Wis. There his parents later joined him and spent the
remainder of their lives. From there, too, he enlisted in Co.I, 8th
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and did valiant service in the Civil War.
Upon his honorable discharge he worked as a farmer, as a lumberman and as a
sawmill man. For a time he owned a flourishing sawmill on Robinson Creek,
which flows into the Black River, in Jackson County, this state. In 1875 he
located on the northwest quarter of section 3, Dovre Township. His wife's
brother Charles Dake, built a small cabin and Isaac Hewitt bought the
homestead right of Mr. Dake's widow. His own brother George Hewitt, drove
the wife and three children, William E., Tena and Ida, up from La Crosse
County. At first the family had but little to do with and it was several
months before they had a cow. In order to support the family before the
farm became productive, Mr. Hewitt spent his winters in the lumber wood,
leaving his wife and children at home. In the summer he worked on his farm.
The nearest trading point was at Sand Creek, in Dunn County, ten miles
away, and from there Mr. Hewitt brought in flour on his back. Thus he and
his wife worked to get things started in their new home. As time passed
their efforts were rewarded with well deserved prosperity. Mr. Hewitt added
another quarter section to his holdings, put up good buildings, and
developed a good farm. Foreseeing that dairying was to be the most
important industry of this region he assisted in organizing the Dallas
Creamery at Dallas, and continued active in its support. A man of strong
religious convictions, he helped to organize the First Day Adventist Church
at Chetek and was one of its officers. He was likewise active in the G. A.
R. Post at Chetek, to which village, in his latter years, he retired. There
he died in 1916 at the age of eighty-four. His wife died in 1919 at the age
of seventy-five. Three more children, Isaac, Grace and Ellen, were born in
Barron County.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 663-664.

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