BIOGRAPHIES: Leon W. JEWETT, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 3 January 2004 ************************************************************************ Leon W. Jewett, an influential farmer of Section 17, east, Dallas Township,was born in Richland County, this state, the son of Franklin S. and Lucy (Lewis) Jewett, natives respectively of Wisconsin and New York state. These good people farmed a number of years in Dane County, this state, and then moved to Richland County, also in this state, where they secured 40 acres on which they erected a set of buildings and developed a good farm. The father died there Jan. 1, 1918 and the mother now lives in Ithaca, Wis. In the family there were eight children: Mabel, who died in 1909; Charles, Harvey, Arthur (deceased), Morris; Ralph, who died in 1904; Leon W. and Grace. Leon W. received his education in the district schools of his native county, learned farming from his father, and remained at home for many years. In 1907 he became a painter, a trade which he followed for two years. In 1909 he rented a farm in his native county, but after being there a while he lost everything by fire and again took up the painting trade. In 1913 he bought 160 acres in Willow Township, Richland County. He sold this in 1914 and came to Barron County, and purchased 80 acres in section 15, Dovre Township. He repaired the buildings, built a barn and silo, and continued the development of the land. Here he carried on general farming till the fall of 1919 when he sold and moved to his present farm in section 17, east, Dallas Township. Here he carries on general farming and dairying and has a good herd of Holstein cattle, headed by a full blooded sire. He keeps well abreast of his times by reading the farm journals and attending various meetings, and he is following tried and approved methods in all his operations. Mr. Jewett was married in Richland County, Wis., on May 5, 1909, to Alice Fitzgerald, who was born at Richland Center, Wis., the daughter of Thomas and Emma (Pickering) Fitzgerald, the former of whom is dead and the latter of whom is now married to August Friday and lives at Richland Center, Richland County, this state. In the Fitzgerald family there were eight children: Nellie, William, Gerald, Edward, Jessie, Alice, Helen and Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett are the parents of two children. Arlene was born May 2, 1910. Agnes L. was born Nov. 30, 1913. The family faith is that of the Free Methodist Church. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 844. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm