Henry Augustus Jewell, a pioneer resident of the city of Oshkosh, passed away last evening at 8:20 o'clock at his residence, 2T8 West Algoma street, after an Illness of about three years' duration. He was sixty-seven years of age and had lived in this city since he was a boy about five years of age.
In the early days of Oshkosh as a sawdust city, Mr. Jewell was active as a lumberman and he continued to engage in this line for many years, in late years being also Interested in the cattle business in Texas.
Henry A. Jewell was born November 7, 1843, in what was known as little Green Lake in Marquette county, his father and family moved from the Atlantic states to Wisconsin earlier in that year. After engaging in farming in Marinette county for a few years, the family came to Oshkosh in 1848 and Henry C. Jewell, father of Henry A. Jewell, became prominent in local and state affairs, serving as mayor of Oshkosh, alderman, supervisor and member of the legislature.
As a young man Henry A, Jewell became identified with his father in the lumber business. He married Miss Coraline Wickwire May 14, 1867. His wife died in 1883. Those surviving are two daughters and one son, Mrs. C, D. Cleveland and Mrs.
R. C. Brown Jr., both of this city, and Edgar W. Jewell, Chicago.
The deceased after being associated with his father in the lumber business was a member of the lumber firm of Jewell, Lawrence & Co., and later was a member of the Hollister-Jewell company, which had timber holdings in Canada. After the death of H. W. McKoy, Mr. Jewell was president of the Sawyer Cattle company, much of his time being spent on the Sawyer ranch In Tom Green county, Texas. He was at the head of this company for about three years.
Mr. Jewell was a brother of the late Mrs. Edgar P. Sawyer.
The funeral services are to be held on Wednesday and will be In private..
The Oshkosh Northwestern
1911 Tue. Jun 27 Page 3
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