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DR. WM. H. JEWETT, Sr., physician, West Canaan, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, October 2, 1831; he is a son of B.F. and Eliza (Burgess) Jewett. His parents emigrated to Franklin County, Ohio, about 1815. His father was born in Vermont July 29, 1800, and died September 23, 1867; his mother was born January 1, 1810, and died March 29, 1862. Our subject attended the common schools awhile, and then commenced the study of medicine with Andrews & Johnson, of Worthington, Ohio, completing his studies under Dr. Pinny, of Dublin, same county. His first course of lectures were at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. He also attended a course in Cincinnati, and attended the normal school at Dublin, Ohio, two terms. He practiced one year at Belle Point, and was in the army two years. He was a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, for fourteen months; he was Second Lieutenant and acting as Orderly Sergeant, and was detailed for hospital duty, serving three months in the Louisville Hospital, and three months as physician. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 193, Plain City, and also of the Urania Lodge, No. 311, F. & A. M., Plain City. His wife is a daughter of George and Mary Ann Wirtz, who emigrated to Ohio in 1835, and are of English descent. By his marriage he has had ten children, viz., Mary E., George F., Laura E., Flora E., Sarah A., Charles E., Katie E., Dumpie (deceased), Leslie and an infant. Dr. Jewett returned to Hillyard after the war in 1864, and practiced medicine there until 1871, since which time he has resided in Amity, Madison County, Ohio.
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