Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 767 - 768 

ALBERT H. JEWETT, one of the most extensive cattle dealers of Sedgwick County, operates 160 acres of land, his own property, and also has charge of quite an extent belonging to his father. Upon this altogether there usually ranges about 500 head of cattle, for the care of which there are furnished all the conveniences required by the modern farmer and stock-raiser. The Jewett residence is one of the most tasteful and substantial of its kind, and with its out-buildings forms the picture of a comfortable rural home in the midst of peace and plenty.

            Our subject is a native of the Buckeye State, and was born in Jefferson County on the 18th of May, 1849. His parents, William and Hettie (Brown) Jewett, removed from Ohio to LaSalle County, Ill., when their son Albert H. was a little lad four years of age. The latter was there reared and educated, and in 1865 removed with the family to Moultrie County, Ill., and thence accompanied his parents to Kansas in 1870. The first year of their residence in this State they spent in Johnson County, and the following spring removed to the vicinity of Park City, then a very small village on the east bank of the Arkansas River. It was then believed that this would develop into a large town, and the father of our subject thought it wise to settle there. The projected railroad, however, like the Pharisee, passed by on the other side, and the prospective town gradually disappeared.

            Our subject about that time purchased for the sum of $1,000 a claim on the southwest quarter of section 4, in Park Township, and in 1877 the father removed to Wichita, where he now resides, leaving to Albert H. the management of his farm interests. The latter for several years was manager for the firm of Owen & Montgomery, of Kansas City, who operated a ranch in the western part of this State, and had their headquarters in Barbour County. They usually kept a herd of from 1,000 to 2,000 head of cattle. Mr. Jewett in the employ of this firm traveled over a large portion of the Western country, his operations extending to nearly all the places within a range of 1,000 miles where cattle could be herded. Our subject, in 1877, settled down to farming on the land first purchased by his father, and in connection therewith carried on the cultivation of his own purchase of 160 acres.

            The wife of our subject, with whom he was united in marriage on the 4th of July, 1877, was in her girlhood Miss Bessie, daughter of Eleazer and Ann (Springer) Ferguson, and was born in Greene County, Ind., Aug. 22, 1853. She came with her parents to this State in 1874, from Iowa County, Iowa, where the mother had died about 1861 or 1862. Mr. Ferguson is still living, and makes his home in Kingman County, this State. To Mr. and Mrs. J. there have been born four children, two of whom died in childhood. Their son Homer was born Oct. 18, 1880, and their daughter Nettie June 16, 1886. They are at home with their parents.

            Mr. Jewett uniformly votes the straight Republican ticket, but has all the business he can attend to without desiring to take upon himself the responsibilities of office. Socially, he is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is Noble Grand of Lodge No. 223, at Valley Center. He is also a member of the Encampment.

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