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| The Evening Press June 10, 1889 DEATH OF A PIONEER |
| Mrs. Augusta Miller Jewett, one of the earliest settlers of Michigan and mother of the second white child born in Saginaw county, died in East Saginaw Saturday, aged 84. The deceased was born at Hartland, Bt., January 26, 1806. She was the daughter of parents who belonged to the old Puritan family of Vermont. Mrs. Jewett came to Grand Blanc, Mich. in 1831, and in the fall of that year was married to Eleazer Jewett. The wedding journey from Grand Blanc to Saginaw, which is now made in two hours, took then one week. The journey was made in a canoe. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett settled at Green Point in 1836. They built a hotel in Saginaw which they kept until 1858. Then the family removed to a farm in Kochville. Mr. Jewett filled many places of honor and was the first probate judge for this county. Mrs. Jewett was a bright, active, energetic woman, generous, hospitable and kind of heart. Since the death of her husband she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. D. Lee. She was the mother of four children, Mrs. Lee, Alonzo, Oscar and Wallace Jewett. Wallace was killed in the battle of Gettysburg. Her brother, Hon. Albert Miller, of this city, is the only survivor of her family. |
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