JEWETT, CHARLES L.: 1848-1931.
Charles L. (Reid) Jewett , son of Jonathan and Mary Wells Reid, was born in Hanover, Ind., on Oct. 6, 1848. His father died soon after his birth, and his mother married Judge P. H. Jewett, who adopted the boy.
Jewett attended Indiana University and Hanover College. He went to Montana Territory as a young man and engaged in prospecting, mining and as a government surveyor. Returning to Indiana in 1869, he was admitted to the bar at New Albany , where in the following years he held numerous county offices, including justice of the peace, prosecuting attorney, and district attorney.
Information from Representative Men of Indiana, Vol. I.
- Memorial Address to Indianapolis Lodge, No. 13, B.P. O.E
… Dec. 1, 1895. Indianapolis, 1895.
- Selected Addresses, Arranged and Published by Charles W.
Cottom. Indianapolis, 1901.
