Lockley, Fred. "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the Sea." Vol. 2. S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928. p. 246. A. H. JEWETT To such men as A. H. Jewett is Klickitat county, Washington, indebted for its growth and development, for as a pioneer of that section of the state he took an active and effective part in the work of transforming it from wilderness into one of the best sections of the commonwealth. He is the father of the town of White Salmon and throughout that locality, where he has lived for over a half century, he is held in the highest regard. Mr. Jewett was born in Lake county, Illinois, on the 4th of November, 1845, and is a son of Christopher and Arabella (Kent) Jewett, the former having been born in Massachusetts and the later in Ohio. The father was a harness-maker by trade, and was also engaged in farming. To him and his wife were born five children, namely: Geno, Mariam and Carlos, all of whom are deceased; A. H.; and Zardus, deceased. A. H. Jewett secured his educational training in the public schools of Illinois and a select school in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In 1863 he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Western army under General Thomas, who also operated in Missouri and Kentucky. Mr. Jewett remained in the service until seven months after the close of the war, the later period being spent in lower Tennessee, near the Georgia line. On receiving his honorable discharge from the army, Mr. Jewett returned to Illinois, and later went to Wisconsin, where, he was married, and in 1870 settled in Sparta, where he ran a nursery until 1874. Selling his interests there, he came to Washington, locating in Skamania county, near what is now White Salmon, of which locality they were the first settlers. There Mr. Jewett took up a tract of land, and in 1876 took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres and bought one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land at what is now White Salmon, on which they established their permanent home. In 1891 Mr. Jewett laid out the town of White Salmon on a part of his homestead, selling it off in city lots, having previously cleared much of the best land. He also built waterworks for the town. In 1878 Mr. Jewett started a nursery business, raising all kinds of fruit trees, shrubbery and plants, and specialized in roses, shipping his stock to eastern Oregon and Washington. He was the first nurseryman east of the Cascade mountains in Washington and built up a large and profitable business. Later he built a large hotel on his place, keeping summer guests for many years. He conducted the nursery until 1893, when he went out of that business and devoted his attention to selling his town lots, in which he met with very satisfactory success. He now owns one hundred and sixty acres of land and a large number of city lots and is very comfortably situated, so that he is able to spend the golden sunset years of life in well earned leisure. Mr. Jewett was the first subcontractor of a Star Route in Washington, carrying the mail between White Salmon and Camas Ferry, a distance of twenty-five miles. There were but three settlers along the entire route. Some of these trips, owing to heavy snowfall, required a full week's time to make. On March 13, 1870, in Wisconsin, Mr. Jewett was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Waters, who was born in Vernon county, that state, and is a daughter of Charles and Mary Jane (Spencer) Waters, being the first white child born in Vernon county after Wisconsin's admission to statehood. Her parents, who are both deceased, were born respectively in Peoria, Illinois, and Cincinnati, Ohio, and were pioneer settlers in Wisconsin. They became the parents of eight children, namely: Mrs. Jewett; Charles Arthur and Ida, deceased; Minnie; Spencer, deceased; Albert; one who died in infancy, and Shumway, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett have three children: Lena, who is the wife of J. R. Thompson, and has a daughter, Marjory, who graduated from Reed College, in Portland, and taught school up to the time of her marriage to Carlos Ten-Eyk, to which union has been born a son, James R.; Eolus, deceased; and Harvey, who was accidentally drowned while attending college. Mrs. Jewett received a good education and has long been active in the civic affairs of her community and state. In 1910 she was one of the organizers of the Washington State Federation for Woman Suffrage, of which she was the first vice president, and she has been very efficient and helpful in community welfare work. Mr. Jewett is a charter member of Hood River Post, No. 16, G. A. R., which he has twice served as commander, and Good Will Lodge, No. 88, I. 0. 0. F., while Mrs. Jewett is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. They were both among the organizers of the local Grange, to which they still belong, and have served as members of the school board at White Salmon. Everything pertaining to the well-being and prosperity of his fellowmen has enlisted Mr. Jewett's interest and support and in his life he has exemplified the highest type of citizenship, because of which he commands the sincere respect and good will of all who know him. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.