----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 01/17/1895

Jewett, Joseph L. (1814 - 7 JAN 1895)

Joseph L. Jewett, father of Mr. J.W Tolford, died at the residence of his son-in-law, in this city (Neillsville, Clark County), on Monday, Jan. 7, 1895, at the age of over 80 years. The funeral services were conducted at the house on Wednesday afternoon by Rev. G. N. Foster, and the remains were taken to Beloit for burial, at which place he had been a resident for over 45 years.

He was born in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Mass., in 1814, and was married in 1835 to Sarah Hurley.

Sometime last summer Mr. Jewett and his aged wife came here from Michigan to make their home with J.W. Tolford. He leaves an aged wife and five daughters.