Bio: Hewett, Sherman F. (Candidate for Clerk of Court - 1910)

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Surnames: Hewett

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 1910

Hewett, Sherman F. (Candidate for Clerk of Court - 1910)

Sherman F. Hewett (all his acquaintances call him Fran) was born at Augusta, Wis. In 1865. He came to Neillsville, Clark County when about a year old, and has resided here ever since. He is a son of James Hewett, who came to Clark County in 1856 and who was engaged in lumbering, farming and mercantile business for many years. The principle street in Neillsville and the town of Hewett are named for James Hewett. He opened the first large farm in the town of Loyal, on the 26 road, on the southwest quarter of section Twenty. He was well-known to all the early settlers, many of whom he aided when they greatly needed help. He was the first mayor of Neillsville.

Sherman f. Hewett attended the common and high schools in in Neillsville, and then became bookkeeper in his father's mercantile and lumbering business. He was city treasurer of Neillsville five years and is the present county surveyor of Clark County. He is candidate for Clerk of Court. Vote for him at the primaries, Sept. 6.