By Muriel Bristol | November 12, 2023
Haven R. Jewett was born in Milton, September 2, 1856, son of John R. and Clara H. (Page) Jewett.
Father John R. Jewett died in Milton, in 1858. Mother Clara H. (Page) Jewett seems also to have died young. Haven R. Jewett and his siblings, Irving Ed Jewett and Clara A. Jewett, resided on the Milton Mills farm of his maternal grandparents, Joseph and Lydia S. (Remick) Page.
Joseph Page, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Lydia [(Remick)] Page, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), Mary A. Page, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Sarah Page, aged twenty years (b. NH), Josiah Page, a farm laborer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Ed Irvin Jewett, aged six years (b. NH), Haven Jewett, aged four years (b. NH), and Isabel Jewett, aged sixteen years (b. NH). Joseph Page had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $800. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nathl Dearborn, a farmer, aged ninety years (b. NH), and David Farnham, a farmer, aged fifty-two years (b. NH [SIC]).
Joseph Page, a farmer, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Lydia S. [(Remick)] Page, keeping house, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), Josiah Page, a farm laborer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), Hannah E. [(Marsh)] Page, a housekeeper, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), Amanda M. Page, at school, aged seven years (b. NH), Clara M. Page, aged two months (b. NH), and Haven Jewett, a farm laborer, aged thirteen years (b. NH). Joseph Page had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $900. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sally Dearborn, keeping house, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), and David Farnham, a farmer, aged sixty-two years (b. ME).
Maternal grandmother Lydia S. (Remick) Page died in Milton, March 6, 1871. Maternal grandfather Joseph Page died in Milton, in 1875.
After the death of his maternal grandparents, and throughout the 1880s and 1890s, Haven R. Jewett would seem to have split his time between farming in Milton Mills (and Wakefield, NH) and selling his farm produce in Boston, MA. He appeared in the Boston directory of 1880, as a clerk, boarding at 84 Appleton street.
Eugene B. Coleman, a drainpipe dealer, aged thirty-seven years (b. MA), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Georgia L. Coleman, aged twenty-five years (b. MA), and his lodgers, Haven Jewett, a grocery clerk, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), William Chase, a grocery clerk, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and Maria Fogg, a dressmaker, aged thirty-five years (b. ME). They resided at 84 Appleton Street.
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1883, as a clerk at 109 F.H. [Faneuil Hall] Market, boarding at 84 Appleton street. (Prior to the early 1970s, the Faneuil Hall-Quincy Market (North Market & South Market) complex housed wholesale grocery goods and produce, some of which is still available on weekends at nearby Haymarket).
Haven R. Jewett married in Wakefield, NH, November 29, 1883, Nellie Mary Sibley, he of Milton and she of Wakefield, NH. Rev. Joseph Spinney performed the ceremony. She was born in Watertown, MA, April 10, 1861, daughter of Richard F.D. and Emily E.E. (Buzzell) Sibley.
(The known children of Haven R. and Nellie M. (Sibley) Jewett were: Richard Irving Jewett (1884–1946), John Chase Jewett (1887–1931), Helen May Jewett (1889–1963), Emma Sibley Jewett (1890–1935), and Haven Furber Jewett (1899–1963)).
Son Richard Irving Jewett was born in Wakefield, NH, August 17, 1884.
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1886, as a clerk at 109 F.H. [Faneuil Hall] Market, boarding at Everett, MA.
Son John Chase Jewett was born in Wakefield, NH, April 19, 1887.
Daughter Helen May “Nellie” Jewett was born in Milton Mills, July 31, 1889. Daughter Emma Sibley Jewett was born in Milton Mills, September 11, 1890.
Father-in-law Richard F.D. Sibley died of diabetic mellites in Wakefield, NH, June 20, 1892, aged sixty years, six months, and eight days. He was a farmer. G.A. Allen, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1895, as a salesman at 3 North Market (Boston), with his house at Malden, MA. He appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1897, and 1898, as a clerk at 22 North Market (Boston), with his house at Sanbornville, [Wakefield,] NH.
Son Haven Furber Jewett was born in Milton Mills, November 9, 1899.
Haven R. Jewett, a farmer, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of sixteen years), Nellie M. [(Sibley)] Jewett, aged thirty-nine years (b. MA), and his children, Richard I. Jewett, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH), John C. Jewett, at school, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Helen M. Jewett, at school, aged ten years (b. NH), Emma S. Jewett, at school, aged nine years (b. NH), and H. Furber Jewett, aged six months (b. NH). Haven R. Jewett owned their farm, free-and-clear. Nellie M. Jewett was the mother of five children, of whom five were still living.
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Boston, MA, directory of 1900, as a salesman at 53 Commercial street, with his house at S. Wakefield, NH. Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directories of 1900, and 1902, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles north of the Milton Mills post office.
The Milton Selectmen of 1902-03 were H.R. Jewett, J.H. Avery, and F.B. Roberts. The Milton Selectmen of 1904-05 were H.R. Jewett, J.H. Avery, and C.A. Jones.
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1905, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles north of the Milton Mills post office.
MILTON MILLS, N.H. The Republican caucus on Monday for choice of a candidate for representative to the general court created quite an excitement for a few hours. In accordance with the usual custom, it was the turn of the Milton Mills end of the town to furnish the man and there were several aspirants for the honor. The contest finally narrowed down to Haven Jewett and Forrest L. Marsh when the votes were counted it was found that Jewett had 75 votes and Marsh 51. B.B. Plummer received the nomination for moderator and Elbridge W. Fox, Harry D. Coles and George D. Canney for supervisors of the check list (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), October 19, 1906).
Milton sent Haven R. Jewett to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative for the 1907-08 biennium. (He, a Republican, had received 188 votes [56.3%], while Joseph D. Willey, a Democrat, received 145 votes [43.4%], and Willis Holmes, no party affiliation, received 1 vote [0.3%]).
Rep. Jewett occupied House seat 04-49, boarded at 48 School Street in the capitol, and was assigned to the House Committee on the School for the Feeble Minded. He was credited with 186 miles travel allowance on the mileage roll. That would have been 93 miles either way, presumably a roundabout train journey).
On Wednesday, February 20, 1907, Rep. Whitcher of Haverhill, NH, brought forward HB 31: “An act extending municipal suffrage to women.” It came to the floor with an initial committee recommendation that it would be Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL), i.e., it should not be passed. Rep. Whitcher moved that it should be instead voted Ought to Pass (OTP). Rep. Lamprey interrupted with a motion that the bill be instead indefinitely postponed. Rep. Jewett voted with the minority of 77 members [25.6%] that opposed postponement, rather than with the majority of 224 members [74.4%] that voted in favor of indefinite postponement.
On Wednesday, March 20, 1907, Rep. Ahern of Concord, NH, sought to table a bill regarding primary elections. It sought to establish primary elections. (Candidates were then selected by their party’s town caucus). The tabling motion failed by a vote of 80 to 199. Next came a motion and vote on whether or not to indefinitely postpone the proposed bill. Rep. Jewett voted with the minority of 160 members [48.8%] that opposed indefinite postponement, rather than with the majority of 168 members [51.2%] that favored postponement.
MILTON. William T. Wallace and Ellsworth Hodgsdon are delegates to the State Convention in Concord next week to choose delegates for the National Republican Convention at Chicago. Haven Jewett and Ellsworth Hodgsdon are delegates to the district convention to be held at Manchester (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), April 24, 1908).
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1909, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles north of the Milton Mills post office.
The Milton Selectmen of 1909-10 were Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew, and Haven R. Jewett.
MILTON. Town meeting Tuesday of last week was the quietest held for years. Selectmen elected were Charles A. Jones, Samuel E. Drew, and Haven R. Jewett. Police officers were James H. Rines and Charles L. Beaton. At the school meeting, besides the usual appropriations, the sum of $200 was raised for fire escapes for the school houses at Milton and Milton Mills (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 19, 1909).
Here one may perhaps glimpse the courtship between daughter Helen M. Jewett and Lester A. Wiggin. He seemed to visit Union, Wakefield, NH, when she was there. (They would marry in in 1912).
UNION. Lester Wiggin, of Ossipee, was in town over last Sunday. Miss Emma Jewett, of Milton Mills, visited her sister Helen Jewett at the Union Hotel last Saturday (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), June 4, 1909).
MILTON MILLS. Gerry Ridley, contractor and road builder of Sanford, Me., was in town last Tuesday and spent some time with Haven R. Jewett in laying plans for the new piece of State road on School street (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 27, 1909).
UNION. Miss Helen Jewett, who has been quite sick, is improving. Lester Wiggin, of Ossipee, was in town last week (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 3, 1909).
Son Richard I. Jewett married in Milton, November 24, 1909, Sarah D. Lowd, he of Milton and she of Acton, ME. He was a farmer, aged twenty-five years, and she was a housekeeper, aged thirty-four years. Rev. William A. Hudson performed the ceremony. She was born in Acton, ME, circa 1875, daughter of George W. and Mary E. (Hersom) Lowd.
Haven R. Jewett, a farmer (general farm), aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-seven years), Mary N. [(Sibley)] Jewett, aged forty-nine years (b. MA), and his children, Nellie Jewett, aged twenty years, Emma Jewett, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Furber Jewett, aged ten years (b. NH). Haven R. Jewett owned their farm, free-and-clear. Mary N. Jewett was the mother of five children, of whom five were still living.
Mary E. [(Hersom)] Lowd, a widow, aged sixty years (b. MA), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Sarah D. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged thirty-five years (b. ME), her son-in-law, Richard I. Jewett, a farmer, (home farm), aged forty years (b. NH), and her servant, George A. Brackett, a farmer (general farm), aged forty-one years (b. ME). Mary E. Lowd owned their farm, free-and-clear. She was the mother of four children, of whom four were still living.
John Jewett, a sawyer (private mill), aged twenty-five years (b. NH), boarded in the Milton household of Fred Rowe, a hotel keeper, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census.
Daughter Emma Sibley Jewett married in Somerville, MA, November 2, 1910, Ralph Raymond Kennett, she of Milton and he of Sanbornville, Wakefield, NH. She was a domestic, aged twenty years, and he was a mail carrier, aged twenty years. Rev. Berton J. Jennings performed the ceremony. Kennett was born in Madison, NH, September 23, 1890, son of Charles H. and Abbie (Davis) Kennett.
SOMERVILLE. The marriage of Ralph R. Kennett of Sanbornville, and Emma S. Jewett of Milton, was performed last evening by Rev. B.L. Jennings, pastor of the Broadway M.E. church (Boston Globe, November 3, 1910).
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1912, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles No. Main, Horn’s Mills road, Milton Mills.
Mother-in-law Emily E.E. (Buzzell) Sibley died in Everett, MA, March 22, 1912, aged seventy-six years.
EVERETT. The body of Mrs. Emma B. Sibley, who died Friday night at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. William DeShon, 22 Andrew st., was taken to her home at Wakefield, N.H., this morning, where burial will take place in Lovell Lake cemetery. Mrs. Sibley was born in Acton, Me., 76 years ago (Boston Globe, March 25, 1912).
Daughter Helen M. Jewett married in Milton, June 26, 1912, Lester Arthur Wiggin, she of Milton and he of Ossipee, NH. She was at home, aged twenty-two years and he was a livery keeper, aged twenty-five years. Rev. Alfred E. Draper performed the ceremony. Wiggin was born in Tuftonboro, NH, in 1887, son of Arthur and Ella (Holmes) Wiggin.
MILTON MILLS. Miss Helen May Jewett of Milton Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haven Jewett, and Lester A. Wiggin of Ossipee were married at the home of the bride last Wednesday afternoon. They will be at home at Mirror Lake the first of August (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), July 5, 1912).
MILTON. The following have been drawn on the jury: Grand, Edward Nute; petit, John C. Townsend and Haven R. Jewett (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 13, 1912).
Haven R. Jewett appeared in the Milton directory of 1917, as a farmer, with his house 2 miles No. Main, Berry Hill road, Milton Mills.
John Chase Jewett of Sanbornville R.F.D, Milton, registered for the WW I military draft in Milton, June 5, 1917. He was a hoisting engineer for the Boston & Maine R.R. of Boston, MA, aged thirty years (b. Wakefield, NH, April 19, 1887). He was of medium height, medium build, with gray eyes and brown hair.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Dudley S. Perkins of Denmark has sold a tract of land in Bridgton to Lester A Wiggin of Wakefield N.H. (Portland Evening Express (Portland, ME), May 9, 1918).
Richard I. Jewett of Milton Mills registered for the WW I military draft in Kennebunk, ME, September 12, 1918. He was a farmer in Acton, ME, aged thirty-four years (b. August 17, 1884). His next-of-kin was his wife, Sarah L. Jewett. He was tall (6 ft. tall), with a medium build, dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes.
Haven R. Jewett, a farmer (truck farm), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mary N. [(Sibley)] Jewett, aged fifty-eight years (b. MA), and his children, John C. Jewett, a brakeman (Boston & Maine R.R.), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and Haven F. Jewett, a dynamo winder (General Elec. Co.), aged twenty years (b. NH). Haven R. Jewett owned their farm, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hiram H. Berry, a farmer (owner), aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and John R. Wentworth, a farmer (general farm), aged thirty-five years (b. NH).
Richard I. Jewett, a farmer (general farm), aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah D. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged forty-four years (b. ME), and his mother-in-law, Mary E. [(Hersom)] Lowd, a widow, aged seventy-eight years (b. MA). Richard I. Jewett owned their farm on the Springvale Road, free-and-clear.
Lester A Wiggin, a hotel keeper, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), headed a Bridgton (“Bridgton Village”), ME, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Helen M. [(Jewett)] Wiggin, aged thirty years (b. NH), his child, Richard I. Wiggin, aged three years, four months (b. NH), his father, G. Arthur Wiggin, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), and his hotel staff, Ida M. Whitney, a hotel domestic, aged thirty-seven years (b. ME), Marie O.C. Lombard, a hotel domestic, aged twenty-five years (b. ME), and Lucy A. Danforth, a hotel cook, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH). Lester A. Wiggin owned their house at 26 Main Street, with a mortgage.
Ralph R. Kennett, a mail carrier (Post Office Department), aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emma S. [(Jewett)] Kennett, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and his brother-in-law, Furber H. Jewett, a laborer (ice company), aged nineteen years (b. NH). Ralph R. Kennett owned their house, free-and-clear.
BRIDGTON. The Literary Club will meet at The Cumberland at its next meeting, Jan. 27, through the courtesy of Landlord and Mrs. Lester Wiggin. The program will deal with matters of interest to women voters (Portland Evening Express, January 23, 1922).
Son Richard I. Jewett, as well as George A. Buzzell, and Dana P. Winchell were elected Selectmen of Acton, ME, at its Town Meeting of March 12, 1923 (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 22, 1923).
Haven R. Jewett died of apoplexy in Milton Mills, February 5, 1924, aged sixty-seven years, five years, and three days. He was a farmer and lifelong resident of MIlton Mills. H.E. Anderson, M.D., signed the death certificate.
SANBORN DISTRICT. Ralph Kennett of Sanbornville was a business visitor in town last week (May 7, 1925).
Daughter Helen M. (Jewett) Wiggin and her husband, Lester A. Wiggin, sold their Cumberland Hotel in Bridgton, ME, and removed to Wolfeboro, NH.
BRIDGTON. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wiggin and family of Wolfeboro, N.H., were recent guests of friends in town. Mr. Wiggin, who was formerly proprietor of the Cumberland, has recently purchased a large house in Wolfeboro, which is being remodeled into a hotel with a portion reserved for his family use. It is not far from The Weirs, N.H. (Portland Evening Express (Portland, ME), December 1, 1926).
Son Richard I. Jewett, as well as Everett J. Lary, and Ralph S. Sanborn, as the Selectmen of Acton, ME, petitioned the York County commissioners regarding winter road closures, December 1, 1926 (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), December 9, 1926).
LESTER ARTHUR WIGGIN. The chief activities of the business career of Lester Arthur have been directed to providing a public hostelry meet the requirements of guests of good taste, as a result, the Wolfeboro Tavern has won its deserved repute as a most comfortable and well-equipped house, with its place of acknowledged leadership among the hostelries of its excellent and most attractive location in the Granite State. Mr. Wiggin is a host who has the good will of the hotel men and his associates, and the regard and friendship of his many guests, who appreciate the standard he maintains as a hotel keeper. Lester Arthur Wiggin was born April 19, 1887, at Tuftonboro, a son of George A. and Ella J. (Holmes) Wiggin and he attended the public of Tuftonboro. He at once entered upon his career, and learned the hotel business from the beginning afterwards becoming the proprietor and manager a hotel in Maine. After eight years of hotel keeping in Maine, Mr. Wiggin came to Wolfeboro here, in 1926, he purchased the Wolfeboro Tavern. This hostelry is a well-conducted inn of the type, and with its thirty nicely furnished rooms, in every respect modern. In political matters, Mr. Wiggin is a Democrat, and his allegiance is given to that party. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Fellows, at Milton, and he is a member of the Wolfeboro Chamber of Commerce. Lester Arthur Wiggin married June 26, 1912, at Milton, Helen May Jewett, daughter of Haven R. and Nellie M. (Sibley) Jewett and they have children: Richard I.; Lester A.; Haven J. (Pilsbury, 1927).
Son Haven F. Jewett married in Hampton, NH, June 30, 1928, Ethelda Mae Churchill, he of Watertown, MA, and she of Brookline, MA. He worked for Hood Rubber Co., aged twenty-eight years, and she was stenographer, aged twenty-one years. Rev. Herbert Walker performed the ceremony. She was born in Brookfield, NH, circa 1907, daughter of Charles I. and Ethel G. (Burhoe) Churchill.
Richard I. Jewett, a farmer (general farm), aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah E. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged fifty-four years (b. ME). Richard I. Jewett owned their farm. They had a radio set.
Rosetta Cilley, aged sixty-four years (b. ME), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Mattie Cilley, a stitcher (shoe factory), aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and her boarder, John C. Jewett, a trainman (steam railroad), aged forty-two years (b. MA [SIC]). Rosetta Cilley owned their house at 6 Spring Street, which was valued at $1,000.
Lester A. Wiggin, an innkeeper (hotel), aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included his wife (of eighteen years), Helen M. [(Jewett)] Wiggin, aged forty years (b. NH), his children, Richard I. Wiggin, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Lester A. Wiggin, aged eight years (b. NH), and Haven J. Wiggin, aged six years (b. NH), and his employees, Lucy Danforth, a housekeeper (hotel), aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), Mabel Dore, a housekeeper (hotel), aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), Marjorie Sibley, a housekeeper (hotel), aged twenty-two years (b. NH), and Nelson Remick, an odd jobs laborer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). Lest A. Wiggin owned their house on Center Street, which was valued at $15,000. They had a radio set.
Ralph R. Kennett, a mail carrier (R.F.D.), aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of nineteen years), Emma S. [(Jewett)] Kennett, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), his children, June E. Kennett, aged nine years (b. NH), and Gloria F. Kennett, aged three years, ten months (b. NH), and his mother-in-law, Mary N. [(Sibley)] Jewett, a widow, aged sixty-five years (b. MA). Ralph R. Kennett owned their house, which was not valued. They had a radio set.
Haven F. Jewett, a machinist (elec. appl.), aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Lynn, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of one year), Ethelda C. [(Churchill)] Jewett, aged twenty-three years (b. NH). Haven F. Jewett rented their apartment at 681 Western Avenue.
Son John Chase Jewett died of cardiac dropsy in East Rochester, NH, April 11, 1931, aged forty-three years, eleven months, and twenty-two days. He was a R.R. brakeman. Edson M. Abbot, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son Richard I. Jewett, as well as Charlie Horn, and Louis Young were elected Selectmen of [South] Acton, ME, at its Town Meeting of March 12, 1934 (Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 15, 1934).
Old Orchard Beach. Mrs. Emma Kennett, who was taken to the Webber hospital Saturday, is reported about the same. Her son, Ralph, from Silver Lake, N.H., and daughter, Miss Ethel Long, of New York, are here (Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), April 2, 1935).
Mrs. Emma S. [(Jewett)] Kennett was among those injured in a two-car collision in Wakefield, NH, on Saturday, May 11, 1935.
FIVE HURT AT SANBORNVILLE. Rochester, May 13. A doctor and an undertaker were among five persons injured late Saturday night when two sedans crashed on the outskirts of Sanbornville. Dr. Lewis Downing of Conway, dentist, was returning home when his car was struck by a sedan owned by Ralph Kennett, Sanbornville undertaker. Mrs. Nellie Robinson was driving the Kennett machine. Dr. Downing suffered injuries to his chest and lacerations. Mr. Kennett, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Kennett and Frank H. Robinson, all of Sanbornville, were treated at the Huggins Hospital at Wolfeboro (Portsmouth Herald, [Monday,] May 13, 1935).
Daughter Emma S. (Jewett) Kennett died of a pulmonary embolism in Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, NH, May 19, 1935, aged forty-four years, eight months, and eight days. She had been in an auto accident in Wakefield, NH, in which she fractured her nose and lacerated her knees. The embolism arose because of those contributing causes. Frances J.C. Dubee, M.D., signed the death certificate.
AUTO ACCIDENTS HURT 63 IN N.H. DURING WEEK. … Mrs. Emma Kennett, 44 years old, of Sanbornville, died last week of injuries received in an accident the week before (Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, NH), May 28, 1935).
Son-in-law Ralph R. Kennett married (2nd) in Sanbornville, Wakefield, NH, June 11, 1938, Lydia M. (McBride) Mulvey, he of Wakefield, NH, and she of Wolfeboro, NH. He was an undertaker, aged forty-seven years, and she was a housekeeper, aged forty years. Rev. H.D. Gasson performed the ceremony. She was born in Wolfeboro, NH, circa 1898, daughter of Frank and Bessie (Richardson) McBride.
Nellie M. (Sibley) Jewett died of arterio-sclerotic heart disease in Rochester, NH, September 11, 1939, aged seventy-eight years, five months, and two days. J.L. Hartigan, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Richard I. Jewett, a power shovel operator (state highway department), aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah L. [(Lowd)] Jewett, aged sixty-five years (b. NH). Richard I. Jewett owned their farm on the Milton Mills Road in South Acton, which was valued at $1,800.
Lester A. Wiggin, a hotel clerk, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Helen [(Jewett)] Wiggin, a hotel cook, aged fifty years (b. NH), and his children, Richard Wiggin, an iron heater (knife factory), aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Lester Wiggin, aged nineteen years (b. ME), and Haven Wiggin, aged sixteen years (b. ME). Lester A. Wiggin rented their house at 102 Charles Street, for $27 per month.
Furber Jewett, a salesman (ins. agt.), aged forty-one years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ethelda [(Churchill)] Jewett, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), and his son, Furber Jewett [Jr.], aged nine years (b. MA). [Haven] Furber Jewett rented their house on Factory Street, for $18 per month.
Son Richard Irving Jewett died of chronic lymphatic leukemia at the Frisbee Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, November 24, 1946, aged sixty-two years, three months, and seven days. He was a shovel operator. S.J. King, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Sarah L. [(Lowd)] Jewett, a widow, aged seventy-five years (b. ME), headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. Her household included her lodgers, Foster W. Adjutant, a wood chopper (lumber concern), aged thirty-five years (b. NH), and Mildred G. Adjutant, aged forty years (b. England). They resided on the “Milton Mills Rd. at the Junction of Windhill Farm.”
Lester A. Wiggin, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census, His household included his wife, Helen M. [(Jewett)] Wiggin, a hand trimmer (shoe factory), aged sixty years (b. NH). They resided at 25 King Street.
Haven Jewett, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ethelda C. [(Churchill)] Jewett, aged forty-three years (b. NH). They resided on Factory Street.
Son-in-law Lester A. Wiggin died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Frisbee Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, May 11, 1954, aged sixty-seven years. He was in the hotel business. J.L. Hartigan, M.D., signed the death certificate.
MILTON MILLS. Mr. and Mrs. Lester [Jr.] and Mrs. Helen Wiggin from Rochester called at the Jewett farm the past week (Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), March 7, 1963).
Daughter Helen May (Jewett) Wiggin died of a myocardial infarction at Liscomb Road in Gilford, NH, December 25, 1963, aged seventy-four years. She was a housewife. Mendon MacDonald, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son Haven F. Jewett died of congestive heart failure in the V.A. Hospital in Manchester, NH, April 14, 1963, aged sixty-three years. He was an insurance agent. H.P. Weatherbee, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son-in-law Ralph R. Kennett died in Sanford, ME, January 30, 1964, aged seventy-three years.
RALPH R. KENNETT. SANBORNVILLE, N.H. Ralph Raymond Kennett, 73, died Thursday at a Sanford Maine hospital. A native of Madison he had lived here more than 65 years and was a retired RFD mail carrier. He had operated a funeral home here for more than 40 years. Mr. Kennett was a past president of the Ossipee Rotary Club, was a member of Unity Lodge, [A.]F. and A.M., Carroll Chapter, RAM, Palestine Commandery the Bektash Temple, Unity Chapter, OES, the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Rochester Lodge of Elks, Syracuse Lodge of K. of P., the Wakefield Lions Club, Royal Order of Moose, Miltonia Lodge, IOOF, Lovell-Union Grange, the New Hampshire and the National Funeral Directors Association. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lydia McBride Kennett; two daughters, Mrs. June Eaton of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and Mrs. Gloria Duffy of Dover; a son, Rober Mulvey of Wolfboro, and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at St John the Baptist Episcopal Church here. Interment will be in Lovell Lake Cemetery (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), [Saturday,] February 1, 1964).
Daughter-in-law Sarah D. (Lowd) Jewett died in Sanford, ME, January 24, 1970, aged ninety-five years.
MRS. SARAH L. JEWETT. ACTON – Mrs. Sarah L. Jewett, 95, died early Saturday evening at a Sanford nursing home after a long illness. She was born here on Jan. 15, 1875, the daughter of George W. and Mary Hersom Lowd. She was the widow of Richard Jewett. Mrs. Jewett lived all of her life in the family homestead where she was born. She was the oldest citizen of Acton and the oldest member of the Acton-Milton Mills Baptist Church and was the holder of the Boston Post cane. She was also a member of the Dorcas Society and past noble grand of Sunrise Rebekah Lodge of Milton Mills. For many years she was prominent in community projects and organizations. Surviving are a nephew, George P. Lowd, and a niece, Miss Violette Lowd, both of Springvale, and several cousins. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Acton-Milton Mills Baptist Church with the Rev Galen Robertson officiating. Interment will be in the Milton Mills Cemetery in the spring (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), January 26, 1970).
Daughter-in-law Ethelda M. (Churchill) Jewett died in Wolfeboro, NH, August 20, 1987, aged eighty-one years.
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Milton Observer 