Jewell, Fenn, farmer, sec. 29, P. O. Pine Island. Born in Cataraugus county, N. Y. in 1844. Came to this county with his father, Moses, in 1855, where he lived until 1864, when he enlisted in company H, 5th Minn. V. I. Participated in battles of Nashville, Spanish Fort, Ala., and all others in which that regiment engaged. Was honorably discharged at the close of the war; mustered out at Fort Snelling in the spring of 1865. Returned home and engaged with A. B. Cron in the hardware trade one year, when he disposed of his interest to Cron and formed a co-partnership with J. Hawkins in the manufacture of brick, but in 1868 sold to Perkins, and purchased 80 acres of land. Same year married Evaline Brink. She was born in Marion, Iowa, in 1851. Moved on his present estate of 80 acres in 1876, valued at $60 per acre. Edith M. and Fannie are their living children. Lost one, Moses. (History of Goodhue County, Including a Sketch of the Territory and State of Minnesota, Wood, Alley & Co., Red Wing, Minnesota, Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, 1878, Page 640)