Friday, July 25, 2014

HIS EMPLOYEES FURNISHED HIS TOMBSTONE - Thomas H. Jewell

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  1. I am Thomas and Jemima Jewell's great grandson. Thank you for posting this information. I was aware of the family history but had never seen his gravestone and did not know his employees paid for it. From all accounts, he must have been a very interesting man. His father died when he was 8 years old and living in Cornwall, England with his mother. His mother, Sarah Jewell, brought him to Troy, New York but she and his brother died from cholera soon after they landed.

    He was featured in an advertisement for International Correspondence School in Popular Mechanics in December 1910. You can see it on Google Books.

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