John S. Jewell (1814-1898) - Find a Grave Memorial

John S. Jewell Veteran

Birth

7 Oct 1814

Saratoga County, New York, USA

Death

9 Aug 1898 (aged 83)

Bishopville, Morgan County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Bishopville Cemetery

Athens County, Ohio, USA Add to Map

Plot

Lot 118

Memorial ID

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According to his Civil War records, John S. Jewell was born in Saratoga Co., NY. There is no conclusive evidence for John's actual date of birth. All records are conflicting. The closest I can come to estimating it correctly is 07 October 1814 (using his age at the time of his death).

He married Catharine Ann Wagner on 08 June 1848 in Athens Co., OH. They had at least eleven children, all born in OH:

- Laura Jane Jewell Applebee (1850-1936)
- Mary Jewell McGrath (1852-1905)
- Emma K. Jewell Shaner Hill (1854-1935)
- James B. Jewell (1854-1938)
- George W. Jewell (1859-1941)
- William Jewell Sr.(1861-1935)
- John Sherman Jewell (1866-1928)
- Anna M. Jewell Kinder (1867-1945)
- Etta C. Jewell Frazier (1870-1946)
- Charles Clarence Jewell (1873-1957)
- Amanda Jewell Stedman Williams (1876-1967)

John served as a private in Co. H, 63rd Reg., O.V.I. during the Civil War. He enlisted on 26 November 1861 and was mustered out on 23 July 1864. He received a pension for injuries sustained during his service. Those injuries plagued him until his death in 1898.

Inscription

Large family marker:
JEWELL
Charles C. 1872-19__
John S. 1814-1898
Catharine 1829-1915
Anna Kinder 1867-1945
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal
(NOTE: Family stories indicate that John & Catharine's daughter, Amanda Jewell Stedman Williams, is also buried here, but her name was never added to the marker.)

Military marker:
JOHN
husband of
CATHARINE JEWELL
DIED
at Bishopville,
AUGUST 9, 1898,
AGED
83 YEARS, 10 MO'S, 21 DAYS
A soldier of Co. H, 63rd Reg. O.V.I.
No pain, no grief, no anxious fear,
Can reach our loved one sleeping here.