Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-12
Marshall Jewell.

ness interests H Intelligence of the death of ex-Governor | and ex-Postmaster General Marshall Jewell l
 at his home in Hartford, shortly after 9 l
 o'clock Saturday night, reached here soon
 after the event. and was sorrowfully dis
 cussed by his many personal and political
 friends in this city. The news transmitted to
 other towns hereabouts was sadly received,
 and few were prepared for hearing that Mir.
 JeweIl's busy life, filled with the rewards of
 industry and honor, had so soon been brought
 to 8 close. A cold caught in New York led
 to the attack of pneumonia which proved fatal. His sufferings, though severe, were apparently endured with good sense and courage rare in extreme anguish. During the afternoon MT. Jewell said to a physician at his bedside: Doctor. how long does it take ?" The doctor inquired what he meant. Governor Jewell replied: 'tHow long does it take for man to die ?'' When told that his end was near, he calmly acquiesced in the declaration, remarking: ':An right, doc tor ?'' There were with him during his closing hours, besides members of the fami- ly, Dr. Loomis, of New York, specialist in lung disorders, and Dr. Curtiss, the family physician.
 In New Haven the rather portly form and cheerful countenance of the deceased were
 
 possessed more winning grace of manner, and few indeed have been so fortunate as he in securing friendships of most desirable character.
 There have arrived in Hartford his two daughters, Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, of New York, and Mrs William M. Strong, of De. troit, the latter reaching there Sunday morn ing, and both accompanied by their hus- bands, besides others of the family and many friends of the relatives of the deceased. His father, Pliny A. Jewell, is dead. His mother, now 80 years of age, sur wives him, together with the sisters already mentioned. His brother, Harvey Jewell. of Boston, died about year ago; a sister, Mrs. Coleman, whose adopted daughter is the wife of John Russell Young, died in Paris nine years ago. His other brothers, with whom he was associated in business are Pliny, Ly- man B. and Charles A. Jewell
 The deceased was in his 5Sth year, having
 been born in Winchester, N. H., October 20, 1925. He was of the family stock of Thom- as Jewell, of Braintree, Mass, whose family came from England about the year 1900, and also of the same family as Bishop John Jewell, who lived in Devon and died in 1871. The father of Marshall Jewell was of the Congregational faith and in business tan ner. The deceased was the fourth of ten children. He removed to Hartford in 1845 with his father, who died in 1865. When IS years of age he was apprenticed to John Cummings Son, tanners, of Woburn, Mass.
 Business became dull and in 1847 he learned
 telegraphing at Rochester, N. Y, and be- came acquainted with ex Governor Cornell, of New York, who was then in the same bus mess. This acquaintance was continued until death. From Rochester he went to Akron, N. Y, and took charge of telegraph office. Then he went South and constructed tele. graph lines between Louisville and New Or
 leans. He was at Columbia, Tenn, in the
 Presidential contest of 164S, and took an
 active part in the election of General Taylor
 In the spring of 1849 he had charge of an office at Jackson, Miss, where he became disgusted with the pro-slavery harangues and wrote many condemnatory letters north. J. D. Read offered him the superintendency of telegraph line between Boston and New York and he accepted the position, but oc- cupied it for short time only. The manu- facture of leather belting was then in it's infancy. He studied it carefully with his father, and finally the firm of Pliny Jewell $ Sons was established. This was on the 1Bt of January, 1850. The house is still doing a fourishing business. The surviving partners are Marshall Jewelps three brothers. From 1852 to 1857 he was in the West extending the business Of the firm, which had 8 reputation for making the best belting. The interest he took in the business continued even during his public career. In 1860 he became special partner in the house of Charles Root & Co.,, dry goods jobbers of Detroit. He vas also
 one of the original members of the Phoenix Fire Insurance company, of Hartford, char ter member of the Travellers Insurance company, and from 1855 8 director in the Hartford bank. In 1859 and 1860 he was in Europe on business for the firm, and when the rebellion broke out he hurried home to as- sist 1n the tlaining of troops He was in ac- tive sympathy and cooperation with the san ! ity and Christian commissions. He revisited Europe in 1865 and 1866, going into Africa, up the Nile, into Syria, Turkey and other coun- ! tries. In 1867 he attended the Paris exposi- ! ton and returned to Connecticut the same year. General Hawley was then the Republican candidate for reelection as Governor, and he actively interested him [ self in his behalf. He was chairman of the { local committee, and ran for the State Sen. ate in the First district The Republican ' ticket was defeated, and he with the rest, but he ran ahead of his fellows. The tact and vigor displayed by him in this cam paign led to his nomination for Governor against James B. English, but he was de- feated. In 1869 he was elected over MT. English, but in 1870 he was defeated by < him. In 1871 he was again elected, and | in 1872 received majority of only over Richard D. Hubbard He met General Grant at Henry Farnam's residence in | New Haven in May, 1873. When, shortly afterward, he was in Detroit, on business, he heard with much surprise that President Grant had sent his name to the Senate as minister to Russia. July ?, 1873, he sailed with his family to St. Peters burg, and while there, aided by his expert ence as a tanner, discovered the secret of the manufacture of Russian leather. He sent to Jackson s. Schultz, of New York, the mate- rials with which it could be made and the necessary information, stipulating that the knowledge should be made the common -.G YI.sT the Czar's court he also negotiated 8 trade mark treaty between Turkey and Russia. In July, 1874, he accepted the position of Postmaster General in placeaof Cresswell and on his way home obtained much information about the workings of the Berlin, Paris and London postal systems. Soon after his ar rival home he recommended that the Ameri- can telegraph lines be placed under the con- trol of the government, thus seconding Cress- wells efforts. The people interested how ever, were too powerful for him. He dis covered fraudulent contracts and straw bids, and did much to cleanse the depart
 ment. The carriage of postal his introduction. December 25.. 1875, he negotiated system of unusual privileges be- tween this country and Canada. July IS, l S76, he returned to private life, and devoted himself to his business. In 1880 he became chairman of the National Republican commit
 
 of William Dickinson, of Newburg, N. Y. to ' whom he was married October 6, 1852 It
 is mentioned as sad coincidence that both the father of Arthur M. Dodge and the father of his wife were lying dead and awaiting burial
 The New Haven Register of Sunday morn ing, in giving some particulars of ex-Govern- or Jewells life, said: No man in so conspicu- ous position was so deeply loved by people generally. He had an eminently attractive disposition, which made his political as well as his business career successful. The feel ing of regret will be shared by the State at large.
 Much of Governor Jewel1's popularity and success was the outcome of his genial, aniable and friendly manner. That he had kind and tender heart was true, and no one better
 understood the art of making people happy. It is related of him, to show how thought fully he cared for those attached to him by family ties, that his daughter Florence, who was married under an arch of mignonette, had sent to her from the old home to Michigan, every Saturday, bunch of similar flowers, and it is said that the will of the deceased contains provision that the gift be contin- ued
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