This is my husband’s beautiful great-grandmother, Lucinda Amanda Jewell Ritchey! Only recently did someone send us a scan of this photo – and we were thrilled to get it! Lucinda was the daughter of Thomas W. Jewell and Zillah Ward. She was born March 18, 1849, in Rushville, […]
Zillah Ward and Thomas W. Jewell were married 167 years ago – October 7, 1846 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. Zillah was the daughter of Aaron Ward, born March 18, 1823, in Indiana. Thomas was the son of Ebenezer Jewell and Patience Quimby, born April 3, 1815, in […]
Zillah Ward and Thomas W. Jewell were married 166 years ago – October 7, 1846 – in Rushville, Illinois. Zillah was the daughter of Aaron Ward. Thomas was the son of Ebenezer Jewell and Patience Quimby. Thomas and Zillah had 9 children: Thomas T., Lucinda Amanda, Julia Miranda, […]
Charles T. Jewell was born 159 years ago – October 3, 1853 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. Charles was the son of Thomas W. Jewell and Zillah Ward. The family eventually moved to Fillmore County, Nebraska. Charles unfortunately died at the young age of 25. His siblings were […]
Thomas W. Jewell was born 197 years ago – April 3, 1815 – in Maine. Thomas was the son of Ebenezer Jewell and Patience Quimby. Thomas married Zillah Ward in 1846. They moved their family west to Schuyler County, Illinois, and finally to Fillmore County, Nebraska. Thomas and […]
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