Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Jewell SR was born on 29 July 1847, in Sebago, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Jewell, was 44 and his mother, Nancy Jane Tripp, was 35. He married Cornelia Adelaide Rounds Jewell about 1860, in Baldwin, York, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 26 March 1914, in Baldwin, York, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in West Baldwin Cemetery, West Baldwin, Baldwin, York, Massachusetts, United States.
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- George W Jewell, "United States Census, 1870"
- George Washington Jewell, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jewell in entry for Everett Hartford and Gertrude E Jewell, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for "medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated "purchaser", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Cornwall): from an Old Breton personal name, Iudhael, composed of elements meaning ‘lord’ + ‘generous, bountiful’ (see Jewkes ), which was borne by a 7th-century Christian saint, a king of Brittany who abdicated and spent the last part of his life in a monastery. Forms of this name are found in medieval records not only in Devon and Cornwall, where they are of native origin, but also in East Anglia and even Yorkshire, where they were imported by Bretons after the Norman Conquest. The name was seemingly reintroduced from France in the 17th century by Huguenots.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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