David J.M.A. Jewett
Birth Jan 1834
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death 19 Nov 1909 (aged 75)
Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Burial Capitan Cemetery
Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA
Memorial ID 82860379 · View Source
Gender: Male
Role: Veteran
Residence Date: Jun 1890
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State):
White Oaks, Lincoln, New Mexico
Enumeration District: 37
Year enlisted: 1861
Year discharged: 1867
Rank: Bria general
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THE KINSLEY REPUBLICAN
Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas
Saturday, July 3, 1880
Page 1, Column 4
Mr. D.J.M.A. Jewett, of New Orleans, La., is a guest of Mr. W.F. Blanchard’s. He is a gentleman with whom it is a pleasure to meet. He has traveled a great deal and has gathered a fund of practical information not possessed by many, coupled with this is the faculty of conversational powers highly entertaining. Mr. Jewett was a member of the old Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry, with which we were brigaded for nearly three years. He was for about two years on General Hancock’s staff and has high respect for him as an officer, but will not support him for the Presidency, believing him incompetent to occupy so high a civil position as Chief Magistrate. He carried the colors of the 78th Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs) at the battle of Alma [The Battle of the Alma (20 September 1854), which is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War (1853–1856), took place just south of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under General St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan defeated General Menshikov’s Russian army, which lost around 6,000 troops]. Since the war, he has done active and efficient service for the Republican party of the South, being the trusted, confidant and adviser of the leaders of that party, particularly in Louisiana.
He was the author of our very interesting New Orleans correspondence during the campaign of 1876. He will spend the summer in the mountains of Colorado.
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HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO
Its Resources and People
Volume 1
1907
Pages 344 and 345
D.J.M.A. Jewett, engaged in the practice of law at Capitan, came to New Mexico in 1866 in command of United States troops. He was born in Massachusetts and was educated in England and France, being a student at Rugby, Woolwich and Sandhurst, in England. He prepared for his profession as a law student in Middle Temple, in London, and acquired a knowledge of engineering in military schools. At the time of the Civil war, espousing the Union cause, he became a private of the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry and later was a member of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Infantry. He served in all of the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, and entering the army as a private he won promotion from time to time in recognition of his meritorious service until he gained the rank of brigadier general. With previous military experience as a lieutenant-colonel in the British army, he rendered valuable aide to the United States government in the efforts to preserve the Union. As stated, he came to New Mexico in 1866 with a command of United States troops. Attracted by the opportunities of this great and rapidly changing country, he returned to the Territory, and in July, 1880, located at White Oaks, where he followed civil engineering. Eleven years were there passed, during which time he enjoyed a good patronage in his business and was also a prominent and influential factor in the work of the public development and improvement. In 1880, he was chairman of the Detective Association formed to suppress the lawless element and protect the citizens against the outlaws known as “Rustlers.” He has ever stood as an advocate of progress, right, reform and improvement, and has done much to uphold the political and moral status of the communities with which he has been connected. He conducted business as a civil engineer until 1889, when he resumed the practice of law, for which he had prepared in England, and in which he has since continued. He was also special agent of the land office and was inspector of surveys in New Mexico. In 1891, he removed to Lincoln, where he continued in the practice of law, and in 1896 he came to Capitan, where he opened his office and has since engaged in the prosecution of his profession, having a liberal and distinctively representative clientage. In the trial of a case he is strong in argument, careful in his preparation and logical in his deductions and has won many notable forensic contests. He is also interested in mining.
Mr. Jewett has long been recognized as a leader in the ranks of the Republican party in the Territory, and in 1884, in connection with W.H.H. Llewellyn, Wallace Holt and George B. Barber, of Lincoln, he organized the Republican party in Lincoln county. He continued as an active participant in the management of the party affairs until 1892, when he retired from political circles as a manager of party interests, but in 1902 again entered upon active work in behalf of Republican successes. A man of intellectual force and scholarly attainments, he has exerted a strong influence in behalf of progress and improvement, and he is today one of the leading citizens and prominent lawyers of the New Mexico bar.
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ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
November 20, 1909
OLDEST INHABITANT OF CAPITAN IS NO MORE.
Colonel Jewett, Veteran of Two Wars, Claimed by Death.
Capitan, N.M., Nov. 19. – Colonel D.J.M.A. Jewett, a veteran of the Crimean and Civil wars, a famous duelist in Europe and an Indian fighter of New Mexico, died this morning, aged 77. He was a native of Boston and was Capitan’s oldest citizen.
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THE NEW MEXICAN
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Saturday, November 20, 1909
Page 1
VETERAN OF CRIMEAN WAR
Colonel D.J.M.A. Jewett Had Thrilling Career in His Day.
VICTIM OF STRONG DRINK
Double Funeral at Capitan –
Child Found Dead in Bed.
Colonel D.J.M.A. Jewett, who died recently at Capitan in Lincoln county, was in many respects a remarkable man. Born in the City of Boston about 77 years ago, he received a good education, partly in the high schools of England. He became a peerage of one of the most prominent English officers, a member of the nobility during the Crimean war and served as an aide of that officer through the war. Returning to the United States he entered the service as a private in a Massachusetts regiment and served during a period of about four years being promoted to a lieutenant for meritorious conduct. After the War of the Rebellion, he was appointed collector of the port at New Orleans and became quite prominent in the politics of the state of Louisiana. In 1876, Colonel Jewett was a member of the electoral commission that decided the election in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes, being chairman of the Louisiana Electoral delegation that was recognized. He came to New Mexico about 1879 as U.S. inspector of surveys and had lived in Lincoln county about 25 years when he died. He was influential in the organization of the Republican party in that county. Colonel Jewett was a man possessed of a great intellect and possessed a wonderful memory. Strong drink, however, was his bane and incapacitated him, like so many other in his later days, from a useful career.
Child Found Dead in Bed.
Capitan, N.M., Nov 20. – Just as night was falling two solemn corteges filed from Capitan, made their way across the open country and halted at the burying ground in the foothills.
Then the silvery moonlight, surrounded by almost every resident of the town, the eldest and the youngest resident of Capitan were laid to rest in graves but a few feet apart.
As the mist blew down from the mountains, the last of the earth was placed upon the graves of Col. D.J.M.A. Jewett, 77 years old, veteran of the Crimean war, famous duelist in Europe, Indian fighter in New Mexico in the early days and the dean of the settlers who came here when the country was young and adventure plentiful. The other the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hurt, who was found dead in bed [Sonny Hurt – Find A Grave Memorial# 14508547].
The strange burial brought out not only the greater portion of the residents of the town, but many persons from other places. The last rites over the bodies held simultaneously in the gathering night was an impressive occasion and one that will be remembered by those who witnessed it for a long time.
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Wife, Ruth Abigail Fielding Jewett
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Daughter, Elsie Stuart Campbell Jewett
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Family Members
Spouse
Ruth Abbie McAllister Jewett
1834–1919
Children
Elsie S.C. Jewett
unknown–1966
David John Fielding Jewett
1862–1908
Alexander Hill Jewett
1867–1890
