Elam Richardson Jewett (1810 - 1887)

Born 7 Dec 1810 in New Haven, Addison, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Wheeler) Jewett — married about 1838 in Vermont, USA

Died 10 Jan 1887 at age 76 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA

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Biography

Elam Jewett, who founded the first envelope manufacturing company west of New York City, published the Journal in 1838, merging it in 1839 with the Commercial Advertiser, retired and bought 400 acres of Daniel Chapin's farm land. He called his estate Willow Lawn. Jewett was a close friend of President Fillmore. The two had traveled together in Europe in 1856. ^[1]

His land was between the Granger farm (at Oakwood), the Russell farm (at Russell Avenue), Main Street, and Elmwood Avenue, and included the present meadow in Delaware Park. Also described as: Chapin's farm: most of the land from Granger's farm north to near the present South Campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo and south from Main Street to Elmwood Avenue. He was to become a key figure in the development of Parkside. Jewett is also noted as the person responsible for the realization of the Church of the Good Shepherd, located on the street that bears his name.

During Mr. Jewett's occupancy, the ample grounds were beautifully kept. A great willow, which gave name to the place, and stood not far from the front entrance, went down in a gale of 1901. A street now called Willow Lawn cuts through lands that were Mr. Jewett's garden.

Sources

1. ↑ Christopher Johnson Register Report

• Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 291, 501-5.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #22034645, a cenotaph, Riverside Cemetery, New Haven, Addison County, Vermont, USA
• Find A Grave: Memorial #46064623, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York.