The Changes Of Death

Dr. John R. Jewett, au oltl time student of medicine in Arm Arbor, (lied at his home in Lyons. Mich.. Saturday. ,He was boni in Saybrook, Conn., March 5, 1309. and in 1829 took up the study of medicine at Ann Arbor. In thefallof 1882 he accompanied Samuel Dexter to the Grand river valley, making the trip down Grand river in a canoe. The object of the trip was to select a location for a colony from Herkimer county, N. Y. Mr. Dexter hoped to secure the rich lands about Lyons but he was too late, as Lucius Lyon had preceded liim a few days and secured the prize. Mr. Dexter continued his journey to what is now Ionia city and secured lands there, upon which he made a settlement of this colony in 1833, Dr. Jewett was probably tlie last wliite man who sáw the Grand river valley as eaiiy as 1S82. The doctor returned to Ann Arbor to complete his studies, and later returned to Lyons, where he bas resided almost continuously since. He was the last survivor of his family, and his only living relative, so far hs known, ij the widow of the late Judge Lynïan Trumbull, of Chicago. Dr. Jewett was a polished gentleman, of line temperament, and quite independent in his views of life He was a firm believer in spiritualism, and during his last sickness was impatient to pass through the changes of death. He leaves a widow, two sons and one daughter.