APPHNDIX A. 
OBITUARY. 
P. A. JEWELL. 
Drep—At his residence in Lake City, on Saturday, May 25, 1878, Puinzas 
Anson JEWELL, aged 49 years, 4 months and 15 days, 
The deceased was born in New York, January 10, 1829. At the age of twenty- 
five he entered Oberlin College, but subsequently changed to the medical depart- 
ment of the Michigan State Umiversity, where he graduated. During the war 
he answered the call for physicians in the Army of the Potomac, and entered the 
hospital at Washington, remaining there until disabled by severe illness. His 
health required him to discontinue the practice of his chosen profession. In 1863 
he was united in marriage with Catherine J. Underwood, M. D., and located at 
Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he engaged in the nursery business. The 
subsequent failure of Mrs. Jewell’s health led him to seek 2 home in Minnesota. 
He spent a year in looking over the State for a favorable location, and in April, 
1869, settled in Lake City, establishing, in company with his brother-in-law, 
J. M. Underwood, the Lake Pepin Nurseries, that have since become so favorably 
known throughout this and adjoining States. 
Yor a year or more his health had been very poor, and for several months he 
was confined wholly to his room, his recovery being deemed almost hopeless; 
receiving the best treatment and care that medical attendance and loving friend- 
ship could bestow. At his own request, a post mortem examination was made 
on Saturday, which was conducted by Dr. Edward A. Patton, assisted and wit- 
nessed by Drs. G. R. Patton and C. D. Vilas. The examination disclosed the 
fact, unknown and unsuspected by either Mr. Jewell or his physicians, of the 
existence of a large cancer in the stomach, which was undoubtedly the cause of 
his long illness and death. 
Such, in brief, are the main features of biographical interest in the life of 
a prominent citizen just passed away, who was intimately known and sincerely 
respected in this community. His business gave him an extended acquaintance, 
being away from home a great deal m attendance upon pomological and horti- 
cultural meetings, in the discussions of which he always sustained an active part. 
He made a close study of our climate, and its adaptability to certain varieties of 
fruit and ornamental trees. His experience has been especially successful, and 
will in the future, as in the past, prove highly valuable to all interested in this 
