Hewett, Sumner B
legislator, jurist, was born June 22, 1833, in Northbridge, Mass. He was principally educated at the East Douglass academy; became a school teacher; clerked in a store; and subsequently an accountant in Boston. In 1854 he married and moved to Wright county, Iowa, and there established the Eagle Grove farm; and Judge Hewett was the real founder and principal owner of the beautiful city of Eagle Grove. In 1861 he was appointed judge of the county court; received the re-election; and in 1862 was appointed collector of internal revenue. In 1871 he was elected to the general assembly of the state of Iowa; and the session following was made chairman of the agricultural college committee, and also a member of several other important committees. For ten years he was a member of the board of directors of the Iowa State Agricultural society. For twenty years his wife had charge of the postoffice.
He has been prominently identified with the growth and prosperity of Iowa, and is one of the representative men of that state. Judge Hewett spends his winters in California; and has a beautiful residence and home in Santa Barbara, where he is very popular.
HEWETT, WATERMAN THOMAS, educator, author, was born Jan. 10, 1846, in Miami, Mo. He is an educator who has held the chair of German literature at Cornell university since 1883; and is the author of The Frisian Language and Literature; Aims and Efforts of Collegiate Study of Modern Languages; and Mutual Relations of High Schools and Colleges.