Background
Elisha Payne Jewett was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire on June 5, 1801. He was the son of Nathan Jewett (1767–1861) and Ruth Payne (1770–1828), early settlers of Montpelier, Vermont. Ruth Payne Jewett was the daughter of Elisha Payne.
Elisha Payne Jewett was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire on June 5, 1801. He was the son of Nathan Jewett (1767–1861) and Ruth Payne (1770–1828), early settlers of Montpelier, Vermont. Ruth Payne Jewett was the daughter of Elisha Payne.
Elisha Payne Jewett was raised and educated in Montpelier, and at age 15 he was apprenticed to Daniel Baldwin, a local merchant.
Jewett"s business success enabled him to later become a gentleman farmer. Jewett was also one of the original commissioners of Montpelier"s Green Mount Cemetery. Jewett died in Montpelier on August 19, 1894.
He was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.
In 1861 Jewett married Julia Kellogg Field of Brattleboro, Vermont. They were the parents of a daughter, Ruth Payne Jewett (1865–1934).
The Elisha Jewett House at 157 State Street is part of the Montpelier Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A Whig in politics, Jewett served as Vermont State Treasurer from 1846 to 1847, and he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1855. Jewett became a Republican when that party was founded in the mid-1850s, and was one of Vermont"s presidential electors in 1872.
He was also president of the Bank of Montpelier and a member of the board of directors of the Montpelier Savings Bank. Jewett served in the militia as a colonel and member of the staff of Charles Paine when Paine served as Governor.