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ISLAND FALLS – William W. Sewall II, 89, died Oct. 15, 2007, at Mount Heights Nursing Home. He was born March 31, 1918, in Island Falls, the son of Fred S. and Phyllis (Garvarich) Sewall. He was married to Cleo (Price) who survives him. Bill served in the Army Artillery as a high-speed radio operator. He farmed with his father and cut hardwood logs until 1962, when he went to work for Maine Public Service Co. He retired from Maine Public in 1980. For many years Bill was a deputy sheriff for Aroostook and Penobscot County sheriff’s departments. He was an accomplished cabinetmaker and made many fine pieces of furniture for his relatives and friends. Bill was a victim of Parkinson’s disease and spent the last few years of his life at Mount Heights Rest Home, Patten. He leaves two sons, William W. Sewall III and his wife, Joyce, of Washburn, and David O. Sewall and his companion, Jill Willett, of Dyer Brook; five grandchildren, Lynne Bokovosky and friend, Kim Vincent, of Somersworth, N.H., David D. and his wife, Kim, of East Millinococket, Levi S. and his wife, Andrea, of Hermon, Heidi Prentice and her husband, Rob, of Rochester, N.H., and William W. Sewall IV and his wife, Ruth, of Bangor; eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary C. Sewall of Houlton; and one brother, George Sewall of Caribou Veterans’ Home. He was predeceased by his parents; and one sister, Elizabeth Schurman of Island Falls.¹

William Winter Sewall enrolled at Illinois College in 1853 and graduated in 1856. He was a member of Sigma Pi Literary Society. Following graduation, he moved to Virden, a new township in Macoupin county, about 20 miles south-east of Jacksonville which had been laid out only four years prior. He married Susan E. Cox of Virden, Il on December 9, 1858 and they had four children. A carpenter by trade, William was engaged in contracting and building, erecting many structures near Virden, including the edifice of the First Presbyterian church.
In 1862 William enlisted as a volunteer in the Union army and served for three years. He was shot through the leg in an attack on Fort Blakely, a confederate stronghold near Mobile, Ala., a conflict which owing to the slowness of communication of the period, was fought after Lee had surrendered to Grant and the war was already won. He was discharged and returned home after some three months in Sedgwick hospital in New Orleans.
Soon thereafter William was engaged in the flour milling business until he and his family moved to Carthage, Missouri in 1885 where he had a ten acre tract well set to fruit, just south of the city, which he started in 1886. It was then bare prairie but he built a large house and planted 1,000 fruit trees. These were chiefly pears and apples of the Duchess and Ben Davis varieties. He also had about five acres in small fruits in a flourishing condition and high state of cultivation, giving promise of fine crops. He expected to employ from 40 to 50 hands during the picking season and shipped with the Carthage Fruit Exchange, being one of the organizers thereof.

His military record notes that he was appointed 2nd Lt AGD Oct. 17/17 fr CL. 1st Lt May 16/18. Org: Statis Div AGO to disch. Overseas service: None. Hon disch for conv of Govt: Oct. 27, 1919.⁷

"Willis F. Sewall received his early education in the town schools of his birth-place and at Wilton Academy, Wilton, Maine, and Westbrook Seminary, Deering, Maine, graduating from the former in 1883 and from the latter in 1886. These institutions were preparatory schools, and after completing his studies therein Mr. Sewall attended Tufts College at Medford, Mass., from which he graduated in 1890, with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. He held the preparatory school prize scholarship for high rank throughout his college course. He was editor-in-chief of the Class Annual in his junior year at Tufts College, by choice of the faculty. He was instructor in French and English composition and assistant Librarian at Tufts College during the two years following his graduation, and he entered the Albany (N.Y.) Library School, in the fall of 1892.
He served as indexer to the New York State Commission in Lunacy, in 1893-4; was cataloguer of the Sauppe Collection of Classical Philology in the Bryn Mawr College Library, in 1894-5, and librarian of the Wilmington (Del.) Institute Free Library, from 1895 to 1899, when he returned to Maine in poor health. In the winter of 1902-03, he served as cataloguer at the Grolier Club Library in New York City, from the last named place he came to Toledo, Sept. 1, 1903, and in the position of librarian of the Toledo Public Library he has rendered efficient service and performed the duties thereof in a manner entirely satisfactory to all. In politics, Mr. Sewall gives allegiance to the men and measures of the Republican party."

Jones, Winifred Sewall age 94, died in La Jolla, Calif, Nov 12. Born & lived in Mpls, later moved with husband, David Gale Jones, to LkMtka. They retired to CA in 1966. She was an active member of Circle of Service, Plymouth Congregational Church, Mpls. Graduate of Smith College, Northampton, Mass. She is survived by a daughter, Caroline DeDreu, Cinn; son, Edmund Sewall Jones. Redlands, CA; 7 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be 2pm Sat Nov 19 in the chapel of Plymouth Church. Reception will follow in the church Guild Hall. Family requests no flowers. Memorials may be made to Plymouth Church, 1900 Nicollet Avenue.⁶

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SEWELL, ADRIAN VALENTINE-Lieutenant. Born 21st November, 1892, at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Father, Stephen St. A. Sewell, Manager, Perkins Insurance Company. Entered the service of the Bank, 7th December, 1917. Enlisted, May, 1918, from Hamilton branch, in 255th Canadian Battalion, with the rank of Lieutenant. Transferred to 2nd Canadian Tank Battalion, 26th September, 1918.
NOTE : Lieutenant Sewell had been wounded, 14th June, 1916, and discharged from the Army before joining the service of the Bank, 7th December, 1917.