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George Edward Sewall, 71, for many years in charge of the office of the Lemuel Soars wholesale and retail grocery house here, died November 17 at the home of his daughter, Mrs Henry T. Andrews of 2 Berwick road, Lexington. During the past 25 years he had been a realtor in and around Boston, summering for 28 years in Westmoreland, N.H. Besides his daughter, he leaves a widow, Mrs Charlotte (French) Sewall, and two brothers, William M. Sewall of Boston and Walter A. Sewall of Concord.⁵

After graduation from high school in 1939, George joined the Army and served as a medic during World War II, taking part in many of the island campaigns. After his discharge in 1945, George worked for the U.S. Health Service and later in life ran the old Sewall Sporting Camps, Mattawamkeag Lake.¹

A Community Leader.
Mr. Sewall was 67 years old. He was born In Virden, Ill., on November 8, 1860, and grew to manhood there. He was graduated from Blackburn university, Carlinville, Ill., with the degree of A.B. in 1883, and three years later was given the degree of A.M. by the same university. Following his graduation, he filled the position of assistant professor of botany in Blackburn university, having specialized in that study. In 1885 he purchased the Virden Reporter, of which he was editor and publisher about fifteen years. He also served a term as postmaster at Virden.
He came to Carthage twenty-seven years ago and became connected with the Carthage Evening Press, of which his brother, W.J. Sewall, is editor and publisher.
He was interested in agricultural and horticultural development in this district, giving much of his time and efforts to both. He founded the Jasper County Boys' Corn Show more than fifteen years ago, conducting it almost single handed until this year. He was president of the Ozark-District Fair Association, relinquishing that position last year because of failing health. He was in charge of the horticulture department last year and was vice president of the fair association at the time of his death. He also was a member of the board of managers of the state fruit experiment station at Mountain Grove, having been appointed to that post by Governor Hyde.
He was active in all civic affairs of the community, often dropping his personal affairs to devote his entire attention to some civic project. He assumed the leading role in the movement for the Memorial Hall here six years ago, working unceasingly under adverse conditions to raise the necessary funds for its construction. He was secretary of the Memorial Hall Association at the lime of his death and was personally in charge of all its affairs, devoting a major portion of his time to the work. He was a Mason, a member of the Lions Club and an active member of the Carthage Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Sewall was never married. In addition to the brother residing here, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. H.M. Dubois of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. E.E. Dodd of Springfield. Mrs. Dubois is now in a hospital in Wichita with a broken hip and will be unable to attend the funeral. Joplin Globe, 16 November 1926.²

Former, Bismarck Girl Married.
The Minneapolis Times says: "Mary Adelyn Stoyell and George M. Sewall were quietly married at their future home in the Rappahannock flats on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Charles Bayard Mitchell in the presence of only a few intimate friends and relatives. The bride looked very pretty in a beautiful tailor-made gown. A simple ring service was read, after which light luncheon was served in the dining room. The rooms were tastily decorated with smilax and American Beauty roses. Both bride and groom are well known here and have a large circle of friends. Mrs. Sewall is a post graduate of the Manning college of this city, and has achieved considerable fame as a reader, not only here but also in the east, where she has pursued her studies. Mr. Sewall is claim agent for the London Guaranty and Accident company here, and is also prominently known as a singer, being basso in the Church of the Redeemer quartet, and also a member and manager of the Metropolitan male quartet. They will be at home at 603 Ninth street S. after March 1."³

A stroke, followed by other complications, resulted in the death Saturday of George Mitchell Sewall, 75, who was until the time of his retirement in 1925 superintendent of the J. I. Case company's Main works.
Mr. Sewall, the son of David A. and Harriett C. Sewall, was born March 6, 1864, in Island Falls, Maine. In 1880, he went to Minneapolis and from there in 1893 to St. Paul, where he was employed by the Walter A. Wood Harvester Co. until 1897, when he came to Racine. He and Etta M. Parker were married May 26, 1887. Fraternally, Mr. Sewall was a life member of Belle City Lodge No. 92, F. & A. M. and also was affiliated with Orient Chapter No. 12, R. A. M; Racine Council No. 5, R. & S. M., the Acacia club and Lakeside Camp No. 379, Modern Woodmen of America.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Masonic temple. Burial will be in Mound cemetery. Friends may call tonight at the Thronson funeral home. The body will lie in state at Masonic temple from noon Tuesday until service time.
Survivors are his wife, a son, Fred A. Sewall, of Racine; a sister, Mrs. Mary S. Hllman, of Island Falls, and two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Genevieve. Racine Journal Times, November 27, 1939.⁴

He was a picture frame manufacturer.

George O. Sewall, Jr., 91, of Pittsburgh Circle, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at the Jameson Care Center following a brief illness. Born July 13, 1924, in Rochester, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late George O., Sr. and Elmira Fleming Sewall of Newton Falls, Ohio. He was formerly married to Mary Louise Gillespie Sewall, who passed away March 26, 2011.
George was a graduate of Kent University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He practiced law for over 60 years in Ellwood City and was a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Lawrence County Bar Association.
He was a Lieutenant Commander serving in World War II as a pilot. George was instrumental in the founding of the Del Mar Golf Course and the Beaver Valley Yacht Club. He belonged to the Connoquenessing Country Club and the Ellwood City Saxon Club and was a 50 year member of Lodge #462 of the Free and Accepted Masons and Leading Star Chapter #79, Order of the Eastern Star in Newton Falls, Ohio.
Surviving are his four children: Pamela (Tim) Powell and George (Sandy) Sewall, III of Ellwood City, Patricia Sewall of Malvern, PA, and Penny (Tim) Wallis of Zionsville, IN; his seven grandchildren: Tiffany (Mike Horanski) Powell, Robert (Abby) Powell, Kaitlyn (James) Hyde, Tierney and Cara McQuaid, and Hayley and Dustin Wallis; three greatgrandsons: Aidan Horanski, Preston and Evan Powell, and one sister, Jane Macklin of St. Louis, MO.¹

"He accompanied his parents to Farmington as a child, where he attended the Farmington Academy. Being unable to afford a college course, he started the study of medicine, with his uncle, Moses Shaw, but finding this distasteful to him he determined upon the law as a profession and entered the office of the Hon. Hiram Belcher, where he studied the subject to such good purpose, that he was admitted to the Maine bar, in 1833, when but twenty-two years of age. He settled for a time at Dexter, but in June 1835 removed to Old Town, which was then growing rapidly and was the largest lumber working town in the country. Here he engaged in the practice of his profession, and rapidly made his way to a position of leadership therein. In 1842 he was elected to the Maine legislature and was eight times returned to that body. He was Speaker of the House in 1851-52. From 1853 until 1857 he held the office of Collector of Customs at Bangor. In 1862, although a Democrat, he was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue by Abraham Lincoln and continued in that office until 1869. In all the public posts held by Mr Sewall he exhibited a capacity and disinterestedness, which gained him a high place in the esteem and affection of the community and there were few figures in Maine, better known or better loved than he. During the Civil War he performed a valuable service for his country, it being largely through his influence and exertions that two full companies of soldiers were enlisted principally from Old Town to fight for the cause of the Union. In spite of his party affinity, he was returned to Augusta as Old Town's representative at the outbreak of the war by a vote of 381 to 17. He worked incessantly during the four years of that tremendous struggle and exerted a wide influence both in the State, and in the Nation" Maine: a history, 1919.