Missouri Death Certificate
Born February 20, 1857 in St Louis, Missouri to Henry Tomlinson (born Conn) and Elizabeth (Temple) Tomlinson (born Missouri). Married to James H. Hewit. Last known address was 824 Goodfellow, St Louis, Missouri. Passed away April 8, 1927 at St Luke's Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, aged 70 years 1 month 18 days. Buried April 11, 1927 at Bellefontaine Cemetery, ST Louis, Missouri.
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Eleanor Charlotte Tomlinson Hewit was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1857, the daughter of Henry Theodore Tomlinson and Elizabeth Brown Temple and granddaughter of Caleb Tomlinson and Susan Meeker. She was a great great granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Wheeler, of Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, who enlisted in the Eighth Regiment under Capt. Abraham Waterhouse. Wheeler enlisted again as Cpl. with Capt. Nathan Stoddard, who under Col. Chandler, marched on Peekskill, and later fought at Flatbush, Harlem Heights, Monmouth, and Germantown, and wintered at Valley Forge 1777-1778.
Miss Tomlinson married James Hillhouse Hewit in June 1877. Mr. Hewit was the son of Dr. Henry Stuart Hewit, who was born in Fairfield and is buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum in Bridgeport with his mother Catharine Sophia Hurd. His grandfather was Rev. Nathaniel Hewit, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport at the time of his death in 1867. Rev. Hewit's second wife was Susan Eliot, a daughter of Rev. Andrew Eliot, prominent pastor of Fairfield's First Church Congregational during and after the Revolutionary War.
Besides being a member of the Eunice Dennie Burr chapter, Mrs. Hewit was on the Executive Committee of the Fairfield Red Cross Auxiliary No. 29 and the secretary of its Children's Branch. During the Spanish-American War the Fairfield auxiliary organization rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point and also made clothing for Cuban refugee children.
Mrs. Hewit and her family moved to her native St. Louis in 1900 after living for several years in the Fairfield-New York City area. Mrs. Hewit continued her membership in the DAR by joining a local chapter. Her daughters Eleanor Tomlinson Hewit Bull and Katharine Hurd Hewit Garrison were also members, as was a granddaughter, Eleanor Tomlinson Bull.
(Thanks to member Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
Born February 20, 1857 in St Louis, Missouri to Henry Tomlinson (born Conn) and Elizabeth (Temple) Tomlinson (born Missouri). Married to James H. Hewit. Last known address was 824 Goodfellow, St Louis, Missouri. Passed away April 8, 1927 at St Luke's Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, aged 70 years 1 month 18 days. Buried April 11, 1927 at Bellefontaine Cemetery, ST Louis, Missouri.
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Eleanor Charlotte Tomlinson Hewit was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1857, the daughter of Henry Theodore Tomlinson and Elizabeth Brown Temple and granddaughter of Caleb Tomlinson and Susan Meeker. She was a great great granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Wheeler, of Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, who enlisted in the Eighth Regiment under Capt. Abraham Waterhouse. Wheeler enlisted again as Cpl. with Capt. Nathan Stoddard, who under Col. Chandler, marched on Peekskill, and later fought at Flatbush, Harlem Heights, Monmouth, and Germantown, and wintered at Valley Forge 1777-1778.
Miss Tomlinson married James Hillhouse Hewit in June 1877. Mr. Hewit was the son of Dr. Henry Stuart Hewit, who was born in Fairfield and is buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum in Bridgeport with his mother Catharine Sophia Hurd. His grandfather was Rev. Nathaniel Hewit, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport at the time of his death in 1867. Rev. Hewit's second wife was Susan Eliot, a daughter of Rev. Andrew Eliot, prominent pastor of Fairfield's First Church Congregational during and after the Revolutionary War.
Besides being a member of the Eunice Dennie Burr chapter, Mrs. Hewit was on the Executive Committee of the Fairfield Red Cross Auxiliary No. 29 and the secretary of its Children's Branch. During the Spanish-American War the Fairfield auxiliary organization rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point and also made clothing for Cuban refugee children.
Mrs. Hewit and her family moved to her native St. Louis in 1900 after living for several years in the Fairfield-New York City area. Mrs. Hewit continued her membership in the DAR by joining a local chapter. Her daughters Eleanor Tomlinson Hewit Bull and Katharine Hurd Hewit Garrison were also members, as was a granddaughter, Eleanor Tomlinson Bull.
(Thanks to member Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
Missouri Death Certificate
Born February 20, 1857 in St Louis, Missouri to Henry Tomlinson (born Conn) and Elizabeth (Temple) Tomlinson (born Missouri). Married to James H. Hewit. Last known address was 824 Goodfellow, St Louis, Missouri. Passed away April 8, 1927 at St Luke's Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, aged 70 years 1 month 18 days. Buried April 11, 1927 at Bellefontaine Cemetery, ST Louis, Missouri.
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Eleanor Charlotte Tomlinson Hewit was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1857, the daughter of Henry Theodore Tomlinson and Elizabeth Brown Temple and granddaughter of Caleb Tomlinson and Susan Meeker. She was a great great granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Wheeler, of Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, who enlisted in the Eighth Regiment under Capt. Abraham Waterhouse. Wheeler enlisted again as Cpl. with Capt. Nathan Stoddard, who under Col. Chandler, marched on Peekskill, and later fought at Flatbush, Harlem Heights, Monmouth, and Germantown, and wintered at Valley Forge 1777-1778.
Miss Tomlinson married James Hillhouse Hewit in June 1877. Mr. Hewit was the son of Dr. Henry Stuart Hewit, who was born in Fairfield and is buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum in Bridgeport with his mother Catharine Sophia Hurd. His grandfather was Rev. Nathaniel Hewit, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport at the time of his death in 1867. Rev. Hewit's second wife was Susan Eliot, a daughter of Rev. Andrew Eliot, prominent pastor of Fairfield's First Church Congregational during and after the Revolutionary War.
Besides being a member of the Eunice Dennie Burr chapter, Mrs. Hewit was on the Executive Committee of the Fairfield Red Cross Auxiliary No. 29 and the secretary of its Children's Branch. During the Spanish-American War the Fairfield auxiliary organization rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point and also made clothing for Cuban refugee children.
Mrs. Hewit and her family moved to her native St. Louis in 1900 after living for several years in the Fairfield-New York City area. Mrs. Hewit continued her membership in the DAR by joining a local chapter. Her daughters Eleanor Tomlinson Hewit Bull and Katharine Hurd Hewit Garrison were also members, as was a granddaughter, Eleanor Tomlinson Bull.
(Thanks to member Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
Born February 20, 1857 in St Louis, Missouri to Henry Tomlinson (born Conn) and Elizabeth (Temple) Tomlinson (born Missouri). Married to James H. Hewit. Last known address was 824 Goodfellow, St Louis, Missouri. Passed away April 8, 1927 at St Luke's Hospital, St Louis, Missouri, aged 70 years 1 month 18 days. Buried April 11, 1927 at Bellefontaine Cemetery, ST Louis, Missouri.
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Eleanor Charlotte Tomlinson Hewit was one of 16 women from Fairfield, CT, who in 1894 founded the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1857, the daughter of Henry Theodore Tomlinson and Elizabeth Brown Temple and granddaughter of Caleb Tomlinson and Susan Meeker. She was a great great granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Wheeler, of Woodbury, Litchfield Co., CT, who enlisted in the Eighth Regiment under Capt. Abraham Waterhouse. Wheeler enlisted again as Cpl. with Capt. Nathan Stoddard, who under Col. Chandler, marched on Peekskill, and later fought at Flatbush, Harlem Heights, Monmouth, and Germantown, and wintered at Valley Forge 1777-1778.
Miss Tomlinson married James Hillhouse Hewit in June 1877. Mr. Hewit was the son of Dr. Henry Stuart Hewit, who was born in Fairfield and is buried at Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum in Bridgeport with his mother Catharine Sophia Hurd. His grandfather was Rev. Nathaniel Hewit, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Bridgeport at the time of his death in 1867. Rev. Hewit's second wife was Susan Eliot, a daughter of Rev. Andrew Eliot, prominent pastor of Fairfield's First Church Congregational during and after the Revolutionary War.
Besides being a member of the Eunice Dennie Burr chapter, Mrs. Hewit was on the Executive Committee of the Fairfield Red Cross Auxiliary No. 29 and the secretary of its Children's Branch. During the Spanish-American War the Fairfield auxiliary organization rendered assistance to convalescent soldiers from the camp at Montauk Point and also made clothing for Cuban refugee children.
Mrs. Hewit and her family moved to her native St. Louis in 1900 after living for several years in the Fairfield-New York City area. Mrs. Hewit continued her membership in the DAR by joining a local chapter. Her daughters Eleanor Tomlinson Hewit Bull and Katharine Hurd Hewit Garrison were also members, as was a granddaughter, Eleanor Tomlinson Bull.
(Thanks to member Jeanne Stevens (47795852)
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Buried April 11, 1927
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