1861 June 28: Joseph Dodge Jewett born, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.(d. February 20, 1940)
1902 May 29: J.D. Jewett Co., successor to J.D. Jewett & Co., is incorporated, with Joseph Jewett as president and Walter Vaughan as secretary.
c. 1909 Joseph Jewett and Walter Vaughan end their partnership; Walter Vaughan assumes control of the J.D. Jewett Co.