DR. C. M. HEWITT, physician and surgeon, Boscobel; is a native of Oneida Co., N. Y.; when a boy, he commenced the study of medicine with his uncle in Batavia, N. Y.; he afterward came to Canada and continued his course of studies with Dr. Merrick about three years; studied with Dr. Nash about two years; he then came to Detroit and continued his studies under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Henry; graduated in the winter of 1838-39, at the College of Physicians at the New York University; he then returned to Canada and commenced the practice of his profession at Port Rowen and St. Thomas; continued about two years; in 1841, came to Grand Detour, Ill.; thence to Grant Co., Wis.; in 1859, he removed to Boscobel; he has practiced in Lancaster, Potosi and other places in this county; he is the oldest practicing physician in Grant Co. He was one of the School Commissioners whose duties were examining school teachers, etc. He was married in 1840 to Miss Lizzie Nash; she was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.