News of the death of John W. Tew reached Blair last Friday, but no particulars as to his death are obtainable. Mr. Tew was an old resident of Washington county, coming here in 1869. He will be remembered by old residents as being the man who built the first blacksmith shop in Blair. He leaves but one member of the family, and that a son now a practicing attorney at Cheyenne. He was a brother of Mrs. Rice Arnold and aside from the immediate members of the family, he leaves a host of friends who held him in high esteem. The funeral today at the residence of Rice Arnold at 2:00 o’clock will be in charge of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member. Mr. Tew left Blair about eight years ago and has since lived at Cheyenne.

#2-Published in the Blair Courier August 1, 1901

The body of John Tew arrived here last Sunday from Cheyenne, Wyo., in the care of his son Charley and the burial took place on Monday afternoon. Mr. Tew was a resident of this town for many years and his mother and other members of the family are buried here. He had been troubled some with his heart and a doctor told him to go to the hospital where he could have better care. He went there and sometime in the night got up and went out in the yard and fell dead. His body was found there in the morning. His son Charley lives in Grizzly but was in Cheyenne that day so he brought the body here for interment. Mrs. Rice Arnold is a sister of the deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Bige Arnold were up from Omaha to attend the funeral.

#3-1 Aug., 1901 - The Pilot - John W.

John Tew, whose funeral took place in Blair Monday under the direction of the Masonic lodge and who died July 25th, was born at Auburn, New York April 3, 1845, and removed to Calhoun, Nebr. in 1856 coming to Blair in 1869 where he lived until about 1886. His death was the result of heart disease, which has troubled him for several years. His son, Charles, a practicing attorney of Greeley, Colorado, had arrived the night before his father’s death, but owing to the lateness of the hour of his arrival, he did not go up to the house, and thus did not arrive until after his father’s death. Mrs. Tew, on account of sickness, was unable to accompany the body to Blair.

Find A Grave # 115752357 ~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clipping on file at the Blair Public Library.~~~