Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30


village at half-past three Tuesday morning
Julius Ycmans Dewey, the last surviv
ing of the eight children of Simeon Dew
ey, Esq, was born in Berlin, VT, Angus
%, 1901. He was an energetic. working
boy, and went through with the usual Ia
Dor Of New England farmers boy. Ane
leaving the common school he ATTENDED
the Washington County Grammar School
where he and Paul Dillingham; wer,
school,males.
To get the means for his education h,
taught school for five or six winters il
Montpelier and adjoining towns, carrying
on, of course, in the meantime his studies
He received his degree as Doctor 0
Medicine from the University of Vermont
in 1928, but had begun practicing here in
Montpelier the year before. On receiving
his degree he went into practice as part
ner of DR.. Edward Lamb, with whom he
continued some years.
June 9, 1925 DR.. Dewey married Mary
daughter of Zachariah Perrin, Esu., Of
Berlin, by whom he had four children who
survive him: Charles and Edward, resi-.
dents of Montpelier; George, command.
or in the United States Navy and now
Light House Inspector of the Boston dis.
trict and Mary Perrin. wife of DR.. Geo.
P. Greeley of Nashua, N. H. Mrs. Dew
ey died Sept. 8, l843, In August 1S45, Dir.
Dewey married Mrs. Susan L. Tarbox of
Randolph, who died in 1854. The next
year DR.. Dewey married Mrs. Susan G.
Lilley of Worcester, Mass, who survives
him.
The doctor soon had large practice
and for more than quarter of century
continued in the business of IL successful
physician riding night or day and gener-
ally getting the poorest pay for the longest
ride over the hardest road
About 1850 he abandoned his practice
and went to work organizing the business
OF the National Life Insurance COMPANY
of Montpelier. The first year he acted as
its General Agent, but The second wear
he was elected president of the companv
and remained at its head until his death
Tie successful building up and manage.
ment of this company has been full proof
of his business sagacity and energy.
The doctor was Jealous Churchman
and was through all the history of Christ
Church in this village one of its most ear
nest members, being at various times, YES
tryman, warden and treasurer.
He was vigorously in favor of the build
ing of the Montpelier and Wells River
Railroad and put both money and influence
into the enterprise. During the war he
was an earnest supporter of the govern
ment and it is due to men of his cast of
mind to say that but for their steadfast and
sometimes violent patriotism the chances
are that the discouragements of defeat
would have made the country sick of the
war before victory was gained.
DR.. Dewey was strong man, and a
man Of intense personality. He did not
hesitate to proclaim that the thing he be-
lIeved right was right, Or to denounce any
body who assailcd it us wrong. He was
outspoken to n fault if he had cared for
what is commonly called popularity. lie
had sturdy, hearty faith in himself in
his party and in his church.
In 1871 he was dangerously sick and
came very near death. Curiously for 4
man OF his temperament and strong hold
OF life, he seemed to be then willing to die
and has since then thoroughly accepted the
knowledge that his lease of life was liable
to be terminated on very brief notice. 1T
is now evident that as a physician he pro-
iesslonally understood his own case and IFS
probabilities. His disease was gout in the
stomach which ultimately affected the
heart.
He was out Saturday for the last time
though about the house the day before his
death. Monday morning he had fainting
spell. That evening he retired at nine
o'clock and slept quietly. Somewhat after
two o'clock Tuesday morning Mrs. Dewey
found him to be in convulsion. She gave
him restoratives and he recovered for the
moment speaking understandingly to her,
only to fall back and quietly die.
The funeral will be at Christ Church
at half-past two p, NJ.