The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-30
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MONDAY. NAY 30, lsee.
The House of Dewey.


w grateful country is shower
ing upon Admiral Dewey,
somebody has provided him with a ped
igree, a good. nice. long pedigree COW
ering the entire American line of Dew
y Here II is:
/. Thomas Dewey came from Sandwich,
Kent, England. I'm the year 1853, to Dor
chester. Mass. He removed about 1888 10
windsor. Conn. where on March %. 1878.
he married the Widow Frances Clarke. He
died at Windsor April q, 164s.
2 Josiah Dewey. horn 1641. Settled first
At westfeld. but subsequently removed TO
Lebanon. conn. He married. In 1862. Hep
zibsh Lyman.
8. Josiah Dewey Of Lebanon. Conn. born
1854.
l. William Dewey Of Lebanon. Conn,
born 1852; died 1859.
s. Simeon Dewey Of Lebanon. Conn.
born lbs. died 175L.
G. william Dewey. settled at Hanover,
N. II. born l7i6: died 1918.
Z. Capt. Simeon Dewey OF Berlin, VT,
born 1T7o: died 1865.
& DIR. Julius Y. Dewey Of Montpelier,
VT. born 1901: died 1877.
9. Admiral George Dewey, born 1897.
IL may strike some people that the
details OF the lives OF some of the an
ttttOtS vi tht dbftlliai dit dAhti
meager. but IL does not require the inn
agination of a Walter Scott to I'LL in the
trifing historical hiatuses. They were
all good Americans: In his day and gen.
Grafton each was a prominent citizen,
and his death cast the customary pro-
found gloom over the community OF
which he so long had been a shining
ornament.
2 Thomas Dewey was urged by his
friends and %neighbors to come along
with them in the Mayfower in 1920. but
Thomas was attached to the old home
stead IND Miss Mary whipoorwil of
No. 49, Pennsylvania avenue. Liverpool,
80 he told the lodge that he'd stick II
out a few years longer until old King
James died. and then II Charles I. didn't
give him all the religious liberty he
wanted he would take the next steamer
and some Of "the same" James died
in 1926. and Mr.. Dewey didn't stand in
than the old. Mary whipoorwill shook
Tom for Mr.. Bass, the celebrated ale
manufactures, afterwards Duke OF
Of Buckingham, and In 1888 Thomas
came over to America in the good ship
suniower. with the resolute determine
tion to be a forefsther and beget a noble
line OF Deweys. capable OF taking any
thing at any time. from Manila to a
gin fzz. Thomas went 20 Dorchester.
where he fell in with Rodger williams.
who was just being tried by the synod
for heresy and sitting UP after Q o'clock
at night. When williams was banished,
Thomas took the same train down 10
CONNECTICUT with him. planted a colony
and . potato patch. and married the
Widow Clarke. whose FIRST husband
played euch a leading part in discover.
ing LIE wis q Clarke county. For several
years Mr.. AND Mr.. Thomas Dewe,
lived happily. pulling stumps. killing
Pequod Indians. educating a large fam
fly of children and doing the rest of tn
chores in an exemplary and God-fearins
manner.
Josiah Dewey. as the record states
was born In 16ll. and at the age Of 2
married Miss Hepzibah Lyman. tn,
belle Of the village. Josiah established
the first wooden nutmeg manufactor,
in Connecticut. carried on an EXTENSIVE
trading business with the Crows. siou,
and Blackfeet. ran the First Nations
bank OF Lebanon TIL the day OF III
bust. and was always prominent IN
prayer meetings and Indian massacres
Josiah Dewey. Jr.. born In 1866. wa
--r-fN.,- -.
Of his time. He was a trail blazer In
his way. using witches for blazing ma
feriaL He could convict more witches
on less evidence than any other man IN
the school district. and his fame as
witch burner and Quaker persecutol
spread to such q distance and attained
such remarkable proportions in every