The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
MORE About DEWEY.
How de Refused 20 Die from an Operation
HIS Descont from Alfred the Grent.

How dc Refused 10 Die from an Operation
His Descent from Alfred the Great.
When the result of the battle at Manila be-
came known, the extraordinary interest that
was developed in the hero of 1t was indicated
by stories about Dewey which were printed In
the newspapers not only of this country, but of
Europe. 1t was known that Dewey had under
gone q very serious operation a few years ago,
and a correspondent of the Birmingham Post in
England has this to say about It.:
II dare say the citizens Of tho United States
generally arc not aware how very near they
came to losing Admiral Dewey early In 1888,
and that the fact Of his being still alive is, hui
manly speaking. largely due to the clever sur
gerry OF lnspector-Goneral OF Hospitals j. N.
Dick. r. n. date Medical Dlrector-G General of
the Navy, and Drs. Fitzgerald and Yeo. r. N.
surgeons of Malta Naval Hospital at that time.
IN re So. ISu 1883 ssI was 2 patient there; an;
tho United States corvette Juniata. He
suffered from abscess of the liver in
pected to survive an operation to which
he had to submit. The yarn we heard was that,
murmured before he became quite under the
influence OF the anfsthstic were. I've made up
general astonishment. After he x IIa% m c ono
yalescent l used sometimes to push him about
tho . Hospital gardens IT, II a bath chair. and on one
of the operationl. You know, I've got a wife
and children depending on me at home, and1
the doctors said that nothing but his extraordi.
nary determination pulled him through. and
A few years ago a man named browning took
advantage OF the growing interest in Renealog-
Volume o@iied" "Americans Of Royal bReesDccteSnnt,aA
n which he proved to his own satisfaction and
nearly % ev sG%S Se Sr E has enS'1 fs%iiy p sonla cl tans
descent from one or more English Kings, 1t
Az nnEIn that aVAFV ria nj ma ~ h..
inE has Included Roar ADMIRAL Dewey and as
signed Alfred the Great as an ancestor of his in
Thomas Dewey came from Sandwich. Kent.
He removed about 1855 TO Windsor Coma.
whore, on March %, 1888, he married the
xx prPi 81 EriiGSGfssS ' fHlE I'll. son, H josiah GlSa b g. wlnqbs S2n
164l, settled first at Westhrld. but subse-
quently remoyed to Lsbanon. Conn. He
lyman wa: the daHaStsr Of Richard hh Lyman Of
Windsor. Conn., who died in 1862. Richard
Lambert, who married Thomas Lyman Of Navi-
stoke ,EsieI, England who died in 1909. Elizabeth
Essex, who Was the seventeenth in descent from
Princess EdEina. the granddaughter Of Alfred,
ssRRss. a r. f the assih Of q A a!SaF Fs E SS.Ssn thS cH El9SS;
vermSndSis and Troyes., Her granddaughter
son. RobsPt' Was the Srsft Earl Of 'LL oiess soe ROB- ROB-
ert's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES married the nrst Earl
q defendant OF, Donalbane, King Of Scotland.
"ssysnth in descent from this last couple was
daughter descended the Richard Lyman who was
father 70 the HSpzibsh Eho married tho ances;
HepIibah Lyman the descent is as follows:
Josiah Dewey OF Lebanon. Conn.,. born
2 William Dewey OF Lebanon. Conn, born
2 simeon Dewey of Lebanon. Conn. born
l7l9j died 1901.
4. William Dewey, settled at Hanover, N. H.;
born l746; died 1918.
9; Capt. simeon Dewey of Berlin, Vt. born
a 1s Julins Z; Dewey of Montpelier. W..
q. Admiral George Dewey. born 1887