The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-23
MORE Aeour DEWEY.


uon-Desoent From Alfred the Great.
When the result Of the battle Of
Manila became known, the e~xtraordi-
nary interest that was developed In the
hero of II was indicated by stories
about Dewey which were printed in
the newspapers not only OF this coun-
try, but of Europe. 1t was known that
Dewey had undergone a very serious
operation q few years ago. and a corre-
spcndent Of the Birmingham Post in
England has this to say about II:
II dare say the citizens Of the United
States generally are not aware how
very near they came to losing Admiral
Dewey early In 1883. and that the fact
Of his being still alive is. humanity
speaking. largely due to the clever sur-
gerry Of Inspector General of Hospitals
j.. N. Dick. r. N. date medical director
OF h navy. and Drs. Fitzgerald and
Yeo. r. N, surgeons of Malta Naval
hospital at that time. In February.
1885. l was a patient there: another was
Admiral Dewey. then In command Of
the United States corvette Juniata. He
suffered from abscess of the liver in a
very complex form. and was no ex-
pected to survive an operation to
which he had to submit. The yarn We
heard was that, when about to under
60 IL. the last words he murmured be-
ioit ht a 4oftt ny - ~
ence OF the a~naesthetic were: 'Tve
made up my mind, and I won't die and
he didn't, to the general establishment
After he became convalescent / used
sometimes to push him about the hos
pital gardens in a bath chair. and on
one occasion I remember his saying to
me (apropos of the operation): You
know, Tvs got q wife and children
depending on me at home. n I could
no. afford to die Just then / know
that the doctors said that nothing but
his extraordinary determination pulled
him through. and that they never had
a pluckier patient"
A few years ago q mar named
Browning took advantage of the grow
ing interest In genealogical investiga-
ton in this country to publish a vol
ume called Americans of Royal Des-
cent" in which he proved to his own
satisfaction and that of some OF his
credulous patrons that nearly every
New England family could claim des-
| cent from one or more English kings. II
was not unlike a recent book which
proves just as co~nclusively that every
Irish family may be traced back to
| ROYALTY, and in this book Browning has
included Admiral Dewey and assigned
| Alfred the Great as an ancestor OF his
in the following fashion:
Thomas Dewey came from Sand
witch. Kent. England. in the year 1888.
to Dorchester. Mass. He removed about
1855 to windsor. Conn, where on
| March %. 1888 he married the widow
OF Frances Clarke. He died at Wind
sor, April q. 164s. His son, Josiah
Dewey. born 1871, settled first at West
field. but subsequently removed to Le-
banon. o He married in 1862 Hep
zibah Lyman. Hepzibah Lyman was
| tho daughter of Richard Lyman of
/ UrindSn Cnnn u-hn liad in 1880 Riah-
| ard Lyman was the sixth in descent
from Elisabeth Lambert. who married
Thomas Lyman of Navistoke. Essex,
England, who died In 1903. Elizabeth
was the daughter OF Henry Lambert of
Ongar, Essex. who was the 18th In des-
cent from Princess Edgina, the grand
daughter of Alfred, and the daughter of
King Edward the Elder. She, after the
death of her first husband. Charles III.
of France, married Henry. third Count
de Vermandois and Troyes. Her grand
daughter married the son of Henry I.
of France. and their son, Robert. was
the first Earl of Leicester. Roberts
great-granddaughter married the first
Earl of Winchester, and her grand
daughter married a descendant of
DoIalbane, king of Scotland.
Seventh in descent from this last
couple was the Robert Lambert re-
ferred to. and from his daughter des-
cended the Richard Lyman who was
father to the Hepzibah. who married
the ancestor of Admiral Dewey. From
Josiah Dewey n Hepzibah Lyman
the descent Is as follows:
/. Josiah Dewey of Lebanon. Conn.
born 1866.
2. william Dewey of Lebanon, Conn.
born 1892: died 1853.
3. Simeon Dewey Of Lebanon. Conn,
born 171S: died 1851.
4. william Dewey, settled at Han
over, N. H.; born 1746; died 1919.
s. Capt. Simeon Dewey of Berlin. VT,
born ITO; died 1863.
6. DR.. Julius Y. Dewey Of Montpelier,
VT, born 1901: died 1877.
Z. Admiral George Dewey. born 1897.
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