The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-13
.DEWEYS SECOND COUSIN
She Is Now a Well-Known Resi-
dent of Anaconda.
RELATIONSHIP IS TRACED
Her Father and Dewey's Father We're
First Cousins, Having Been Sons of
Brothers-A Letter From
the Admiral

There is residing in Anaconda a rela-
tive, though distant, of Admiral George
Dewey She is Mrs. L. ]. Baker of 7O4
Locust street, and while she claims
only third or fourth cousinship with the
great sea warrior, study of her family
tree would show her to be a second
cousin or under canon law. related to
the admiral in the third degree of con.
sanguinity, or. under the civil law, re.
lated to him in the sixth degree.
Mrs Baker has informed very few
friends of her relationship to the great
Dewey. She was greatly surprised yes.
terday afternoon when a Standard re.
porter called at her home in search OF
information. 1t was with difficulty that
Mrs. Baker was induced to speak.
Yes, l am fourth cousin of AID.
miral George Dewey" said Mrs. Baker
finally, and l am proud of it,"
Mrs. Bakers maiden name was Miss
Florence Dewey. She was born in Rut-
land, Vt. Her father was Charles Car
roll Dewey. who was born in Randolph.
VT, on June Is. 1890, and her mother
was before marriage a Miss Abby King.
The following appears in Dewey" the
family book that has been prepared by
William Dewey, nephew of the admiral:
Charles Carroll Dewey son of Darius
Mann, born June Is, 1890, at Randolph.
VT: died June %. 1871, aged Al, at Hart
ford. Conn: at the age of IA he went to
Woodstock, VT: worked in print
ing office; afterward studied law with
the celebrated law firm of Tracy. Con-
verse & Barrett Converse afterwards
became governor of VermOnD: was adj
mitted to the Windsor county bar
a hnl1 ole Tt cd tn'S
ney and, had his health remained good
had the prospect of becoming a circuit
or probate judge at Rutland. Vt; a
fine orator and popular with his asso-
ciates; married Feb. l3. 1856, a Lud-
low, VT. Abby p. King, born April IS,
1896, died Aug. Is, 1863, at Rutland Vt;
he married md Oct 1864 at Rutland,
VT, Julia Fay Hodges. daughter of
Hon. Silas H. Hodges and Julia CFay)
of Rutland, Vt. and Washington. d. c..
born June "a, 1884. at Rutland VT: she
married End June 5. 1879. at Rutland,
Vt, Charles c. Merrill and they moved
to San Francisco. Cal, about 1879
The above appears in the ninth gen.
Grafton and by it is shown that Ad-
miral Dewey's father and Mrs. Bakers
father We're sons of brothers and hence
first cousins. She and Admiral Dewey.
being children of cousins are hence sec
Ond cousins. under the following detini-
ton found in the Standard dictionary:
THE children of brothers and sisters
are first cousins: the children of first
cousins are second cousins, etc. A first
cousin once removed is the child of ones
first cousin: a first cousin twice re-
moved is the grandChild of ones first
cousin, etc. A second cousin once re-
moved is the child of ones second, etc.
A first cousin once removed is some
times called a second cousin, second
cousin a third cousin and so on.
In this connection the following eX-
tract from Bryces American Common
wealth is interesting. as the Deweys
are a New England family:
In New England there are
many families, historic by the number
of eminent names they have produced,
which still flourish and count their
cousinhood by hundreds
Last November Mrs. Baker received
the following letter from Admiral
Dewey:
Flagship olympia Manila, oath oct,
1895 Mr.. Dear Mrs. Baker: My
nephew, William Dewey. has been at
work on the Dewey genealogy for years
and what he says on that subject goes
with me.
"Therefore. have no doubt we are
| cousins and | am glad of it.
Thanking you for your kind words
l am, sincerely yours,
GEORGE DEWEY"
Il have never met Admiral Dewey
! said Mrs. Baker. but my father was
intimately acquainted with him. We
are all very proud of him. | expect
to meet him in Chicago, as / will go
there after his arrival. I may attend
the reunion of the family in Vermont,
| if there is any possibility Of my going
| ! will surely invite him to come to
Anaconda, and who knows but We may
be lucky enough to have him come
! here"