The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-14
DEWEY FIGHTING STOCK
anew York Man and Expressl

tNeW y Ofk MAIL anu Lap 1872
The name of Dewey is a good one TO
wear in Montpelier where the family Is |
the leading one of the town. In the ol-
rectory this name appears u times, but
the 12tn man to bear it is not related
to the others. Old DR.. Dewey, the head
of the family, was one of the pioneers
in life insurance, and he founded
company which does, it is said the lar
gest business of any company IN yer
mont DR.. Dewey's son Charles IS lts
president, and the next son, Edward, is
a director. 1t was not so many years.
ago that the villagers used to say that
George would nave done better If he
had followed in his brothers footsteps.
What is called the largest fire lnsur-
ance company of the state is also locat-
ed in Montpelier, and William T. Dew
ey, son of Charles Dewey, is Its treas
urer. II
DR.. Dewey removed from the old
farm at Berlin before his youngest son
was born. Berlin is a small settlement
about four miles above Montpelier
Here still reside several members OF the
Perrin family into which the elder
Dewey married. Here is the unpreten-
tious farmhouse that sheltered previous
three residences in Montpelier that are
pointed out to strangers. One of these
is the handsome brick cottage of Ed
ward Dewey, standing opposite the
capitol on State street, and on the very
spot where the original Dewey house
stood. The second is the commodious
residence of Charles Dewey, farther
down the street, and facing the river.
The third, and the most interesting, is
the old Dewey house itself, removed
from its proper site and occupied by the
family of another.
This house stands back a short dis
lance from the sidewalk, and is the last
one on the river side of the street. 1t is
in the colonial style, and unpretentious
! enough now, but comfortable, and, in
| its day, more than an ordinary resi-
| dence. In the wing to the right, on the
ground floor George Dewey was born.
! There is a marked resemblance be-
tween the members Of this family
| From the brows up Charles Dewey re-
peats the admiral's head very faithful
/ ly. He has the same striking black
| eyes and heavy black brows, but is a
| taller man than George, or indeed than
! the average of the Dewey race. Ed
ward Dewey has practically retired
/ from business and his leisure is occu-
| pied with the pursuits of a man of cul-
! tivated tastes. The shape of his face
is different from his younger brothers,
but the eyes are very like.
| Mary Perrin Greeley, the companion
of Georges childhood days, lives in
| Montpelier the quiet life of refined
gentlewoman. She and the admiral are
nearly of an age and the closest ties
have always bound them. The letter
which he sent her after the battle re-
| oil ~f e
ration. He wrote: "Just a line to thank
you for your kind letter of April 6. and
also for your prayers for my safety.
Perhaps they did help; who knows?'
In personal appearance and perhaps in
character, the widowed sister more
nearly resembles the admiral than does
either of his brothers.
DR.. julius Yemans Dewey had strong
| qualities, and his portrait shows the
face Of cultured and forceful man. A
quick tongue and a certain philosophic
| humor were part of his equipment.
| Admiral Dewey comes honestly by
his fighting qualities. There have been
| Deweys in every war since Thomas
Dewey, called the Settler, built his cot
| tage in Dorchester in 1888 OF the adj
| miraPs brothers. one If them sent his
two sons to the war with Spain, and the
son Of the other volunteered but got no
| opportunity to serve, because Vermonts
quota was already filled The Vermont
regiment, by the way. was commanded
by a cousin of the family.
In the civil war the admiraPs next
elder brother, Edward, enlisted and
came back a captain, and his eldest
brother, Charles, was only prevented
from going out by the circumstance
that his father was the examining sur.
| geon, and frankly told him that two
sons out of three were enough, and he
would refuse to pass him The regi.
ments that went out from Vermont
suffered more severely than those from
any other state, and among them
marched two dozen Deweys. In a sin.
| gle Massachusetts regiment We're six
| Deweys, commanded by a relative OF
ADMIRAL Dewey's mother. From as far
west as Illinois came 70 Union soldiers
of the Dewey blood.
| In the war of 1872 fought 10 Deweys
| The Josiah branch of the family fur
| nished "a soldiers to the revolution.
| There was Dewey parson in southern
| Vermont who adjourned church service
to fight with Stark against the Hes
slams at the battle of Bennington and
then returned and completed his SER
mon There was a Corp. Dewey who
| took part in the first skirmish at Lex
/
| Dewey is related to the Porter family
that produced two admirals, and is de-
scended from Capt. George Denison.
| the Cromwellian soldier and one of The
large figures in the Indian warfare Of
the 18th century.
The Dewey strain is a prolific one as
well. The genealogy of the family con-
talns more than thousand pages and
more than 10000 names, Every state in
the Union has been invaded by its rep
resentatives, and in South Africa the
Mediterranean and Baltic countries,
and in many of the states of the Orient
they have pushed their way. Prior TO
the battle of Manila 10 towns of the
Union bearing the name of Dewey
showed the traces of the dispersion. In
this state alone there IRE 1872 towns in
which Deweys have lived.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt makes
every visitor to his country place plant
a tree before leaving. If Dewey doA-
the same thing after he settles down
at home his house will soon be sur
rounded by a forest.-Boston Globe.
Whatever line of march is nnaIiy
adopted for the land parade, in honor
of Dewey, he should ride at the head
of it. The people Of New York have
hear of Dewey since May l, 1898, and
now they want to see him. Unless be
rides in the procession very, very, few
will see him.--New York sun.
Dewey is at the present time suffer-
ing from indigestion, and is declining
all invitations to dine. The peonla op
this country who are making great nre-
parations for feeding him when he
comes over, should see that he Is snarad
and that the men of his vessel enjoy
me most Of the good things in t6e