RUSSELL DEWEY
RUSSELL DEWEY, miller, Mt. Vernon, born February 11, 1833, in
Erie County, Penn. He is a son of Russell Dewey, Sr., born
January 2, 1800, in New Canaan, N.Y. He was also a miller, and
died near Quincy, Adams County,Ill.
The mother of our subject, Elizabeth (MIKS) Dewey, born
March 5, 1805, in Rocking Ohio, and died in Adams County, IlL
She was married September 17, 1821, at Rocking, Ohio, by Rev.
Mr. Spurgin, at the age of fifteen. She was the mother of
twenty children, of whom seven are now living. Our subject
was educated in Pennsylvania and New York, and in early life
devoted his attention to milling, and has followed it in Erie,
N.Y., near Cincinnati, Ohio, in Missouri and in Mt. Vernon, to
which place he came in 1860. He was married twice. His first
wife, Rebecca KIMMONS, died in Adams County.
His present wife, Enunice (MILLS) Dewey, was born January 28 1841
in Hardin County, Ill. Her parents were George and Hannah (POLLARD)
Mills, the latter a native of England. George Mills lived eighteen
years in Mt. Vernon, merchandising most of the time, but at one
time acting as Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson County, in which he
died. Mrs. Eunice Dewey is the mother of eleven children, viz.:
George W., deceased; Addie, born March 14, 1864; Mary 0., born
October 20, 1865; Emma L, born Decemher 2, 1867; Eliza G., born
October 26, 1869; Edgar A., born March 12, 1871; Mattie, born
December 27, 1873; Charles L., born November 16, 1875; Lucy A.,
born May 26, 1878; Harry R., born April 9, 1880; Frank M., born
September 13, 1882. Mrs. Dewey is a member of the Presbyterian
Church. He is an A. F. & A. M.; also a Royal Arch Mason,
and a member of the Iron Hall. At present, he holds the office
of Alderman.
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