Thanks to Michael Rewey (#47999945)for birth month & date and death info.
Son of Ebenezer & Lucy Webster, b. Sauk Rapids Twp. [or Orten?] Dewey: Source: MN deaths via Family Search.
Brother to Orrin and Nelson Dewey. Wm. P. was a business associate of Nelson, County Board Chairman, State Assemblyman and political hack for Moses Strong of Mineral Point. In 1860, he resided in the Town Of Wyalusing, Grant Co., WI. He lived in Lancaster until ca 1872, when he was a Surveyor General of the Dakotas.
Dewey County in north-central South Dakota is named in honor of William Pitt Dewey, who was Territorial Surveyor-General from 1873 to 1877.
Appreciated contribution (7 June 2021), Contributor: Frank Crisler (# 47339376) • [email protected]
21 Oct 2021 Contribution by 2 years · 11 months · 13 days 49774722
Thanks to Michael Rewey (#47999945)for birth month & date and death info.
Son of Ebenezer & Lucy Webster, b. Sauk Rapids Twp. [or Orten?] Dewey: Source: MN deaths via Family Search.
Brother to Orrin and Nelson Dewey. Wm. P. was a business associate of Nelson, County Board Chairman, State Assemblyman and political hack for Moses Strong of Mineral Point. In 1860, he resided in the Town Of Wyalusing, Grant Co., WI. He lived in Lancaster until ca 1872, when he was a Surveyor General of the Dakotas.
Dewey County in north-central South Dakota is named in honor of William Pitt Dewey, who was Territorial Surveyor-General from 1873 to 1877.
Appreciated contribution (7 June 2021), Contributor: Frank Crisler (# 47339376) • [email protected]
21 Oct 2021 Contribution by 2 years · 11 months · 13 days 49774722
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