Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Dewey, S H  1821 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

S. H. Dewey, farmer, P. O. Mazon Center, was born in Lewis County, N. Y., 
August 21, 1821; was raised and educated in New York, from whence, in 1855, he 
came to Illinois, and settled on the present site of the village of Verona, 
Grundy Co. In May, 1851, he married Miss Malissa Fisk, of Booneville, Oneida 
Co., N. Y. She was born November 24, 1828. At Verona Mr. Dewey bought a farm 
of eighty acres to which he added extensively in after years, owning at the 
present time 485 acres of farm land, worth $50 an acre in the townships of 
Mazon and Goodfarm of this county. Mr. DEWEY is now a resident of the thriving 
village of Mazon Center, where he has lately erected a substantial dwelling. 
From 1872 to 1877, he was a resident of Morris, and being an ardent advocate 
of temperance, he was run for Mayor on the temperance ticket. In politics, he 
is a Republican, and has taken an active part in the business of the county. 
He served from 1873 to 1877, on the State Board of Equalization; also served 
several terms as Supervisor, and is now Justice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. 
Dewey have a family of six children - Ellen N., born in New York, (married to 
Horace H. Overocker); Alice E., born in New York (married to Rev. D. W. 
Frances, of Pennsylvania); Milton S., born in New York (married to Miss Maggie 
Dewey, of Grundy County); Mary J., born in Grundy County; Lester S., born in 
Grundy County (married to Miss Dora Smith), and Flora born in Grundy County.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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