Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Dewey, Dennis A. June 7, 1841 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Dewey, Dennis A., Winfield, a son of Alexander and Lucretia Dewey, was born in 
Plainfield, Otsego county, N.Y., June 7, 1841, and came to this town in 1877. 
He married Mary A., daughter of James and Mary Arling, February 24, 1870.  She 
died April 12, 1888, and he married second Alice Gorton, of this town, 
December 17, 1890, and they have one son, Alexander.  Mr. Dewey is one of the 
representative farmers of Winfield.  He enlisted August 22, 1862, in Company 
B, One Hundred and Twenty-first New York Volunteers, and served about three 
years.  He was in all the engagements of his regiment up to May 6, 1864, at 
the battle of the Wilderness, when he was wounded and taken prisoner.  His 
limb was amputated by the Confederates, and he was imprisoned most of the time 
at Lynchburg, Va., and Libby Prison at Richmond for about five months. His 
father was born in Plainfield, Otsego county, and settled in this town in 
1865.  He held the office of assessor of this town, and was supervisor for 
three years in succession in 1888, '89 and '90. He is a member of the S. G. 
Button Post, No. 364, G.A.R.


Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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