Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History

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Contents 1 Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History 1.1 Available online at these locations: 1.2 Table of Contents 1.3 Errata 1.4 WikiTree Syntax

Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History

Being an authentic historical and genealogical record of more than fifteen thousand persons in the United States by the name of Dewey, and their descendants.

• by Adelbert Milton Dewey (1857-1927), Louis Marinus Dewey (1865-1931), William Tarbox Dewey (1852-1911), Orville C. Dewey (1833-1902).
• published Dewey Publishing Co., Westfield, Mass., 1898
• WikiTree Profiles that use this source

Available online at these locations:

• https://archive.org/details/lifeofgeorgedewe00dewe
• https://archive.org/details/lifeofgeorgedewe00byudewe
• https://archive.org/details/cu31924029841222
• https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10248/
• https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE47190

Table of Contents

• Dedication
• Table of contents
• Preface to life of George Dewey
• George Dewey
• The poor little child of a tar
• A lively schoolboy
• Anecdotes of boyhood days
• Of royal descent
• The royal arms
• Both joy and sorrow
• A loving sisters tribute
• In a nutshell
• Col. Hopkins prophetic song
• The Battle of Manila
• Battle of Manila bay
• Official report of battle
• The fleets compared
• The battle was hard fought
• Lessons learned from the victory
• Honored by congress
• Jeweled sword from the government
• Commended by his neighbors
• Presented with flags
• Norwich University
• The hand of God
• To his former enemies
• "Easily ranks first."
• From Rear Admiral Bunce
• A personal reminiscence
• First baptism of fire
• The coolest of officers
• Tribute from a fellow club man
• Smarter than chain lightning
• Popular in Washington
• A positive man
• Lost Dewey's money
• He obeyed orders
• Claimed by seven nations
• The "Dewey" craze
• Honorary degrees and medals
• The lucky rabbits foot
• Dewey Genealogy and family history. Section 1. Branch of Thomas
• Dewey Genealogy and family history. Section 2. Branch of Josiah
• Dewey Genealogy and family history. Section 3. Branch of Israel
• Dewey Genealogy and family history. Section 4. Branch of Jedediah
• Dewey Genealogy and family history. Section 5. Miscellaneous
• Appendix
• Errata
• Index to section 1
• Index to section 2
• Index to section 3
• Index to section 4
• Index to section 5
• Index. Persons connected with Deweys or descendants of Dewey

Errata

• Under No. 807, page 353, for "Darius Dee" read " Duane Dee," and for "Don Duane" read "Don Duran".
• No errors in this publication have been identified. When found, please list the problem(s) here, and include a link to a source that describes the problem.

WikiTree Syntax

• <span id='Dewey'></span>Dewey, Adelbert. ''[[Space:Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History|Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History]]'' (Dewey Pub. Co., Westfield, Mass., 1898) [ Page ].
• ([[#Dewey|Dewey]])