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John William Dewey

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John William Dewey

Birth
Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
15 Jan 1908 (aged 81)
Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Aurora, Brookings County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 12 Lot 7 Grave 6
Memorial ID
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Father: John Baptiste Dewey or Lavoie
Mother: Archange Boucher or Busha
Married: Marie Arilla Pecar or Piercar about 1845 in Batavia, Illinois, USA
Children: Mary, Adeline, and Selina
Married: Lucy Alsada Whitmarsh 1 August 1852 in Batavia, Illinois, USA
Children: John William, Joseph Henry, Emily Lucinda, Harriet Cynthia, Amanda Elizabeth, George Alfred and Lorianda Alsada
Married: Henriette Louise Dion Benway 3 April 1883 in South Dakota
Children: Annie Louise Dewey Gunn and Napolean Peter Dewey

On Monday morning the funeral of John Dewey occurred at the Catholic Church, the Rev. Father Slattery of Elkton officiating. Interment was in the cemetery at Aurora to which the remains were escorted by a large number of the friends and neighbors of the deceased. The family live about nine miles southeast of the city, but Mr. Dewey was visiting at Wakoma in the western part of the state at the time of his death, which occurred on January 15. The remains arrived here on Friday night. Mr. Dewey was eighty-two years of age and is survived by widow and several children. Among those present at the funeral were N. Dewey and wife of Wakonda, H.C. Gunn and wife of Capa, Mesdames Lucy McCormick and Hattie Yearwood of Cook, Nebraska and John Benway of Sherburn, Minn.
The Brookings County Press, 23 Jan 1908
Father: John Baptiste Dewey or Lavoie
Mother: Archange Boucher or Busha
Married: Marie Arilla Pecar or Piercar about 1845 in Batavia, Illinois, USA
Children: Mary, Adeline, and Selina
Married: Lucy Alsada Whitmarsh 1 August 1852 in Batavia, Illinois, USA
Children: John William, Joseph Henry, Emily Lucinda, Harriet Cynthia, Amanda Elizabeth, George Alfred and Lorianda Alsada
Married: Henriette Louise Dion Benway 3 April 1883 in South Dakota
Children: Annie Louise Dewey Gunn and Napolean Peter Dewey

On Monday morning the funeral of John Dewey occurred at the Catholic Church, the Rev. Father Slattery of Elkton officiating. Interment was in the cemetery at Aurora to which the remains were escorted by a large number of the friends and neighbors of the deceased. The family live about nine miles southeast of the city, but Mr. Dewey was visiting at Wakoma in the western part of the state at the time of his death, which occurred on January 15. The remains arrived here on Friday night. Mr. Dewey was eighty-two years of age and is survived by widow and several children. Among those present at the funeral were N. Dewey and wife of Wakonda, H.C. Gunn and wife of Capa, Mesdames Lucy McCormick and Hattie Yearwood of Cook, Nebraska and John Benway of Sherburn, Minn.
The Brookings County Press, 23 Jan 1908


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