| "Dear Jack, From "Dewey
Genealogy and Family History," compiled by Louis Marinus Dewey, Westfield, Mass.,
1898, page 610, is the following:
"2108. JOSIAH DEWEY, 2d, son of Josiah, b. 1814, near Brunswick,
ME.; d. 1863, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; m. 1842, near Newbury, Ontario, EMMA PARR, dau. of
Robert, b. in England, d. Cedar Rapids, Ia.
NINTH GENERATION - Born at Coshocton, O.
3991. Robert Parr, b. Sept. 24, 1843, m.
3992. Josiah Augustus, b. June 27, 1847; m.
3993. Frank, b. 1849.
3994. Clara, b. 1851, m. Herman Cook and lives at Des Moines, Ia.
3995. Eliza, b. 1853, m. Wm. Kierstead and lives at Omaha, Neb.
3996. Ida, b. 1855, m. ----- Spoffard and lives at Cedar Rapids, Ia. in
1898."
And, on page 694, the following:
"3991. ROBERT PARR DEWEY, son of Josiah, b. Sept. 24, 1843, at
Coshocton, O.; was raised in Iowa and enlisted in the 1st Ia. Vols. for three months; with
Gen. Lyon when he was killed at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861;
re-enlisted in 20th Ia. infantry and served as sergeant until the close of the war; was in
the battle of Springfield, Mo., siege of Vicksburg, Ft. Morgan, Blakely and Mobile;
discharged at Mobile, Ala., in 1865; he is a wood worker at 709 Bryant street, San
Francisco, Cal.; m. 1869, at Chicago, Ill., AMIE WATTSON.
TENTH GENERATION.
6195. Cora, b. 1870, m. P. Savage.
6196. Gertie, b. 1872.
3992. JOSIAH AUGUSTUS DEWEY, son of Josiah, b. June 27, 1847, at Coshocton, O.; is a
furniture manufacturer at San Francisco, Cal., since 1876; has been in Guatemala, C. A.,
for three years (1898); m. Jan. 9, 1871, at Chicago, Ill., DELLA H> BRAZIE, dau. of
Austin and Mary M. (Smith); b. Dec. 13, 1855, at Chicago, Ill.
TENTH GENERATION - Born at Chicago.
6201. Jessie Emma, b. Jan. 13, 1872.
6202. Ida Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1874.
6203. Josiah Austin, b. April 14, 1877, at San Francisco.
6204. Edith Belle, b. Dec. 12, 1879.
6205. Frank Raymond, b. Nov. 26, 1882.
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6206. Adele Milicent, b. Jan. 18, 1885.
Pearl Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1888.
Ruby, b. Nov. 14, 1888, d. Dec. 27, 1888."
In addition to the above, I have gleaned information from the California
Birth and Death Records as follows:
3994. Clara, d. 25 Sep 1941, Los Angeles Co., CA; and had:
1 Charles Carlos COOK, b. 1 Mar 1874, Iowa; d. 14 Jan 1955, Fresno Co., CA
3996. Ida, d. 2 Oct 1955, Los Angeles Co., CA; m. Victor Ames SPAFARD, b.
19 Mar 1881, New York; d. 27 May 1958, Los Angeles Co., CA
6201. Jessie Emma, d. 30 Jul 1965, San Francisco, CA; m. CUTTING, and had:
1 Marjorie, b. 13 Dec 1892, California; d. 24 Jun 1983, San Francisco, CA;
m.
HULTING, and had Frederick Burt, 25 Jan 1933, Alameda Co., CA
2 Ida, b. 25 Jun 1894, California; d. 27 Oct 1989, Alameda Co., CA; m.
GILMOUR, and had Jean, b. 15 Jan 1923, Alameda Co., CA
3 Jessie, b. 5 Nov 1895, California; d. 25 Mar 1984, Alameda Co., CA; m.
RICHARDSON, and had (i) David C., b. 22 Jun 1922, Alameda Co., CA; and
(ii) Madge, b. 1 Mar 1931, Alameda Co., CA
6202. Ida Mary, d. 14 Aug 1946, El Dorado Co., CA; m. WHITFIELD, and had:
1 Elizabeth S., b. 22 Aug 1892, Iowa; d. 14 Oct 1982, Santa Barbara Co.,
CA;
m. RICHARDSON
6204. Edith Belle, d. 12 Aug 1950, Alameda Co., CA; m. COLEMAN
Pearl Elizabeth, d. 5 Dec 1940, San Francisco, CA; m. MACKAY. |