Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1916 — OBITUARY OF MRS. M. DEWEY [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY OF MRS. M. DEWEY

Catherine Dewey, wife of Morgan Dewey., died at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Mary Meyers, near Remington December 7, 1916. She had been failing for some time and for several weeks before her death

was unable to leave the house, her heart seeming to be the chief cause of her sickness. Mrs. Dewey was born in Carroll county, Indiana, February 5, 1845. She was united in marriage to Morgan Dewey December 25. 1862. To this union thirteen children were horn, one of which died in infancy. The twelve surviving are: Mrs. Mary Meyers and Mrs. Elizabeth Tlensler, Remington; Jacob and Harry Dewey and Mrs. Charles Weiss, Rensselaer; Mrs. Wealthy Jacobs, Gray ford : Bassett Dewey. Elroy, Wisconsin; Mrs. Cora Rosen brook, Madison, Wisconsin; James Dewey, Manston, Wisconsin; Mrs. Margaret Beaver, Arvilla, North Dakota; Abb Dewey, Wall, South Dakota, and Mrs.-Stella Hesse. Hayward, Wisconsin. She leaves besides her husband and twelve children, twenty-eight grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and many friends. Mrs. Dewey united with the Methodist church in 1565 and was faithful to her belief.