Charles Henry Dewey (1838 - 1905)

Born 7 Jul 1838 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Jul 1905 at age 67 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Charles Henry was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1838, the son of Asahel and Jane (Sharpe) Dewey.^[1]

Charles enlisted in the Navy on December 7, 1860, when he was 22 years old.^[2] He held the rank of Landsman and served aboard the USS Ohio, USS Madeonian, USS San Jacinto and USS North Carolina.^[3] He was discharged from the latter vessel on February 6, 1864. On Septemer 2 of the same year, he mustered in as a Private in Company D of the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He mustered out at New Berne, NC, on June 26, 1865.^[4]

He married Annie Frances Woods, daughter of John and Kate (Braden) Woods, in 1866.^[5] They had 3 children, all born at Dorchester: ^[6]

• Henry Winslow, b. Jun. 19, 1867
• Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 22, 1872
• Charles Asahel, b. Nov. 14, 1879

By 1880, the family was living in Somerville, MA.^[7] Charles was a house painter by trade.

A book on Dewey genealogy, published in 1898, notes that after his time in the military "he received injuries which have made him an almost helpless cripple."^[8]

He was admitted to the Old Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, Mass., on November 4, 1898. He died there in 1905^[9][10] and is buried at the Forest Dale Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZK6-HPP : 10 February 2018), Charles Henry Dewey, 07 Jul 1838
2. ↑ "United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL13-FP2 : 15 July 2017), Charles H Dewey, Dec 1860
3. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDY6-N33 : 13 March 2018), Charles H Dewey, 1892.
4. ↑ Civil War Soldiers Database, Historical Data Systems, Inc, Charles H. Dewey, accessed 12 Jul 2018
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSX-GK5 : 10 February 2018), Charles H. Dewey and Annie F. Woods, 01 May 1866
6. ↑ Life of Rear Admiral George Dewey, U.S.N. by Albert M. Dewey, 1898, p. 1021
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHXW-FWC : 12 August 2017), Charles H Dewey, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
8. ↑ Life of Rear Admiral George Dewey, U.S.N. by Albert M. Dewey, 1898, p. 1021
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWJP-BVC : 11 March 2018), Charles H. Dewey, 11 Jul 1905
10. ↑ Annual Report of the Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts at Chelsea, 1906, p. 19
11. ↑ FindAGrave.com, Charles H. Dewey, Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, MA, accessed 29 Jul 2018