Colonel Hiram Shipman Dewey was born in 1829,[1] the son of Chester Dewey and Mary TerBush. He married Harriet Elgiva Howe in 1854 as described in a tour article of the place they were married[2] and had six children, two of whom were railroad men.
He worked on various railroads in the East. He died in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1903[3][1]
Some research is needed as to how he acquired the title of Colonel.
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