HENRY H. DEWEY

DEWEY, WORMAN

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Date: 5/31/2009 at 20:08:50

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

HENRY H. DEWEY, (of the firm Dewey & Clark), attorney; born in Washington Co., Vt., 1840; moved to Bureau Co., Ill., in 1861; thence to Van Buren Co., Iowa, in 1865; to Davis Co. in 1870 and located in this county in 1871. Married Miss Lucy W. Worman in 1865; she was born in Grafton Co., N.H., in 1844; they have two children - Eva M., born in May 1868, and Burty H., born in July 1874. They are members of the Presbyterian Churc h. He owns a residence in the city, valued at $3,000. His firm is engaged in loaning money and are general agents for the leading fire insurance companies of the country.