George Dewey
George Dewey, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Chester, Mass., September 10, 1801, son of Stephen and Persus (Morgan) Dewey, who settled in this county in 1824, locating m Franklin Township on land now owned by our subject and Samuel Beckwith, and where Stephen Dewey died in 1831. He had nine children: Morgan, Edwin, Electa, Almena, Julia, Editha, George, Roland and Alonzo, all now deceased except George and Roland. The subject of this sketch has lived on the farm where he now resides sixty years, and made all the improvements himself. He was married, April 7, 1830, to Mary, daughter of Chauncey Mosley, of Westfield, Mass. By this union there were nine children, four now living: Margaret (Mrs. Dr. I. S. King, of Montcalm County, Mich.), George, Jr., Mary and Hattie (Mrs. Orlando Stewart, of Montcalm County, Mich.). The deceased are Jane, Clinton. Elizabeth, Lucy and Sarah. Of these Clinton died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., during the late war of the Rebellion, leaving one child—Estelle (Mrs. Ralph Dibble, who has one child—Mary). Our subject is a member of the Portage County Pioneer Society, and has held various offices in the gift of the township. In politics he is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885