This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/3340.1.1.1 Message Board Post: LESTER RUSSELL DEWEY, son of David, 5th, b. July 24, 1802, at Deerfield, N. Y.; d. Dec. 5, 1872, at Sherman, N. Y.; bought lot 39 in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1824, now included in the town of Sherman; later moved into the village; held several offices, at one time supervisor, captain of militia; a Whig and Universalist; his was the first marriage in the town, March 23, 1825, to FANNY PATTERSON, dau. of John, b. Oct. 6, 1802, at Pompey, N. Y.; d. Dec. 24, 1870, at Sherman. NINTH GENERATION -- BORN AT SHERMAN. 7401. Calista, b. May 7, 1826; m. (???), Charles Hall, of Syracuse, N. Y.,and had: Osmond, m. Celestia Dutton; Franklin, m. Roxy Driggs; Fanny, m. Stephen Parker; and Ophelia, d. ag. 19. 7402. Talcott P., b. Dec. 27, 1827; d. March --, 1874; m. Mary Benson, and had: Omar, who d.; Viella and Vietta, twins; Alma and Alpha, twins; Alpha, m. J. Stringer; Jay G., m. 1895, Emma Rodies; and Fanny S., m. 1896, Dewey Wolcott; they live in Iowa, California, and Oregon. **7403. Perry C. DEWEY, b. Nov. 13, 1829; enlisted from Iowa, and served three years in Civil War; m. (???), Sarah Gill, who d. and he m. Matilda Goldsmith, and had Squire and Sarah, both married, with two children each, in Nebraska and South Dakota. 7404. Alfred B., b. Jan. 18, 1832; living at Sherman, N. Y., 1898; m. (???), Maria Hubbard, who d. and he m. Mrs. Marcia Paddock, and had Alice Bradley, b. Feb. 3, 1883. 7405. Margaretta K., b. Sept. 6, 1834; living at Sherman, N. Y., 1898; m. (???), Merritt Wolcott, and had: Luella, m. A. Anderson; Lester, m. Miss Hopkins; Julania, m. R. Tucker; Carrie, m. M. Gifford; Dewey, m. his cousin, Fanny S. Dewey above; and Chauncey. 7406. Lester Russell, 2d, b. May 3, 1837; m. Chauncey, b. (???), 1839; d. soon. 7407. Tyler T., b. May 9, 1841; living at Sherman, N. Y., 1898; served in co. E, 9th New York cavalry; was captured at Bull Run, and spent twenty-two days in Libby prison; m. (???), Ellen Wilcox, and had: 1, Ernest, d. ag. 19; 2, Burnett, m. Anna Shipman, and had Fanny and Lester; 3, Fanny, m. M. Bement; and 4, Don. Perry C Dewey , Residence: Strawberry Point, Iowa Enlistment Date: 29 July 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Iowa Unit Numbers: 195 195 Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal 3rd Class on 29 July 1862 at the age of 32 Enlisted in Company B, 21st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 18 August 1862. Promoted to Full Sergeant 4th Class on 01 March 1863 Promoted to Full Sergeant 3rd Class on 03 July 1863 Promoted to Full Sergeant 2nd Class on 05 June 1865 Mustered out Company B, 21st Infantry Regiment Iowa on 15 July 1865 in Baton Rouge, LA Pensioned in SOUTH Dakota Feb 1892 NO trace of them in ANY census data