That being done, Vermont again asserted her independence, compelled New York to recognize it in 1789, and she was admitted to the Union in 1791.
It was away back in 1633 that the first Englishman bearing the name of Dewey arrived in Massachusetts with a number of other emigrants.

They settled in Dorchester, and in 1636 Thomas Dewey, as he was named, removed to Windsor, Connecticut, where he died in 1648, leaving a widow and five children.

Following down the family line, we come to the birth of Julius Yemans Dewey, August 22, 1801, at Berlin, Vermont.

He studied medicine, practiced his profession at Montpelier, the capital, and became one of the most respected and widely known citizens of the State.
He was married three times, and by his first wife had three sons and one daughter.

The latter was Mary, and the sons were Charles, Edward, and George, the last of whom became the famous Admiral of the American navy and the hero of the late war between our country and Spain.