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James Benjamin "Benny" Dewey 1845–1868 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1845

Birth Location: Indiana

Death Date: 1868

Death Location: Scott, Ogle, Illinois

Father: Lonson Dewey

Mother: Nancy Jones

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James Benjamin "Benny" Dewey was born in 1845 in Indiana, the child of Lonson Nash Dewey And Nancy Jones. James Benjamin "Benny" Dewey passed away in 1868 in Scott, Ogle, Illinois.

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Biography

  • James Benjamin "Benny" Dewey was born in 1845 in Indiana, the child of Lonson Nash Dewey And Nancy Jones.
  • James Benjamin "Benny" Dewey passed away in 1868 in Scott, Ogle, Illinois.

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James Dewey's Ancestors

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James Dewey
1845–1868
Birth Place: Indiana
Parents
Lonson Nash Dewey
1809–1899
Great Barrington, Berkshire Co, . Massachusetts
Nancy Jones
1811–1902
Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Return (Ephraim) Jones
1779–1840
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
Nancy Tuttle
1787–1872
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Great-Grandparents
Rev. Jones
1750–1807
Lucy Clark
1750–1792
Beri Tuttle
1761–1807
Charity Johnson
1762–1814
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ephraim Jones
1709–1778
Mary Adams
1713–1784
Ephraim Lt.
1712–1789
Mehitable Clarke
1715–1815
Dayton Johnson
1728–1798
Hannah Beadle
1733–1814

James Dewey's Timeline

2 Records

1845
1845
Birth of James Benjamin "Benny" Dewey in Indiana
Indiana
1868
1868
Age 23
Death of James Benjamin "Benny" Dewey in Scott, Ogle, Illinois
Scott, Ogle, Illinois

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1845
    Event Place: Indiana

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1868
    Event Place: Scott, Ogle, Illinois

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