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"Obituary

"On Tuesday last, Mr. Samuel S. Dewey of Warren arose in his usual health, went through his customary morning work and then laid down and died. He had been somewhat feeble for a few years past, and had, on two former occasions passed through sinking spells somewhat similar similar to the one that caused his death.

"On the morning of his decease he had planned to go to Mr. John Wedge's place to visit his daughter, Mrs. Wedge, and had gotten ready to go when Mr. Wedge's boy arrived with the team for him to ride. Saying he did not feel able to go he went to his bed and laid down. Mrs. Dewey, who had been out of doors for a few moments, came in about this time and went to his room where she was surprised to find him nearly or wholly unconscious.

"Being alone, save for the presence of the young boy, she at once got into the buggy and drove to the nearest house, a few rods, for help. The utmost haste was made to return, but before help reached him, he was dead.

"Mr. Dewey was born in New York state but became a resident of Lake County thirty-seven years ago this fall. He had the misfortune many years ago, to sprain a knee from which there resulted a fever sore which culminated in the loss of a limb.

"Mr. Dewey was the father of eight children, four sons and four daughters, all of whom are still living except one son.

"He was buried in Warren Cemetery on Thursday last, the funeral being conducted from the school house nearby. Thus has passed away a good citizen and neighbor, another of the pioneers of our country."

--Waukegan Weekly Gazette, Sept. 11, 1880, p. 2.

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"Fred Dewey has 1855 Tax Receipt Written by his Father

"Fred Dewey recently brought us a tax receipt of unusual vintage. It was given by his father who was a Tax Collector for the Township of Warren, Lake County, Illinois, on November 19, 1855, and was found by Mr. Dewey's daughter in the attic of the farm home.

"...The receipt was issued by Samuel S. Dewey, father of our townsman Fred. E. Dewey. It will be noted that this tax receipt was issued nearly seventy years ago, and that at that time the assessed valuation was $4.00 per acre. What its value at this time is, we do not know, but we have no doubt that the price of the land in that immediate section of Illinois, ranges from $300.00 to $500 per acre.

"Mr. Dewey informs us that his father was Tax Collector for that Township for about twenty years and that in those days, people did not go to the Tax Collector's office to pay their taxes, but the Tax Collector went to the various homes and collected, taking in payment gold and silver. The Tax Collector could not make settlement with the County Treasurer until he had finished the job, and Mr. Dewey informs us that he can recall that his father kept the tax money in two pails stored away in the old home, one being for gold and one for silver..."

--clipping from the Custer County Chief, Broken Bow, Nebraska

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Census data for Samuel S. Dewey:

• 1850 IL, Warren Twp., Lake Co., p.3, Dwell. 45
  • Samuel Dewey, age 25, white male, Farmer, b. NY
  • Rhoda Dewey, age 29, white female, b. NY
  • Eliza Dewey, age 4, white female, b. IL
  • Elizabeth Dewey, age 3, white female, b. IL
  • Austin Lewis, age 33, white male, b. NY
  [Note: next two households are the families of Rhoda's brother Joshua Lewis Jr.; and of Joshua Lewis Sr., Rhoda's father.]
• 1860 IL, Warren Twp., Lake Co., Dwell. 1533, Fam. 1533, ancestry.com im#202
  • S. M. Dewey, age 35, white male, Farmer, $300 Real, $75 Pers., b. NY
  • Rhoda Dewey, age 38, white female, b. NY
  • E. D. Dewey, age 14, white female, b. IL
  • Henry H. Dewey, age 9, white male, b. IL
  • Evaline A. Dewey, age 6, white female, b. IL
  • Charles D. Dewey, age 3, white male, b. IL
  • L. Dewey, age 1, white female, b. IL
  Note: the preceding household is "Ostin" Lewis, and Rhoda's brother Joshua Jr. and father Joshua Sr. are nearby.
• 1870 IL, Warren Twp., Lake Co., p. 686, Dwell. 45
  • Samuel Dewey, white male, age 45, Farmer, $500 Real, $250 pers., b. NY
  • Rhody Dewey, white female, age 48, Keeps house, b. NY
  • [illegible; must be Henry Homer] Dewey, white male, age 19, b. IL
  • Evaline Dewey, white female, age 15, b. IL
  • Dennis Dewey, white male, age 13, b. IL
  • Lovisa Dewey, white female, age 11, b. IL
  • Fred Dewey, white male, age 8, b. IL
  • Lewis Dewey, white male, age 4, b. IL
  [Note: next household is that of James M. Lewis and includes Austin Lewis and Nancy (Kidder) Lewis, age 76.]
• 1880 IL, Warren Twp., Lake Co., Enum. Dist. 239, p. 18, Dwell. 189, Fam. 192
  • Samuel Dewey, white male, age 54, Married, Farmer, Maimed/crippled/bedridden, b. NY, Father b. MA, Mother b. MA
  • Rhoda Dewey, white female, age 58, Wife, Married, Keeping house, b. NY, Father b. NY, Mother b. NY
  • Louis Dewey, white male, age 6, Grandson, Single, b. IL, Father b. IL, Mother b. IL
    [Note: Louis Dewey is doubtless Henry H. and Angeline Dewey's son.]
  [Note: the preceding household is that of James Lewis, Rhoda's brother.]

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