Ancestry of Admiral
George Dewey

Admiral of the Navy

George Dewey

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Julius Yemans Dewey 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Perrin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Dec 1837 
  • Birth Location:
  • Montpelier, Washington, Vermont 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Jan 1917 
  • Death Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Admiral of the Navy

    Admiral Dewey was the captor of Manila during the Spanish-American War.

    Admiral Dewey is the only person to ever attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the highest possible rank in the United States Navy.

• Marriages for George Dewey

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  • Spouse:
  • Susan Boardman Goodwin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Oct 1867

• Sources for George Dewey

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 314.
  • ² Dewey, Adelbert M., et. al., Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History, Westfield, Massachusetts: Dewey Publishing Company (1898), 576, 683.
  • ³ Goodwin, John Samuel, comp., The Goodwins of Kittery, York County, Maine, Chicago: Orrin Sheller Goodwin, Printer and Publisher (1898), 40-41.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 186.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "George Dewey", (accessed 03/12/2017).