Ancestry of
Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

Joel Dewey

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• • Father of Melvil Dewey — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • David Dewey 
  • Mother:
  • Polly Cole   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Feb 1810 
  • Birth Location:
  • Adams Center, Jefferson, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Apr 1889 
  • Death Location:
  • Oneida, Madison, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Union Cemetery, Adams Center, Jefferson, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eliza Green
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Jul 1832 
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  • Child:

  Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Joel Dewey

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/25/2018).
  • 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), 517, 641.
  • ³ Wikipedia, "Melvil Dewey", (accessed 10/25/2018).