California Biographies

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

Source:
History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin 
Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from 
its earliest settlement to the present time.
Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905
Notes: Missing Page: 865-866,983-984,1175-1176


ALFRED E. DEWEY, who makes his home near Escalon, although still a young man, bids 
fair to make his mark in the world, as he is an honest and hard-working man. Born August 24, 
1873, in the province of Ontario, Canada, he is a son of Henry and Margaret (Osborn) Dewey. 
Henry Dewey and his wife were natives of Canada, but came to California in 1881, spending a 
year at Selma, Fresno county, and later moving to Kings county. Although a moulder by trade, 
Mr. Dewey engaged in the nursery trade while in Kings county, and thousands of fruit trees were 
planted in that county by his hand. In 1896. however, the family removed to San Joaquin 
county on account of the ill health of some of its members, and they located on the Myer's 
ranch, remaining there until the death of the mother, at which time the father came to live 
with Alfred E. 

Alfred E. Dewey is at present engaged in cutting the timber off the bottom lands, carrying 
this on by means of a steam saw which he owns. He also raises fruit to some extent and devotes 
part of his time to raising stock, principally hogs. His marriage united him with Miss Dessie Hall, 
a native of San Joaquin county, and a daughter of John Hall, whose biography appears elsewhere 
in this history. To Mr. and Mrs. Dewey have been born the following children, Alvin, Ernest 
and Myrtle. A Republican in politics, Mr. Dewey is true to the interests of his chosen party, as he 
also is to the interests of his adopted state and country.